Further talks scheduled at ACAS next week between Northampton General Hospital and pathology staff

Further talks scheduled at ACAS next week between Northampton General Hospital and pathology staff Further roundtable talks between Northampton General Hospital and biomedical staff who have been locked out of the hospital will be held next week. Northampton Herald and Post

Accountable care organisations in the US and England

Accountable care organisations in the US and England Accountable care organisations in the United States and Englanddescribes the different types of ACOs emerging in the United States; presents some early evidence on their performance; assesses the future for ACOs; and discusses the implication of these developments for integrated care initiatives in England. The King's Fund

Flu fighter resources ordering system now live

Flu fighter resources ordering system now live Free printed campaign materials for your local staff flu vaccination campaign can now be ordered from our online system. NHS Employers

In the red? The state of the NHS finances

In the red? The state of the NHS finances This briefing focuses on the breakdown of commissioner spending on NHS and non-NHS providers in the acute, community and mental health sectors. It updates previous analysis published by the Nuffield Trust and IFS in May 2013 on the private/ public provider mix in the NHS and is extracted from a forthcoming report. Nuffield Trust

NHS plan 'a recipe for disaster'

NHS plan 'a recipe for disaster' Cutting back on hospital services in England before community services are geared up to provide care is a "recipe for disaster", MPs say. BBC News

See also:

• VIDEO: NHS plan 'a recipe for disaster' BBC News

NHS surgery 'age discrimination'

NHS surgery 'age discrimination' Age discrimination may be preventing older people from having access to vital surgery, a report suggests. BBC News

See also:

• Access all ages 2: Exploring variations in access to surgery among older people Age UK & Royal College of Surgeons

VIDEO: UK FGM failure 'a national scandal'

VIDEO: UK FGM failure 'a national scandal' A report by MPs claims the failure to tackle female genital mutilation (FGM) in the UK is a "national scandal" that has affected as many as 170,000 women. BBC News

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• Female genital mutilation: the case for a national action plan Home Affairs Select Committee

Caldicott to oversee care.data pilot

Caldicott to oversee care.data pilot The pilot phase of the controversial care.data programme will be subject to scrutiny from an independent panel led by Dame Fiona Caldicott, NHS England has revealed. E-Health Insider

NHS England rules out further local QOF schemes this year

NHS England rules out further local QOF schemes this year NHS England has ruled out the possibility of supporting additional local QOF schemes this financial year, a decision welcomed by the GPC. GP Online

NHS cancer care: planned switch to private contracts in £700m plans

NHS cancer care: planned switch to private contracts in £700m plans Private health firms ready to bid for £1.2bn worth of outsourced services at Staffordshire clinical commissioning group areas

Cancer care in the NHS could be privatised for the first time in the health service's biggest ever outsourcing of services worth over £1.2bn.

A host of private healthcare firms have already expressed interest in securing a £689m, 10-year contract to provide cancer care at four NHS GP-led clinical commissioning group areas in Staffordshire. Continue reading... The Guardian

PM must exclude NHS from EU-US trade deal or it could be sued, union warns

PM must exclude NHS from EU-US trade deal or it could be sued, union warns Healthcare workers, patients’ groups and the country’s biggest union are urging the Prime Minister to exclude the NHS from a “monster” new EU-US free trade deal they claim could make it impossible for botched privatisations ever to be renationalised. The Independent

Doctors forced to act as a surrogate social service, says British Medical Journal

Doctors forced to act as a surrogate social service, says British Medical Journal

Hundreds of thousands of victims of government cuts to welfare are becoming ill as a result, with doctors becoming a “surrogate social service,” according to the British Medical Journal (BMJ). The Independent