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£2.5bn savings for NHS England QIPP in first six months
Service Deputy Chief Executive David Florey has reported that the NHS in England’s QIPP (Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention) has released £2.5bn in savings in its first six months. The...
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Monitor announces new rules allowing local experiments
New rules will come into force next year allowing local experiments in ways of paying for NHS-funded services in order to develop innovative new models of care for patients. The national tariff for...
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Monitor to extend role to promote patient welfare this winter
Monitor has agreed to supplement its routine monitoring of the operational performance of foundation trust hospitals to help them tackle any seasonal pressures on emergency care. The health sector...
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NHS England launches £100m Nursing Technology Fund
NHS organisations can now bid for part of a £100m fund to buy innovative technology to support nurses, midwives and care staff with improving patient care. The £100m ‘Nursing Technology Fund’ was...
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New rules published for the 2014/15 NHS payment system
New rules will come into force next year allowing local experiments in ways of paying for NHS-funded services in order to develop innovative new models of care for patients. The rules were successfully...
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Developing a national framework for commissioning HIV, sexual and...
Public Health England (PHE), in conjunction with partner agencies, is developing a national framework for commissioning HIV, sexual and reproductive health services. This framework will provide local...
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Monitor closes investigation into NHS England’s commissioning process
The health sector regulator has closed its investigation into the commissioning of radiosurgery services. This was the first investigation to take place under the NHS purchasing rules designed to...
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£2.6m funding for volunteers that support hospitals
Dedicated volunteers who give time to help patients have been recognised through a £2.6m investment to grow and support their work. The funding boost will go to up to 14 projects that will provide...
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£11.5m to tackle UK TB
Public Health England (PHE) and NHS England have announced an £11.5m investment as part of a collaborative initiative to decrease TB cases and ultimately eliminate TB as a public health problem in...
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Elderly health: New £1mn funding for businesses
Businesses can apply for funding from NHS England to address challenges facing older people with multiple health problems. Businesses and other organisations can apply for a share of £1mn funding, set...
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NHS Five Year Forward escalades care review
NHS England Chief Executive Simon Stevens and the NHS Five Year Forward Viewed partners recently announced eight new vanguards that will launch the transformation of urgent and emergency care for more...
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Hundreds of schools benefit from £3m mental health investment
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has joined forces with NHS England to launch a multi-million pound joint mental health pilot scheme for hundreds of schools. The Mental Health Services and Schools Link...
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New ways to meet health challenges: apply for business contracts
The NHS is seeking business ideas to improve patient flow on acute wards and increase independence for children with long-term conditions. The NHS has up to £1.1 million to award to up to 12 projects...
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Stroke patients in England set to receive revolutionary new treatment
An estimated 8,000 stroke patients a year are set to benefit from an advanced emergency treatment which can significantly decrease the risk of long-term disability and also save millions of pounds in...
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NHS England to help tackle rising costs of GP indemnity with £10 million boost
NHS England yesterday (September 28th 2017) announced at its Board meeting plans to help strengthen out-of-hours GP services during the winter period by making £10 million available for indemnity...
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Jeremy Hunt to offer £20,000 ‘golden hello’ for coastal GPs
Jeremy Hunt MP will offer GPs in training a “golden hello” of £20,000 if they start their careers in the countryside or on the coast in a bid to boost the number of family doctors in areas with...
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New technology, earlier diagnosis and better coordination of care in cancer
The NHS is on-track to transform cancer services in England by 2020/21 according to a report published yesterday by NHS England’s National Cancer Programme. The report details the investment the NHS is...
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Improving mental health and surgery: apply for contracts
Organisations can apply for contracts of £100,000 to develop innovative new products and services that improve mental health provision or surgery in the NHS. NHS England and Academic Health Science...
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Second wave of NHS England test beds launched
NHS England and the Office for Life Sciences have launched a new competition to identify a second wave of ‘test beds’ (February 26th). The test bed programme is a joint programme between NHS England...
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NHS gets funding green light for new buildings, wards and beds
The funding was announced today (March 28th) by Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Jeremy Hunt MP. It is the biggest investment of its kind in the NHS in over 10 years. The NHS will spend...
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