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NewsSlipman to leave independent FT Network after a year
The Foundation Trust Network has announced it will become formally independent of the NHS Confederation on 1 June and will be led by director Sue Slipman until April next year.
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NewsClinical networks to respond to competition fears
Clinical networks could be given a more prominent role to address fears that greater NHS competition will lead to service fragmentation and greater variations in standards of care.
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News'Disappointing' DH delays Mid Staffs inquiry
The public inquiry into Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has been held up by the Department of Health’s failure to disclose relevant documents.
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NewsExclusive: care quality variations revealed in Dr Foster data
Large disparities in key patient care indicators across trusts in England have been revealed in data shared exclusively with HSJ.
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NewsGovernment public health response held until July
A government response to the public health white paper consultation will not be published until July, Department of Health officials have told MPs.
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NewsSenior medical figures criticise post-discharge care
Senior medical figures have attacked the quality of care for patients coming out of hospital following an operation.
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NewsInfection target 'unachievable' under new tests
Trusts that have failed to meet their C difficile infection targets because of changes in how patient tests are carried out are challenging the “achievability” of even tougher measures.
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PCTs withholding consortia funding, claims NAPC
Primary care trusts could be setting commissioning consortia up to fail by denying them development funding, the National Association of Primary Care has claimed.
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General healthcare boss backs price competition
The head of the UK’s largest private healthcare group has insisted he does want to compete on price with NHS hospitals, and it would be “madness” to prohibit price competition.
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NewsSharp rise in boardroom turnover rates revealed
Turnover rates for NHS trust directors increased by a third in the year to March 2010, according to latest figures from Incomes Data Services.
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NewsNHS Direct fined £1.1m for missing targets
NHS Direct has been fined £1.1m and issued with a contract performance letter due to its “consistent inability” to meet key performance indicators.
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NewsHospital death rate indicator delayed
A promised new indicator of hospital death rates is unlikely to be ready until the autumn, HSJ has learned.
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NewsFuture Forum warns over training levy changes
Changes to NHS training funding could undermine the ability of trusts to deliver required efficiency savings, the education lead on the government’s NHS reform “listening exercise” has warned.
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NewsCost warning as sickness absence rises
Sickness absence increased slightly last year despite a government drive to replace sick notes with “fit notes”, new research showed today.
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NewsGagged CQC employee slams regulator at Mid Staffs inquiry
The Care Quality Commission tried to “gag” the doctor who led the Healthcare Commission’s investigation into Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, the public inquiry into deaths at the trust has heard.
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NewsNHS funding model is no longer 'resilient' - Britnell
Mark Britnell, a member of the group called in to advise prime minister David Cameron on the NHS reforms, writes for HSJ on why a serious debate is needed over the way the NHS is funded.
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NewsHospital doctors set to have role in consortia authorisation
The Department of Health is considering giving hospital doctors a say in the authorisation of GP consortia, the NHS medical director has said.
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NewsPCT clusters may survive as reform pressure builds
A continued existence beyond 2013 for primary care trust clusters looked increasingly likely this week, as the health secretary’s NHS reforms came under huge political pressure.
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NewsConsortia leads back health reforms
Health secretary Andrew Lansley’s plans for reform of the NHS won strong backing today from a group of GPs who hope to be granted new powers to commission treatment for their patients.
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NewsNHS Scotland 'a model for reform'
The NHS in Scotland should serve as a role model for reform for the public sector, a study has claimed.