http://www.hsj.co.uk http://www.hsj.co.uk http://www.hsj.co.uk/magazine/graphics/logo.png http://www.hsj.co.uk http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/nhs-england-plans-to-lead-radical-service-change/5057499.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/nhs-england-plans-to-lead-radical-service-change/5057499.article NHS England is planning to continue the health service’s current savings drive after 2015, and to recast it as a programme of “ambitious and radical” service change led by its area teams. david.williams@emap.com (David Williams) Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:03 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/mid-staffs-placed-in-special-administration/5057424.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/mid-staffs-placed-in-special-administration/5057424.article Scandal-hit Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has been put into special administration by health sector regulator Monitor, it was announced this afternoon. shaun.lintern@emap.com (Shaun Lintern) Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:20 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/exclusive-nhs-england-could-ratchet-up-financial-pressure-on-private-mental-health-providers-analysts-warn/5057159.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/exclusive-nhs-england-could-ratchet-up-financial-pressure-on-private-mental-health-providers-analysts-warn/5057159.article Private mental health providers could see pressure on their profit margins “ratcheted up” by the centralisation of secure and specialised mental healthcare commissioning in the hands of NHS England, according to a new report by market analysts Laing and Buisson. crispin.dowler@emap.com (Crispin Dowler) Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:03 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/monitor-will-be-a-fair-and-pragmatic-regulator/5058749.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/monitor-will-be-a-fair-and-pragmatic-regulator/5058749.article We will be rigorous proportionate and enforcing the rules Fri, 17 May 2013 12:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/home/innovation-and-efficiency/what-makes-a-clinical-audit-successful/5057779.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/home/innovation-and-efficiency/what-makes-a-clinical-audit-successful/5057779.article Communication, core values and incentives are all key Fri, 17 May 2013 00:02 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/home/commissioning/opinion/should-payment-by-results-be-scrapped/5058762.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/home/commissioning/opinion/should-payment-by-results-be-scrapped/5058762.article Catch up on our Twitter chat Thu, 16 May 2013 18:16 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/topics/transforming-community-services/serco-targets-cambridge-community-services-contract/5058531.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/topics/transforming-community-services/serco-targets-cambridge-community-services-contract/5058531.article Serco is gearing up to bid for the Cambridgeshire Community Services Trust contract and expand its NHS portfolio, the company’s director of community services Sharon Colclough has indicated to HSJ.  james.illman@emap.com (James Illman) Thu, 16 May 2013 08:10 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/home/innovation-and-efficiency/podcast-how-can-the-nhs-payment-system-do-more-for-patients/5058697.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/home/innovation-and-efficiency/podcast-how-can-the-nhs-payment-system-do-more-for-patients/5058697.article Monitor’s Christian Fielder on reform shreshtha.trivedi@emap.com (Shreshtha Trivedi) Wed, 15 May 2013 15:01 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/cbi-developing-transparency-system-for-private-providers-to-nhs/5058490.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/cbi-developing-transparency-system-for-private-providers-to-nhs/5058490.article Business leaders are preparing transparency guidelines for private companies running public services, amid calls for the sector to be subject to the Freedom of Information Act.   james.illman@emap.com (James Illman) Wed, 15 May 2013 10:01 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/sally-gainsbury-the-mutating-baseline/5058567.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/sally-gainsbury-the-mutating-baseline/5058567.article What to do with illogical policy or unworkable budgets sally.gainsbury@ft.com (Sally Gainsbury) Wed, 15 May 2013 00:01 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/the-rotherham-nhs-foundation-trust/troubled-rotherham-ft-plans-5m-corporate-savings/5058444.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/the-rotherham-nhs-foundation-trust/troubled-rotherham-ft-plans-5m-corporate-savings/5058444.article Rotherham Foundation Trust is planning to save £5m from its “corporate overheads” as it battles to deliver £50m cost cuts in the next three years. Tue, 14 May 2013 11:33 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/the-rotherham-nhs-foundation-trust/analysed-rotherhams-it-system-and-performance-struggle/5058521.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/the-rotherham-nhs-foundation-trust/analysed-rotherhams-it-system-and-performance-struggle/5058521.article How the troubled implementation of a new IT system exacerbated financial woes at Rotherham and what lies ahead for the trust Tue, 14 May 2013 11:21 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/lamb-invites-bids-from-integration-pioneers/5058589.