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NewsCouncillors banned from CCG boards as new rules set
The government is set to impose further requirements on clinical commissioning groups’ governing bodies, HSJ has learned.
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NewsMeldrum urges caution over further pensions action
The outgoing British Medical Association leader has urged the union to be cautious about taking further industrial action over pensions.
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NewsNHS 111 preferred provider pulls out
The preferred provider for the NHS 111 service in Devon has pulled out of the deal due, citing “commercial considerations”.
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NewsAcademic health science network plans given 20 July deadline
The Department of Health has asked for expressions of interest to form academic health science networks by 20 July.
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Senior hospital boss leaving for KPMG job
Malcolm Lowe-Lauri, chief executive of University Hospitals Leicester Trust, is taking up a new job with the consultancy firm.
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NewsMutuals should be 'mainstream' service option
Report calls for raft of government measures to encourage mutuals
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NewsKeogh outlines junior doctor death-rate measures
Patients are put at risk when junior doctors start work, the NHS medical director conceded as he outlined measures to end the so-called health service “killing season”.
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NewsGrant: We chose not to have clinicians on commissioning board
Clinicians have not been appointed as non-executive directors on the NHS Commissioning Board in order to avoid undermining the chief nurse and medical director, chair Malcolm Grant has said.
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NewsSerious drug shortages at four in five trusts
Patients struggle to obtain drugs for life-threatening conditions in 80 per cent of NHS trusts in England and Wales, a survey suggests.
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NewsExclusive: Stuart Bell to leave South London and Maudsley
Stuart Bell chief executive of the South London and Maudsley mental health foundation trust is to leave his job after 13 years, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNumber of managers in NHS down by 5.7 per cent
The number of managers working in the NHS fell by nearly four times as much as other groups of staff over the past year, the NHS chief executive’s annual report reveals.
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NewsPolitical support will keep pipeline flowing, says Kershaw
Political support is there to make the change needed for a sustainable provider sector, the man setting up the NHS Trust Development Authority has said.
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Hakin plans 'proportionate' handling of GPs
Details have been published of how primary care services will be commissioned under the reformed NHS system.
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NewsCommissioning board sets out local structure and clinical senates plan
The NHS Commissioning Board has confirmed the structure and roles of its 27 local area teams, and announced there will be 12 clinical senates to cover England.
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News2011-12 saw biggest number of trust deficits for half-decade
Ten NHS hospital trusts recorded deficits in 2011-12 – the largest number to finish a year in the red for more than half a decade, Department of Health figures published today show.
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NewsNicholson: Politicians should be honest about service change needed
Sir David Nicholson has called for politicians to be “honest” about the “nature and scale” of service change required in the NHS because of the spending squeeze.
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Health insurer Benenden makes bid for NHS co-payment role
Mutual health insurance society Benenden Healthcare has voted to open its membership to the general public, in anticipation that shrinking NHS budgets will drive increased demand for individual “top up” payments for care.
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NewsLansley: 'I don't think hospitals will close'
It is unlikely any whole hospitals will need to close as a result of the huge efficiency savings required in the NHS, the health secretary has said.
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NewsNew surveillance groups not 'command and control'
Planned new “quality surveillance groups” are not an attempt to impose “command and control” on the new system, the senior civil servant leading the work has said.
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15 FTs ended 2011-12 in deficit
Fifteen foundation trusts finished 2011-12 in deficit and “at least four” are considered unviable in their current form by Monitor, HSJ has learned.