All articles by Sarah Calkin – Page 12
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CQC official accused of cover-up is cleared
One of the Care Quality Commission officials accused of covering up a report criticising the regular has been exonerated by an internal investigation.
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Field: Nurses central to primary care reform
Nurse training needs a “radical review” to meet the “urgent” need for professionals with the skills to care for patients with long term conditions, the new chief inspector of primary care has said.
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High Court rules incompetent nurses cannot be struck off
Nurses and midwives cannot be struck off the register for incompetence under the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s current rules, it has emerged.
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Ambulance trusts step into breach to provide NHS 111
NHS ambulance services are to take on the temporary provision of NHS 111 in most of the areas where NHS Direct is pulling out of delivery, the health advice provider has announced.
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Steve Field: I'll use chief inspector role to drive primary care reform and integration
The new chief inspector of general practice will use his role to reform primary care and develop integrated services, and to call for additional funding where it is needed, he has told HSJ.
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Monitor takes more action at Dorset Healthcare
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has imposed an additional condition on Dorset Healthcare University Foundation Trust’s licence due to concerns its leadership is failing to get a grip on ongoing quality and governance concerns.
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Burnham sets out plans for repeal of Health Act
Labour would force clinical commissioning groups to include a wider range of clinicians and reverse the increased private patient income cap, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has told HSJ.
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Burnham: NHS 'hearts and minds' behind my integration plan
NHS staff will back further reorganisation of the NHS by a Labour government because their “hearts and minds” are behind the party’s plans for integration of the health and social care systems, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has said.
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Miliband backs integrated health service
Labour leader Ed Miliband has said his party will seek to create an integrated healthcare system if it wins power in 2015.
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Concern over Monitor's Bristol 'merger' decision
Monitor has concluded that quality improvements borne of a recent reconfiguration of acute services in Bristol are not sufficient to outweigh the loss of patient choice resulting from the “merger”. The competition regulator said the decision would have “important considerations” for the “wider health system”.
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Merging Dorset trusts start work on plan B
STRUCTURE: The Dorset foundation trusts waiting for a decision on their merger plans have agreed to stop meetings about the merger and are developing alternative plans, HSJ has learned.
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Exclusive: Loss-making UnitedHealth UK plans rebrand
UnitedHealth is to wind up its UK arm and plans to shift staff into another subsidiary with a more pan-European focus, HSJ understands.
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CQC appoints campaigner to advise on safety
A father whose high profile fight for answers over the death of his baby son at an NHS hospital led to the setting up of an independent inquiry has been appointed an adviser to the Care Quality Commission.
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Keogh review trusts to be paired with 'buddies'
The Keogh review trusts placed into special measures by regulators are to be “buddied up” with more successful providers in a bid to drive improvements, HSJ understands.
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Hospitals urged to follow Salford's staffing example
All hospitals should publish the staffing levels on their wards on a daily basis, the Commons health committee has recommended.
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PwC to support 'operational challenge' of new inspection regime
The Care Quality Commission is drafting in staff from PwC to help support the first wave of its new inspection regime, board papers reveal.
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Berwick review costs revealed
The Berwick review of patient safety in the NHS cost less than £100,000, HSJ can reveal.
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NMC backs revalidation plans despite concerns
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has approved plans for the revalidation of the profession - provided the new system can be shown to be worth the cost.
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Torbay merger will be 'unique' challenge for OFT
STRUCTURE: The proposed takeover of a trust that has pioneered the integration of health and social care by an acute foundation trust has been approved, despite the acquisition’s business case receiving a “low” score.
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Revised negligence scheme 'will not lead to big price swings'
Plans to scrap discounts on clinical negligence premiums will not lead to “big swings in price”, the chief executive of the NHS Litigation Authority has told HSJ.