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NewsOlder women less likely to have breast cancer surgery
Older women are less likely to have breast cancer surgery than those who are younger, research suggests.
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NewsAlan Milburn hits out at NHS reform 'car crash'
Former health secretary Alan Milburn has branded the coalition’s watered down NHS reforms the “biggest car crash” in the service’s history.
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CommentProvider trouble brewing in the East
A number of concerns were raised in a report from the East of England provider development board last month.
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NewsLower qualified pathology workforce ‘could make 25 per cent savings’
The government’s pathology tsar has said the discipline could save 15-25 per cent of its costs by reducing the proportion of highly qualified staff it uses to perform junior tasks.
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NewsRare cancer drugs budget underspent by nearly half
Only 56 per cent of the money allocated for cancer drugs normally unavailable on the NHS was spent in the first six months of a high profile fund, a report has found.
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CommentNoel Plumridge: breaking up is hard to do
Hanging on to the title deeds of the community estate must have seemed such a neat idea last year, as primary care trusts pondered the future of their soon to be departing provider arms.
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NewsPFI rethink stalls hospital building plans
Plans to build a number of new hospitals have stalled as trusts await a ministerial decision on whether the government will underwrite private finance initiative deals.
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CommentMichael White: reform concessions do little to soften Tory image
It would be an exaggeration to suggest that Nick Clegg hired Wembley Stadium to celebrate his party’s triumph in helping rewrite Andrew Lansley’s Health Bill and “saving the NHS.” But Lib Dem boasting caused resentment among Conservative MPs of all stripes.
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CommentLondon's commissioner-provider relationships set on edge
Which bit of London has the worst commissioner/provider relationships?
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy a framework for NHS managers is crucial to effective services
Far from cutting bureaucracy in the NHS, large scale cuts to management risks the delivery of the many new initiatives the service will be required to fulfil. Ruth Spellman outlines a way forward.
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CommentThe government shouldn't simply leave the past behind
The government is in a tough spot at the moment, but it can be eased if it heeds the lessons of the NHS Plan era, argues House of Lords independent member Nigel Crisp.
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Commissioners to investigate 'disproportionate' activity rise
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners in west London ordered a report into short stay emergency admissions at their main hospital after becoming suspicious about an activity rise in the run-up to the trust’s Monitor application.
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CommentMedia Watch: a Lib Dem battle victory in reform war
Never mind that the “pause” was supposed to be about allaying the concerns of clinicians, apparently the amendments to the Health Bill are in fact a Liberal Democrat victory.
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Acute trust announces its potential merger partners
STRUCTURE: Epsom and St Helier University Hospital Trust on the Surrey/London border has announced Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals Foundation Trust and the Royal Surrey County Hospital FT are interested in merging with Epsom Hospital, with St George’s Healthcare Trust interested in St Helier Hospital.
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CommentClinical services should do their bit for efficiency, as well as productivity
Although lower than other public sector departments, the NHS still has massive efficiency savings targets to meet. A good start would be to address value for money in clinical procedures, write Christopher Peters and Stephen Chadwick.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow new ways of working can modernise NHS information infrastructure
The radical plans to reform the health service have thrown confusion into previously established systems, but it does now provide an opportunity to make real improvement to the way the NHS’s information is managed, argues Microsoft sales director John Gobron.
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NewsConsortia rebrand required to 'clearly link' with locality
The creative names chosen by many shadow commissioning consortia – now rebranded clinical commissioning groups – are to disappear under the amendments to the Health Bill.
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HSJ KnowledgeOn dodgy ground: much needed NHS estate works are being held up by the Health Bill's progress
The paused Health Bill has held up much needed improvement to facilities around the country, and while the plans intend to help patients more effectively in the long term, the welfare of communities is suffering now, argues Assura Group managing director for property Andrew Darke.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhat happens if the Health and Social Care Bill is scrapped?
In an era of health service reform that has been punctuated with queries of “what next?” it’s worth considering how the health service landscape would look if, as some are speculating, the Health and Social Care Bill is actually scrapped, says Beachcroft public law partner Stephen Hocking.
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NHS Buckinghamshire chair to continue in post
WORKFORCE: NHS Buckinghamshire has confirmed that Stewart George has been invited to serve a further term as its chair.