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NewsKing's Fund challenges health reform claims
The health secretary’s claims over why the NHS must be reformed are questionable, according to a leading health economist.
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NewsConsultants' £40m pay claims rejected
The Scottish first minister has disputed claims that Scotland paid an extra £40m to highly paid NHS consultants in the last year.
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NewsThousands of cancer patients 'denied radiotherapy'
Tens of thousands of people with cancer are missing out on potentially curative radiotherapy, it was claimed today.
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NewsDH will 'co-produce' authorisation process, GPs told
Pathfinder commissioning consortia have been told the NHS Commissioning Board will “co produce” with them its authorisation process for the groups, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ KnowledgeEnd of life care: full interaction at the end of life
End of life care must remain multidisciplinary despite financial constraints, argues Rachael Addicott
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HSJ KnowledgeGeneral paediatric surgery - getting the delivery right
General paediatric surgery is increasingly being provided centrally, but routine care can be brought to local hospitals with managed clinical networks, writes Su-Anna Boddy
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HSJ KnowledgeCommissioning: sizing up the issues of financial security
The scale of a consortium’s activities will impact on its performance. Ben Richardson and colleagues examine the levers available to influence quality
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CommentThe Health Bill - rising to the challenge
The Health Bill sets out a vision for commissioning where innovative consortia of GPs take the lead in transforming our health and social care systems from being demand-led and provider-oriented to being patient-centred and outcomes-focused.
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NewsPrime minister writes to GPs
Prime minister David Cameron has written to GPs explaining the reasons for the government’s reforms of commissioning.
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HSJ Local
North East Lincs trust to separate mental health services
STRUCTURE: North East Lincolnshire Care Trust Plus is planning to separate its mental health services into a standalone social enterprise.
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HSJ Local
Leeds PCT delegates non-elective commissioning to pathfinder clusters
STRUCTURE: NHS Leeds will delegate non-elective commissioning to its pathfinder GP consortia from April.
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HSJ Local
Coventry PCT to form consortia sub-committees
STRUCTURE: Coventry PCT has proposed to establish two local commissioning consortia as sub-committes to its board.
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HSJ Local
NHS Kirklees revises control total
FINANCE: NHS Kirklees has revised its end of year control total from a £9.9m surplus to £8.1m, in agreement with its strategic health authority.
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NewsDecontamination costs revealed to MPs
Decontaminating used crutches costs hospitals more than replacing them, MPs have been told.
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NewsCQC warns cuts could hit care standards
Standards in nursing homes across the country could drop as owners come to terms with public sector spending cuts, the chairwoman of the Care Quality Commission warned today.
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NewsCentral grip tightens under 'independence' bill
The government’s ambition to liberate the NHS has been called into question after the Health and Social Care Bill published last week apparently granted wide ranging powers of intervention to the health secretary.
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NewsHumana 'assured' client it was committed to UK market
US health insurance giant Humana gave a major NHS client “personal assurances” it was committed to the UK just months before it announced plans to exit the market, the client said this week.
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NewsUnions all reject 'poisonous' pay freeze for job protection offer
Unions have unilaterally rejected any proposal to freeze pay increments in an official response to NHS Employers.
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NewsGovernment invites councils to pilot health and wellbeing boards
The Department of Health has written to local authority leaders inviting them to become pilots for health and wellbeing boards.