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NewsPrivate sector would refuse to recruit from NHS if forced to pay training costs - Forum
The government has been urged to reconsider proposals that would force the private sector to contribute to NHS training costs amid fears it will result in firms recruiting from overseas.
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NewsReform changes: Monitor 'to maintain foundation trust checks'
Plans to lift regulatory checks on foundation trusts’ finance and governance appear to have been dropped as part of the government U-turn on NHS reform.
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NewsDH czar and SHA chief executive among Queen's birthday honours
A strategic health authority chief executive and the heart disease czar were among those honoured in the Queen’s Birthday Honours at the weekend.
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NewsCancer patients to be hit by welfare reform
Government plans for welfare reform will plunge cancer patients into poverty simply “because they have not recovered quickly enough”, campaigners say.
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Nuffield Trust responds to Future Forum report
The NHS Future Forum is right to highlight primacy of the efficiency challenge, according to the Nuffield Trust.
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NewsKing’s Fund responds to the NHS Future Forum’s report
The King’s Fund has responded to the NHS Future Forum’s report on improving the Health and Social Care Bill.
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NewsCameron and Clegg set for backbench showdown over reform
David Cameron and Nick Clegg are preparing for a showdown with disgruntled backbenchers over changes to the proposed NHS reforms, amid complaints they have been “playing politics” over the package.
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NewsAcademy of Medical Royal Colleges responds to Future Forum report
The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges has responded to the publication of the NHS Future Forum report.
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NewsCrucial report on NHS reforms released today
Recommendations on how best to amend the government’s reform plans for the NHS are to be unveiled later today.
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NewsNAO find targets led to a 'skewed' approach
Ambulances were dispatched unnecessarily on more than two million occasions in a year because of a “skewed” approach to performance management caused by response time targets.
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NewsPublic health funding argument 'is over'
A senior Department of Health official has given a strong indication that councils have lost the argument over ringfenced public health budgets and that the government will not turn on the issue.
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NewsHealth Bill could be sent back to MP committee
The proposed health service reforms could be sent back to a committee of MPs, a senior government minister has confirmed.
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NewsGPs don't think they are ready to commission, survey suggests
GPs and primary care staff are not confident in their ability to carry out the roles they would have under the government’s reforms, findings released today suggest.
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NewsGovernment warned better leadership is required to repel strikes
The government has been urged to build leadership and management skills in the public sector as well as improving communication in order to counter forthcoming industrial action.
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NewsAndrew Lansley to speak at Commissioning Show 2011 - HSJ subscriber free ticket offer
Andrew Lansley will address hundreds of GPs and health professionals at the Commissioning Show 2011 in his first speech since the government’s “listening exercise” ended - and HSJ is offering subscribers the opportunity to attend for free.
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NewsExclusive: hackers accessed NHS passwords in security breach
An international group of “pirate-ninja” hackers announced today that it breached NHS online security after gaining access to administration passwords.
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NewsPFI 'barriers' to FT status affecting fewer than 10 trusts
Claims by more than half of the trusts that argued private finance initiatives were a barrier to their obtaining foundation trust status cannot be justified, an insider has revealed to HSJ.
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NewsExclusive: dozens of trusts missed savings targets in 2010-11
Trusts missed 2010-11’s efficiency targets by nearly 10 per cent before even tougher demands came into force this year, an HSJ analysis reveals.
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NewsPublic Health England 'will not be trusted' as part of the DH
Leading public health experts have called for Public Health England to be independent of the Department of Health in order to maintain public confidence.
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NewsCentralising blood services could help trusts achieve huge savings
The number of full service transfusion laboratories in England could be cut from 220 to just 30 if a system about to be piloted by NHS Blood and Transplant in partnership with NHS trusts proves successful.