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/lamb-invites-bids-from-integration-pioneers/5058589.article Health economies have been invited to bid to become integration “pioneers” running large-scale experiments in integrated care, in an initiative launched by health minister Norman Lamb. crispin.dowler@emap.com (Crispin Dowler) Tue, 14 May 2013 00:01 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/ambulance-trusts/east-of-england-ambulance-service-trust-upgrades-fleet/5058519.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/ambulance-trusts/east-of-england-ambulance-service-trust-upgrades-fleet/5058519.article FINANCE East of England Ambulance Service Trust is investing nearly £17m on its vehicle fleet, the trust has announced. Mon, 13 May 2013 16:35 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/updated-nhs-england-and-monitor-plan-major-reform-of-payment-by-results/5058575.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/updated-nhs-england-and-monitor-plan-major-reform-of-payment-by-results/5058575.article Clinical commissioning groups will be encouraged to experiment with different ways of paying for care next year, in what could be the start of the biggest reform of NHS payment systems since the introduction of payment by results. crispin.dowler@emap.com (Crispin Dowler) Mon, 13 May 2013 16:20 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/technology/exclusive-capita-challenges-nhs-choices-insourcing/5058555.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/technology/exclusive-capita-challenges-nhs-choices-insourcing/5058555.article Capita is in talks with the Department for Health over government plans to axe its NHS Choices contract, HSJ has learned. james.illman@emap.com (James Illman) Mon, 13 May 2013 15:31 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/trusts-submit-deficit-plans-for-2013-14-amid-going-concern-worries/5058478.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/trusts-submit-deficit-plans-for-2013-14-amid-going-concern-worries/5058478.article The NHS Trust Development Authority has written to trusts assuring them they can be classed as “a going concern” by auditors, despite submitting deficit plans for this financial year, HSJ has learned. ben.clover@emap.com (Ben Clover) Fri, 10 May 2013 15:43 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/dh-director-general-warns-over-diversion-of-social-care-funds/5058471.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/dh-director-general-warns-over-diversion-of-social-care-funds/5058471.article A senior Department of Health official has warned about NHS funds which are being transferred to local authorities being diverted to other services. kaye.wiggins@emap.com (Kaye Wiggins) Fri, 10 May 2013 11:23 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/leader/trusts-risk-unwanted-legacy-with-short-term-savings/5058355.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/leader/trusts-risk-unwanted-legacy-with-short-term-savings/5058355.article There is little evidence of mergers working alastair.mclellan@emap.com (Alastair McLellan) Thu, 9 May 2013 00:02 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/acute-care/trusts-ease-pay-savings-in-francis-aftermath-analysis-shows/5058328.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/acute-care/trusts-ease-pay-savings-in-francis-aftermath-analysis-shows/5058328.article Hospital trusts are disproportionately targeting non-pay costs and seeking extra income as they embark on a £2.4bn savings drive in 2013-14, an exclusive HSJ analysis reveals. ben.clover@emap.com (Ben Clover) Thu, 9 May 2013 00:01 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/high-cost-of-fines-for-long-waits-revealed/5058291.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/high-cost-of-fines-for-long-waits-revealed/5058291.article English hospitals would have been fined £227m in 2012 if they had been subjected to the penalty regime written into their contracts for the current financial year, according to analysis shared exclusively with HSJ. crispin.dowler@emap.com (Crispin Dowler) Thu, 9 May 2013 00:01 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/exclusive-panic-over-hunt-plan-to-announce-ae-rescue-fund/5058414.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/exclusive-panic-over-hunt-plan-to-announce-ae-rescue-fund/5058414.article Jeremy Hunt is seeking to announce a £300-£400m fund to “solve” the accident and emergency performance dive, but the money may not be available, according to emails seen by HSJ. dave.west@emap.com (Dave West) Thu, 9 May 2013 00:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/university-hospital-of-north-staffordshire-nhs-trust/north-staffordshire-trust-appoints-new-chief-executive/5058235.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/university-hospital-of-north-staffordshire-nhs-trust/north-staffordshire-trust-appoints-new-chief-executive/5058235.article WORKFORCE: Financially struggling University Hospital of North Staffordshire has appointed Mark Hackett as chief executive. shaun.lintern@emap.com (Shaun Lintern) Wed, 8 May 2013 12:42 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/wye-valley-nhs-trust/wye-valley-trust-may-change-services-instead-of-lose-independence/5058180.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/wye-valley-nhs-trust/wye-valley-trust-may-change-services-instead-of-lose-independence/5058180.article STRUCTURE: Wye Valley Trust is considering whether it could carry out a major service reconfiguration, rather than close as an independent organisation. shaun.lintern@emap.com (Shaun Lintern) Wed, 8 May 2013 12:42 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/exclusive-ccg-performance-and-assurance-regime-unveiled/5058302.