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NewsHospitals plan strike contingency
NHS trusts across the country have written to patients informing them not to visit as thousands of operations and appointments are cancelled due to industrial action over pensions.
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NewsUnited Lincs spent £120,000 on legal fees in chief exec case
A trust spent £120,000 on legal fees in the run up to an employment tribunal hearing with its former chief executive - only to agree an “amicable resolution”.
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NewsEscalating staff tensions feared as Osborne squeezes pay
George Osborne’s clampdown on pay on the eve of today’s (Wednesday 30 November) national public sector strike comes as managers are fearful of worsening staff tensions.
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NewsPay awards to be held at 1pc for two years
NHS employees can expect a prolonged wage squeeze and a possible end to national NHS terms and conditions, the government has signalled.
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NewsExclusive: All patients to have access to GP record by 2015
All patients in England will have online access to their GP record by 2015 after ministers slipped out a major shakeup of information policy in this week’s Growth Review.
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NewsHSJ interview: Nicholson and Flory prepare the ground for CCGs
The NHS chief executive has called for an end to criticism of managers, hours after the health secretary said resources had been “wasted” on them and criticised their top-down “control”.
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NewsPrice competition fears over provider penalties
New rules requiring NHS commissioners to penalise healthcare providers that “cherry pick” easier cases will be difficult to enforce and will encourage price competition, experts have warned.
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NewsAmbulance services to move on to tariff
Ambulance services have insisted a move from block contracts to tariff will not increase activity at acute hospitals.
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NewsReforms will cost £3.4bn - Burnham
The coalition government’s reforms of the NHS will cost nearly £3.4bn, Labour’s shadow health secretary has claimed.
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NewsGovernment will appeal risk register decision
The government is to appeal against a ruling that it should release confidential risk assessments of its controversial health reforms, it has been announced.
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NewsCQC's strategy is reactive, board member tells inquiry
The Care Quality Commission’s strategy is “reactive” and driven by “reputation management and personal survival”, a board member has told the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry.
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NewsExclusive: Government to link GP and hospital data
The relationship between the quality of GP and hospital care is set to be revealed for the first time by the publication of data which will detail the complete patient pathway.
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NewsExclusive: weekend hospital arrivals up to 16pc more likely to die - DH
Patients admitted to NHS hospitals at the weekend are up to 16 per cent more likely to die than those admitted during the week, according to research for the Department of Health.
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NewsCQC inspector: regulator would not necessarily 'spot a Mid Staffs'
A Care Quality Commission inspector has told the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry the regulator would not necessarily “spot another Mid Staffordshire”, contradicting earlier evidence given to the inquiry by CQC chair Dame Jo Williams.
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NewsDr Foster: weekend A&E admissions '10pc more likely to die'
NHS hospital patients admitted for emergency treatment at weekends are almost 10 per cent more likely to die than those admitted during the week, according to the Dr Foster Hospital Guide 2011.
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NewsNHS given another year to reduce use of 'killer' drugs
The NHS has been given an extra 16 months to hit a target to prescribe fewer antipsychotic drugs which are said by health minister Paul Burstow to “kill” dementia patients.
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NewsBMA: GPs want CCGs big enough to avoid outsourcing of commissioning
The British Medical Association has said clinical commissioning groups should “urgently review and where necessary change their structures” so they are big enough to host their own support staff.
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NewsPolice charge 10 in Winterbourne case
Police have charged 10 people in connection with the abuse of residents with learning disabilities at the Winterbourne View care home near Bristol.
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NewsStrike cancels thousands of operations
Thousands of operations and appointments across the NHS are being cancelled and rescheduled as a result of Wednesday’s strike, the government has confirmed.
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NewsDH denies tariff adjustment rule revives price competition
The Department of Health has been forced to deny that a measure in the NHS Operating Framework 2012-13 could introduce price competition on elective procedures.