All articles by Sarah Calkin – Page 3
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NewsCity's social workers transfer to healthcare provider
All 172 of Plymouth City Council’s social workers are now employed by Plymouth Community Healthcare
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NewsTrusts forced to look overseas to plug paramedic gaps
Ambulance services across England are looking overseas to fill gaps in their paramedic workforce as trusts grapple with vacancy rates as high as 25 per cent, HSJ research has found.
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NewsCancer drugs fund receives surprise £60m boost
NHS England has announced a surprise £60m boost to the cancer drugs fund, bringing it up to £340m for 2015-16, even as it slashes the number of drugs available.
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HSJ LocalSouth Devon appoints new permanent chief executive
WORKFORCE: South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust has appointed a new chief executive with experience of integrating care in Northern Ireland.
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NewsPlanning guidance full coverage: next steps for the forward view
Health economies seeking to be at the forefront of moving to the new models of care set out in the NHS Five Year Forward View have been given six weeks to submit an expression of interest to NHS England
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NewsAppeal finds NICE decision on £90k breast cancer drug 'unfair'
The impact of the government’s drug pricing deal on patient access to new medicines has been thrown into confusion after a pharmaceutical company’s appeal against the decision to ban routine NHS funding of one of its drugs was upheld.
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CommentHSJ100 analysis – safety and quality: Post-Francis NHS must stay safe without spending more
HSJ100 LEADERS ICON-SAFETYHSJ100 LEADERS ICON-SAFETY After the sea change in focus on quality and safety that followed the 2013 Francis report, 2015 will be about ensuring the issue remains at the top of the list in the face of an ever more challenging financial position.The pre-eminence ...
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NewsRichards: Fit and proper persons test may end up in court
The final parameters of the new fit and proper test for NHS board members could be set in the courts, the chief inspector of hospitals has predicted
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HSJ LocalDorset's better care fund budget slashed
One of the largest and most ambitious bids to pool health and social care budgets has been scaled back dramatically after the plans were checked by NHS England.
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NewsCQC agrees half a million pound out of court libel deal
The Care Quality Commission has reached an out of court settlement with its former deputy chief executive who had sued for libel
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HSJ LocalNEW Devon imposes widespread restrictions on smokers and obese patients
Morbidly obese patients in most of Devon will have to lose up to 5 per cent of their weight before undergoing any elective surgery, under plans confirmed by the country’s largest clinical commissioning group.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England delays treatment choices after legal threat
NHS England has cancelled key meetings at which it was due to decide whether to fund a series of treatments for serious conditions following a threat of judicial review, HSJ has learned.
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NewsOOH providers warn over rising indemnity costs
Out of hours providers are struggling to find GPs to cover shifts because of spiralling insurance premiums.
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NewsNHS England restructure: new 'sub region' directors appointed
NHS England has appointed the directors of most of the organisation’s new ‘sub regions’ which are to be created as part of a restructure designed to cut costs by 15 per cent.
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HSJ LocalCCG chief to lead acute hospital
WORKFORCE: The leader of a well respected clinical commissioning group has been appointed to the chief executive post of an acute trust under investigation by Monitor.
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NewsCCGs poised to defy pharma by switching to cheaper, unlicensed drug
Clinical commissioning groups across England are mulling the use of an unlicensed drug which could save the NHS millions of pounds, HSJ has learned
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HSJ LocalBeds could go under Somerset community services plans
STRUCTURE: Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group is planning a major overhaul of its community services which will see a significant reduction in hospital beds and the potential procurement of an integrated service for patients with long term conditions.
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NewsConcern over CCG dialysis transfer
The health secretary has come under fire from charities and MPs for agreeing to transfer the responsibility for renal dialysis commissioning from NHS England to clinical commissioning groups
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HSJ LocalFirst of new NHS 111 contracts awarded
COMMERCIAL: South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has been left “deeply disappointed” after losing out on the contract to provide an integrated NHS 111 and GP out of hours service in Somerset.
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NewsNew NHS England partnership with pharma to speed up drug access
Government plans for closer working between the NHS and the pharmaceutical industry will make the new generation of precision medicines more affordable for the NHS, the minister for life sciences has said.