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/commissioning/exclusive-ccg-performance-and-assurance-regime-unveiled/5058302.article Clinical commissioning groups will be rated four times a year on their performance and annually on their organisational capability, under a draft assurance regime to be published today. dave.west@emap.com (Dave West) Tue, 7 May 2013 17:04 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/addressing-hearing-loss-services-could-save-28m/5058257.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/addressing-hearing-loss-services-could-save-28m/5058257.article The health service could save £28m by introducing a “joined up approach” to diagnosis and treatment of hearing loss and dementia, a charity has said. dave.west@emap.com (Dave West) Fri, 3 May 2013 11:58 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/acute-care-is-drowning-in-the-rising-tide-of-ae-demand/5058226.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/acute-care-is-drowning-in-the-rising-tide-of-ae-demand/5058226.article The answer may be to close hospitals, says Andrew Foster Thu, 2 May 2013 15:30 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/where-next-for-competition-in-the-nhs/5058065.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/where-next-for-competition-in-the-nhs/5058065.article A look at the practical impact of the section 75 regulations crispin.dowler@emap.com (Crispin Dowler) Thu, 2 May 2013 12:29 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/exclusive-ministers-want-ccg-topslice-to-fund-health-and-social-care-integration/5058188.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/exclusive-ministers-want-ccg-topslice-to-fund-health-and-social-care-integration/5058188.article Part of clinical commissioning groups’ budgets – potentially worth more than £1bn – should be used to fund integration with council-run social care services, Norman Lamb has told HSJ. david.williams@emap.com (David Williams) Thu, 2 May 2013 09:32 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/care-claims-backlog-will-take-five-years-to-clear/5058115.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/care-claims-backlog-will-take-five-years-to-clear/5058115.article The deluge of retrospective claims for continuing healthcare funding that flooded into the NHS last year will take at least half a decade to be resolved, lawyers have warned. crispin.dowler@emap.com (Crispin Dowler) Wed, 1 May 2013 10:57 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/two-bidders-drop-out-of-pension-fund-hospital-build-scheme/5057768.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/two-bidders-drop-out-of-pension-fund-hospital-build-scheme/5057768.article Two out of three bidders involved in an innovative scheme to use pension fund capital to finance a major hospital development have dropped out, HSJ has learned. ben.clover@emap.com (Ben Clover) Wed, 1 May 2013 10:25 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/michael-white-vultures-circle-the-nhs/5058109.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/michael-white-vultures-circle-the-nhs/5058109.article Some Lords fear lawyers and corporations will cherry-pick the service Wed, 1 May 2013 10:05 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/turnaround-is-everybodys-problem/5057928.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/turnaround-is-everybodys-problem/5057928.article Reversing a trust’s financial fortunes is a job for the whole organisation Wed, 1 May 2013 08:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/workforce/many-trusts-weak-on-medical-leadership-research-finds/5058029.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/workforce/many-trusts-weak-on-medical-leadership-research-finds/5058029.article There is a six fold variation in the amount of time medical directors spend on their board duties, new research into leadership has found. Sarah.calkin@emap.com (Sarah Calkin) Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:57 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/protection-plan-for-plastic-surgery/5058017.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/protection-plan-for-plastic-surgery/5058017.article Plastic surgeons are to introduce a financial protection scheme for their patients, it has been announced. Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:58 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/the-competition-regulations-will-help-charities/5057930.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/the-competition-regulations-will-help-charities/5057930.article Weakening section 75 would be a step back Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:08 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/home/innovation-and-efficiency/could-a-water-health-check-revitalise-your-finances/5057608.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/home/innovation-and-efficiency/could-a-water-health-check-revitalise-your-finances/5057608.article Major savings can be made with improved water efficiency Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:02 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/nhs-dragged-into-cross-border-care-dispute/5057771.