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NewsNew NHS price comparison tool in the pipeline
A new price comparison tool is being designed by NHS technology officials which could be rolled out to trusts later this year, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHS calls on private sector as waiting list spirals
NHS leaders in Manchester will send more patients to privately-run hospitals to tackle a spiralling waiting list for elective procedures.
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NewsFormer Tory adviser and Guardian columnist join NHS Assembly as full list revealed
A former special adviser to senior Conservative Iain Duncan Smith and a Guardian commentator have joined the new NHS Assembly, alongside a diverse group of leading NHS figures, charity chiefs and patient champions.
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NewsSpecial measures ambulance trust appoints new chief
A former army officer who served in Afghanistan has been appointed the new chief executive of an ambulance trust in special measures.
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NewsNew GP network plans likely to be 'rudimentary'
The initial core agreement between GPs that will underpin new primary care networks is likely to be fairly undeveloped to allow for future flexibility, the chair of the British Medical Association’s GPs committee has suggested.
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NewsDHSC sets up hotline for Brexit disruption to supplies
NHS suppliers have been told to contact a new 24/7 call centre run by the Department of Health and Social Care if they experience disruption to their deliveries following a no-deal Brexit.
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NewsDaily Insight: Primary care prologue
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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HSJ LocalSmall mental health trust promoted to 'outstanding'
One of the smallest mental health trusts in the country has been rated “outstanding” overall by the Care Quality Commission.
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News'Revolving doors' for failed managers must be stopped
Ministers should take action to prevent managers guilty of serious misconduct from “rattling around the system”, the leading barrister who oversaw a recent review of the NHS’s fit and proper person test has told HSJ.
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NewsLabour to green-light all NHS visas
The Labour party would ensure work visas for anyone who has a job offer in the NHS “at whatever level”, shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth announced today.
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NewsHancock tech adviser slates 'insane' outsourcing of NHS data
One of the health secretary’s main technology advisers has called the secrecy and outsourcing of hospital performance data “insane”.
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NewsRevealed: 'Concerning' rise in longer out of area placements
Concerns have been raised over the rising numbers of longer out of area placements for mental health patients.
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NewsDaily Insight: Not getting Carter
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsCouncils seek NHS funding to cover drug trial pressures
Councils in London are seeking additional funding from NHS England to help deal with cost pressures arising from trials for an HIV drug.
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NewsRevealed: The trusts failing to meet national efficiency targets
NHS trusts continue to miss targets aimed at helping hospitals spend millions of pounds more effectively, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsDaily Insight: The wait continues
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsTrust launches just culture approach to errors
A Manchester mental health and community trust has become the latest to attempt an organisation-wide just culture approach to learning from errors.
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NewsNHS workforce decisions on hold until autumn
The interim workforce implementation plan will not answer key questions until after the spending review, its national executive lead has told HSJ.
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NewsHealth minister resigns over Brexit
A minister in the Department of Health and Social Care resigned last night so he could vote against the government on a Brexit-related issue.