News – Page 922
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NewsFirst large hospital merger approved by CCP
A plan to shake up hospital care in Hampshire has become the first merger of large acute trusts to pass a key test designed to enshrine competition in the NHS.
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OFT issues warning on private providers' sweetener payments to consultants
The incentives used by private healthcare providers to attract consultants to their hospitals may be driving up prices without increasing quality, the Office for Fair Trading has warned.
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NewsFurther Health Bill amendments to include new 'failure' rules
Ministers will table a new set of amendments to the Health Bill next week, including setting out the failure regime for care providers.
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NewsPositive waiting time data called into question
New figures showing that the NHS in Scotland is close to reaching its target for reducing hospital waiting times has been played down by statisticians.
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NewsMental health care of patient who killed four family members criticised
A mental health patient who killed four members of his family received a level of care with ‘a number of shortcomings’, a review has found.
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NewsExclusive: Medics resist plan to attach pay to PROMs
One of the country’s leading clinicians has claimed a flagship government policy to link payment by results to the quality of outcomes could deny care to those “who need it most”.
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NewsDH plans to scrap a quarter of all central data requests
The Department of Health is proposing to stop asking for at least a quarter of the data sets it currently requests from NHS bodies – but has admitted that the cull will make room for new data demands.
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NewsOnline patient-doctor consultations encouraged by Keogh
Doctors will be able to hold patient consultations using online technologies as part of plans to revolutionise the delivery of health services, the medical director of the NHS has said.
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NewsCancer drug access unequal across UK
A clear divide in the number of patients approved to access cancer drugs has appeared between England, Scotland and Wales, campaigners say.
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NewsPCTs urged to fill alcohol treatment gap in prisons
Commissioners are being urged to extend the range of services on offer for prisoners with alcohol addiction, in light of charity research suggesting current provision is insufficient.
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NewsPCTs told to provide accounts for cash transferred to councils
Primary care trusts have been told to report how funding transferred to councils for integrated health and social care activities is being spent.
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NewsDrug-related deaths down on previous year
The number of drug-related deaths in England and Wales has fallen slightly, according to the latest government figures.
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NewsCross-party approach 'only way' for public health policy
The only way public health outcomes can be improved in the long term is to develop a cross-party approach, according to a think-tank report.
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NewsSocial enterprise denies Twitter claims it is closing down
A social enterprise came under cyber attack this week in an apparent ruse designed to suggest the organisation was closing down.
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News£2bn costs warning over growing obesity cases
A potential 26 million people living in the UK could be suffering from obesity in less than 20 years, clinical researchers have predicted.
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NewsUS academic secures first Circle Prize for Inspiring Innovation
The Innovator’s Prescription by leading US academic Clayton Christensen has been awarded the inaugural Circle Prize for Inspiring Innovation.
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News'Crude' spending estimates risk CCGs' funding
Future commissioners could face “catastrophic consequences” if a rushed attempt to map current spending on GP practice populations leads to inaccurate funding allocations, experts have warned.
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NewsFTs will be compelled to report complaints by DH
Rules will be tightened to force foundation trusts to pass on patients’ complaints to the government, the Department of Health has revealed to HSJ.
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NewsNHS unions meeting to discuss joint walk out
Unions representing health service workers at all levels are meeting this afternoon to discuss potential industrial action over changes to the NHS pension scheme.
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Trust access to PFI funding could be constrained by Treasury rule change
NHS trusts could find it harder to secure badly needed private finance initiative funding after chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander ordered the Department of Health to review how it authorises potential schemes, HSJ has learned.