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/nhs-dragged-into-cross-border-care-dispute/5057771.article New EU rules are causing problems for providers sally.gainsbury@ft.com (Sally Gainsbury) Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:02 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/average-trust-director-pay-grew-by-18pc-in-2011-12/5057782.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/average-trust-director-pay-grew-by-18pc-in-2011-12/5057782.article Average pay for provider trust directors increased by 1.8 per cent in 2011-12, according to research shared with HSJ. shaun.lintern@emap.com (Shaun Lintern) Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:01 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/circle-sees-operating-loss-increase-to-29m/5057818.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/circle-sees-operating-loss-increase-to-29m/5057818.article Circle, the private company running Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust, has posted an operating loss of £29.3m for 2012, according to company accounts. james.illman@emap.com (James Illman) Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:37 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/the-nhs-is-in-real-danger-of-being-unaffordable/5057645.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/the-nhs-is-in-real-danger-of-being-unaffordable/5057645.article Health bodies are desperately trying to save money ajconsult@hotmail.co.uk (Alan Jessop) Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:01 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/home/commissioning/opinion/get-ready-for-the-section-75-showdown/5057840.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/home/commissioning/opinion/get-ready-for-the-section-75-showdown/5057840.article We gather a selection of articles to help you prepare for Wednesday’s crucial debate andrew.snowball@emap.com (Andrew Snowball) Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:12 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/exclusive-experts-identify-urgent-need-for-balanced-guidance-on-nhs-competition/5057803.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/exclusive-experts-identify-urgent-need-for-balanced-guidance-on-nhs-competition/5057803.article New guidelines from the NHS’s competition watchdog may lead commissioners to “perceive the scope for regulatory action as being so wide that it inhibits service redesign”, an influential think tank has warned. crispin.dowler@emap.com (Crispin Dowler) Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:48 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/warner-why-i-will-be-voting-for-nhs-competition-regulations/5057786.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/warner-why-i-will-be-voting-for-nhs-competition-regulations/5057786.article The battle over draft NHS provider competition regulations Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:34 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/columnists/thatcher-ducked-the-nhs-fight-we-have-to-face-it/5057616.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/columnists/thatcher-ducked-the-nhs-fight-we-have-to-face-it/5057616.article Thatcher’s handling of the NHS offers lessons for reformers Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:02 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/consultant-contract-talks-could-hinge-on-seven-day-working/5057466.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/consultant-contract-talks-could-hinge-on-seven-day-working/5057466.article Employers’ representatives hope to begin negotiation of the medical consultant contract focused on enabling significantly more services to operate at weekends, HSJ has been told. shaun.lintern@emap.com (Shaun Lintern) Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:12 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/home/innovation-and-efficiency/why-hospital-mergers-succeed-or-fail/5057619.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/home/innovation-and-efficiency/why-hospital-mergers-succeed-or-fail/5057619.article Can mergers solve problems in NHS acute care? Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:38 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/exclusive-market-consulted-about-taking-over-parts-of-mid-staffs/5057689.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/exclusive-market-consulted-about-taking-over-parts-of-mid-staffs/5057689.article The special administrators of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust are to launch a “market engagement exercise” asking whether other providers - including in the private sector - would be interested in taking on its services, HSJ can reveal. shaun.lintern@emap.com (Shaun Lintern) Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:31 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/columnists/the-nhs-has-its-own-currency-crisis/5057617.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/columnists/the-nhs-has-its-own-currency-crisis/5057617.article The currencies that drive activity and behaviour in the NHS are rooted in the past Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:09 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/exclusive-key-lib-dem-backs-government-over-crunch-nhs-competition-vote/5057693.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/exclusive-key-lib-dem-backs-government-over-crunch-nhs-competition-vote/5057693.article The Liberal Democrats’ health spokeswoman in the Lords has told HSJ she will have “no problem” asking her party to support the government in next week’s crucial vote on new NHS competition regulations. crispin.dowler@emap.com (Crispin Dowler) Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:08 GMT