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Hunt: I'm open to NHS or private sector solutions
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has told HSJ it is “not my job to hold a candle” for either NHS or private sector providers when deciding what is best for patients.
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Schizophrenia report demands better care
Significant improvements in care are needed if the lives of schizophrenia sufferers are to get better, according to the first national audit for people with the severe mental illness.
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'Technology QIPP' needed to transform NHS efficiency
The NHS would be “crazy” not to try and realise the cost savings available through greater use of technology, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has told HSJ.
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HSJ Live: rolling news 12.12.12
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt’s first major policy interview and the rest of today’s news
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Analysed: The case for changing primary care in Greater Manchester
Clinicians and commissioners are considering a controversial model for reform of Greater Manchester’s primary care
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Three quarters of first wave CCGs given authorisation 'conditions'
More than three-quarters of the clinical commissioning groups which passed the national test to take on budgets have had “conditions” imposed on their authorisation.
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Hunt: Francis could lead to more reorganisation
The health secretary has told HSJ he expects the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry to propose “pretty serious policy changes and potentially some structural changes”, potentially leading to more reorganisation.
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Bennett moots PFI buyout for Peterborough
The chief executive of health sector regulator Monitor has said he wants to examine the possibility of a public sector buyout of the huge private finance initiative contract encumbering Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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Boards could be made to declare staff level is safe
Hospital boards could be required to publicly declare their staffing levels are appropriate at least twice a year, under plans set out in the chief nursing officers’ vision and strategy for nursing.
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Manchester review examines contractual levers for primary care reform
Clinicians involved in a major review of healthcare services across Greater Manchester have begun to examine how “contractual tools” could be used to encourage closer working between GP practices, HSJ has learned.
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Whistleblower helpline for doctors
Doctors reluctant to blow the whistle at work have been offered a new helpline amid fears that clinicians who speak out risk losing their jobs.
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I wasn't sacked, says ex-Circle boss
The former chief executive of the first private company to take over the running of an NHS hospital has denied that he was sacked.
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FT wins Ministry of Defence contract to serve British troops
England’s largest foundation trust has won a £365m contract to continue providing healthcare services to the British army in Germany.
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Community physio 'first' awarded funding to spread
The first community based service for treating a common orthopaedic problem has been found to improve patient experience and reduce costs, and been awarded funding to spread nationally.
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HSJ Live: rolling news 11.12.12
How Nottingham uses technology to enhance night-time care and the rest of today’s news
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Lamb: Learning disability hospitals should be 'throttled'
Alternative facilities should be commissioned for the majority of people with learning disabilities or autism who live in larger inpatient hospitals, the care services minister has said.
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Regulator's hit squad brands Mid Staffs 'unviable' in current form
The hit squad sent into Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust by regulator Monitor has concluded the troubled trust is unable to achieve long-term financial or clinical sustainability “in its current form”.
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GP contract: DH proposes new funding formula
GP practice income should be more closely linked to deprivation from 2014, the Department of Health has proposed.
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Monitor sends hit squad into Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals
Health sector regulator Monitor is to send a hit squad into Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust to develop a “long-term solution for the financial viability” of the foundation trust.
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GP nominated as new NICE chair
One of the country’s most prominent GPs has been named as the government’s preferred candidate to chair the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.