News – Page 962
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Nurse who viewed Nazi websites struck off
A mental health nurse who put patients at risk while he surfed the internet looking for torture, rape and Nazi websites has been struck off by the nursing watchdog.
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Hospital fined over legionella
A hospital trust has been ordered to pay fines and costs of £350,000 for failing to ensure the safety of its patients.
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NewsNHS contracts firm gave to Tories
An American health firm which runs key NHS services has donated £17,000 to the Tories, Electoral Commission records show.
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NewsTrust threatened CQC with legal action over A&E cap
The chief executive of a hospital trust threatened the Care Quality Commission with legal action if it capped the number of accident and emergency patients it could admit, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHS England 'working with' GP firm over Merseyside practice concerns
NHS England has acknowledged concerns raised about services at some of the 22 practices in Liverpool and Sefton which were taken over by a GP-led company in the spring.
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NewsAnalysis: Support units could be taken over by CCGs
NHS England could allow clinical commissioning groups to take ownership of their support service providers, rather than let the units be moved into the private sector, HSJ has learned.
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Oxford trust struggles on diagnostic waits
PERFORMANCE: More than 16 per cent of diagnostic waits at Oxford University Hospitals trust were for longer than six weeks in May, latest board figures reveal.
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New chair and NEDs for A&E crisis trust
Kettering General Hospital Foundation Trust has announced the appointment of a new chair and non-executive directors.
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NewsDeadline pushed back for CSU tendering
Clinical commissioning groups will be allowed to delay formal procurement of their support services until 2016, under new guidance published this week by NHS England.
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NewsLegacy of care claims liabilities threatens CCGs’ finances
Contingent liabilities in primary care trust accounts rocket to £661m
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NewsExclusive: Clare Gerada wins role transforming London primary care
The outgoing Royal College of GPs chair Clare Gerada has been appointed to lead a project to overhaul primary care across London.
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NewsUpdated: Councils told to spend DH cash on public health
Councils’ public health grants are to be ringfenced for a third year, Public Health England chief executive Duncan Selbie has revealed.
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NewsOne in seven of staff made redundant win back jobs
More than one in seven NHS workers made redundant since May 2010 have been re-employed in the service, parliamentary figures show.
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NewsAdditional £240m for NHS IT
The Department of Health has increased the size of a technology fund for improving access to electronic patient records, from £260m to £500m.
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North West Ambulance to take on 111 in East Cheshire
COMMERCIAL: North West Ambulance Service Trust will take on NHS 111 in the area for an interim period, Eastern Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group has announced.
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NewsRevealed: Second hospital could be franchised to private firm
The Department of Health and Treasury have approved a process that could lead to a second district general hospital trust being franchised to a private company.
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NewsExclusive: Race 'a factor' in variability of sickle cell services
Wide variations in the quality of services for patients with rare blood disorders are at least partly a result of their prevalence among ethnic minority communities, HSJ has been told.
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NewsNHS bodies 'like warring parents'
The two organisations in charge of the health service in England “ought to get their act together”, NHS leaders have said.
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NewsMPs warn on drugs for rare diseases
Patients with rare diseases could be denied access to cutting-edge therapies because of changes to the way drugs are funded, MPs have warned.
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NewsRCP pledges action on Francis and backs new criminal offences
The head of the Royal College of Physicians has told HSJ it backs the idea of new criminal offences for the abuse and neglect of NHS patients.