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<title>York CCG decides not to routinely fund IVF</title>
<link>http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/ccgs/nhs-vale-of-york-ccg/york-ccg-decides-not-to-routinely-fund-ivf/5058005.article?referrer=RSS</link>
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<description>SERVICES: Vale of York CCG has decided to follow the example of its predecessor PCT and not routinely fund IVF treatment.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Surrey and Sussex CSU deemed unviable</title>
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<description>STRUCTURE: The Surrey and Sussex Commissioning Support Unit is to be closed after being deemed unviable.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Yorkshire lets ten year GP practice contract</title>
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<description>FINANCE: A ten-year contract to provide medical services at Thornton and Denholme Medical Practice has been awarded to a group of Shipley-based doctors who are already providing temporary services at the surgery.</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 6 Mar 2013 15:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NHS Suffolk on course to hit financial target before close down</title>
<link>http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/pcts/suffolk-pct/nhs-suffolk-on-course-to-hit-financial-target-before-close-down/5054872.article?referrer=RSS</link>
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<description>FINANCE: NHS Suffolk achieved its target £0.8m surplus at 31 December 2012, and is forecast to deliver its target £1.1m surplus for the full year in 2012-13.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:03 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Surrey Heath CCG authorised with seven conditions</title>
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<description>STRUCTURE: Surrey Heath Clinical Commissioning Group has been authorised but with seven conditions.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hastings and Rother CCG authorised with conditions</title>
<link>http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/pcts/hastings-and-rother-pct/hastings-and-rother-ccg-authorised-with-conditions/5055400.article?referrer=RSS</link>
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<description>STRUCTURE: Hastings and Rother Clinical Commissioning Group has been authorised but with seven conditions.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Conditional authorisation for Eastbourne, Hailsham and Seaford CCG</title>
<link>http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/pcts/east-sussex-downs-and-weald-pct/conditional-authorisation-for-eastbourne-hailsham-and-seaford-ccg/5055396.article?referrer=RSS</link>
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<description>STRUCTURE: Eastbourne, Hailsham and Seaford Clinical Commissioning Group has been authorised but with 13 conditions.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Scunthorpe GP practice receives prestigious quality award</title>
<link>http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/pcts/north-lincolnshire-pct/scunthorpe-gp-practice-receives-prestigious-quality-award/5054460.article?referrer=RSS</link>
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<description>PERFORMANCE: A GP practice in Scunthorpe has become the first in England to be awarded a Royal College of General Practitioners Practice Accreditation.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 10:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Northumbria Healthcare creates iPhone app for GPs</title>
<link>http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/northumbria-healthcare-nhs-foundation-trust/northumbria-healthcare-creates-iphone-app-for-gps/5054461.article?referrer=RSS</link>
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<description>STRUCTURE: Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust has launched an iPhone app to help North East GPs access real time information about its clinics, consultants and specialist services.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 10:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Northumbria appoints GP clinical director</title>
<link>http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/northumbria-healthcare-nhs-foundation-trust/northumbria-appoints-gp-clinical-director/5054804.article?referrer=RSS</link>
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<description>WORKFORCE: A GP clinical director has been appointed at Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust to help create seamless pathways for patients moving between hospital and community healthcare services in North Tyneside.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 8 Feb 2013 18:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven CCG authorised with one condition</title>
<link>http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/pcts/bradford-and-airedale-teaching-pct/airedale-wharfedale-and-craven-ccg-authorised-with-one-condition/5054046.article?referrer=RSS</link>
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<description>STRUCTURE: Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven CCG has been authorised with only one condition in the NHS Commissioning Board’s second wave of CCG authorisations.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 8 Feb 2013 15:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title> NHS Lincolnshire considers future of Grantham Hospital</title>
<link>http://www.hsj.co.uk/pcts/lincolnshire-pct/-nhs-lincolnshire-considers-future-of-grantham-hospital/5054308.article?referrer=RSS</link>
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<description>STRUCTURE: NHS Lincolnshire has opened a 90-day consultation on future services to be provided at Grantham Hospital.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 8 Feb 2013 15:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bradford and Airedale overspending on acute by £4.3m</title>
<link>http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/pcts/bradford-and-airedale-teaching-pct/bradford-and-airedale-overspending-on-acute-by-43m/5054215.article?referrer=RSS</link>
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<description>FINANCE: Bradford and Airedale PCT’s two main provider contracts are overtrading by a total of £4.3m, but it is on track to meet its financial plan.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 4 Feb 2013 13:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>North East GPs 'prescribe paracetamol at more than twice expected rate'</title>
<link>http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/pcts/county-durham-pct/north-east-gps-prescribe-paracetamol-at-more-than-twice-expected-rate/5053908.article?referrer=RSS</link>
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<description>FINANCE: GPs in seven North East primary care trusts are prescribing paracetamol at twice the expected rate and could save the NHS an estimated £2.5m a year by their bringing reducing to the national average, the healthcare analysis firm CHKS has said.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 4 Feb 2013 09:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>North Lincolnshire CCG authorised with no conditions</title>
<link>http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/pcts/north-lincolnshire-pct/north-lincolnshire-ccg-authorised-with-no-conditions/5054034.article?referrer=RSS</link>
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<description>STRUCTURE: North Lincolnshire CCG has been authorised with no conditions in the second wave of CCG authorisation decisions.</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:33 GMT</pubDate>
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