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Trust's high activity level costs commissioners £27m
23-May-2012
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GP quality monitoring project under threat from reform
23-May-2012
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Bristol acutes consider merger
22-May-2012
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Morecambe Bay 'not sustainable' without reconfiguration, says new chief
22-May-2012
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Integration pioneer Torbay to merge
18-May-2012
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Night discharges controversy down to the time data was entered, says Barnet and Chase Farm
18-May-2012
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PFI partner investigated over strike allegations
17-May-2012
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Royal college criticises SHA for moving mental health funds
17-May-2012
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Leicester transcription service goes to India
11-May-2012
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Strike threat as paid tea breaks scrapped at Cambridge
11-May-2012
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Monitor directs foundation trust to tackle A&E performance
9-May-2012
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'Big beast' required to counterbalance hospitals' power, says chief
8-May-2012
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Mid Staffs appoints new finance lead
4-May-2012
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CCG eyes joint commissioning with local council
3-May-2012
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Ipswich's chief executive heads for SHA cluster
2-May-2012
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London Ambulance chief leaving for New Zealand
2-May-2012
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Trust in merger negotiations secures bail out funding
1-May-2012
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Ex-social services director becomes new James Paget chair
30-Apr-2012
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Nursing director follows chief exec and chair out of James Paget
25-Apr-2012
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Chair of troubled mental health trust resigns
25-Apr-2012
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Troubled Yorkshire trust may need to be split up
25-Apr-2012
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Commissioners back trust's FT bid despite previous concerns
24-Apr-2012
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James Paget receives another CQC warning
20-Apr-2012
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CQC gives warning to independent treatment centre firm
19-Apr-2012
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Blocking dialysis contract could risk EU law challenge, trust warns DH
19-Apr-2012
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London acute joins UCL Partners academic health science centre
18-Apr-2012
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Second hospital abandons staff sickness policy
18-Apr-2012
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Safety checks ordered for UK air ambulances
18-Apr-2012
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Regulator puts Bolton FT in 'significant breach' over waiting times
17-Apr-2012
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Trust apology over cancelled operations
17-Apr-2012
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SASH announces intention to become standalone FT
16-Apr-2012
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North Staffs launches park and ride
13-Apr-2012
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Royal Wolverhampton re-starts FT bid
13-Apr-2012
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Child safety an 'afterthought' of NHS reform, say doctors
13-Apr-2012
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Private hospital will offer ‘the only’ tertiary care beds in Kent
11-Apr-2012
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Mid Staffs restricts public questions
5-Apr-2012
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New private hospital construction to get underway
2-Apr-2012
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Probe into Nottingham University Hospitals dialysis deal
2-Apr-2012
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Wiltshire cluster services to merge with Berkshire/Gloucestershire CSS
30-Mar-2012
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MP calls for probe into regulator following Morecambe Bay scandal
30-Mar-2012
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Mid Staffs medical director announces resignation
29-Mar-2012
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Community hospitals consultation will be more than 12 months overdue
29 March 2012
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£550m of non-acute services to be put out to tender
27-Mar-2012
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Yorkshire chief executive takes over additional PCT cluster
23-Mar-2012
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Plans will see A&Es cut in NW London
20-Mar-2012
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Hospital in children's heart care row 'delaying' urgent improvements
20-Mar-2012
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Virgin and Serco on shortlist for Devon children's services
15-Mar-2012
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Trust considered forcing staff to have flu jabs
12-Mar-2012
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Recruitment search starts as trust seeks to install temporary chair
12-Mar-2012
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North Cumbria takeover bidder estimated it would need £78m over two years
9-Mar-2012
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New Royal London Hospital opens
2-Mar-2012
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Exclusive: national commissioning leads CCG to merge
1-Mar-2012
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Private heart clinic refers FT to competition panel
1-Mar-2012
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Smallest CCG told: merge tomorrow
29-Feb-2012
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Morecambe Bay's chief quits
24-Feb-2012
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Ian Cumming no longer to join North Bristol
23-Feb-2012
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Northamptonshire Healthcare investigates 26 incidents
23-Feb-2012
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GPs suggest 'radical' approach for Mid Staffs future
22-Feb-2012
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Competition watchdog clears Trafford Healthcare takeover
17-Feb-2012
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Royal Cornwall closes ward after allegations of poor care
17-Feb-2012
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Exclusive: London lost over 70 emergency calls after clocks went back
16 February 2012
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Three clusters advertise for commissioning support MD
15-Feb-2012
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NHS Midlands and East launches 'real time' monitoring of patient experience
14-Feb-2012
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Central Manchester loses appeal against £1m race discrimination award
13-Feb-2012
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London FT to replace private patients' PIP implants free of charge
10-Feb-2012
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Gloucestershire backs down over social enterprise plan
9-Feb-2012
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Imperial reduces deficit forecast to £19m
9-Feb-2012
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PCT in court over community services transfer
8-Feb-2012
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Royal Surrey manager resigns following sacking of husband
8-Feb-2012
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Circle faces £10m hole in Hinchingbrooke budget
8-Feb-2012
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Mothers and babies still at 'significant' risk at Morecambe Bay
7-Feb-2012
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Regulator installs new chairman at troubled Morecambe Bay hospitals
6-Feb-2012
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Regulator issues Morecambe Bay urgent warning to increase A&E staffing
2-Feb-2012
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Croydon out-of-hours care failures exposed
2-Feb-2012
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North Cumbria selects preferred takeover bid
1-Feb-2012
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Chief executive of hospital trust with huge deficit resigns
27-Jan-2012
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'Concern' at Nottinghamshire Healthcare's 22 serious incidents
24-Jan-2012
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MD of Somerset CCG steps down
23-Jan-2012
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Exclusive: hundreds waited hours for ambulances after software failure
20-Jan-2012
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Burton FT considering local pay proposals
19-Jan-2012
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Regulator to investigate emergency care at Morecambe Bay FT
17-Jan-2012
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Fourteen CCGs in North of England have structure problem
16-Jan-2012
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Mid Yorks Hospitals' £20m forecast deficit tips Yorks & Humber trusts into red
16-Jan-2012
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Lincolnshire community services trust plans patient consultation over reforms
16-Jan-2012
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Court date set for NHS Gloucestershire judicial review
13-Jan-2012
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NHS bosses challenge £375,000 fine
12-Jan-2012
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£500m private sector community services takeover 'stalls'
12-Jan-2012
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London queries whether CCG staff loans lead to 'unfair advantage'
12-Jan-2012
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Governors plan inquiry into chief executive dispute
12-Jan-2012
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Blears: Salford Royal to cut 400 posts over three years
11-Jan-2012
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Former Central Manchester FT manager awarded £1m in race discrimination tribunal
11-Jan-2012
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Patients launch legal action as trust reviews services
29-Dec-2011
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Cambs move to one CCG and several 'local commissioning groups'
22-Dec-2011
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'Race split' Milton Keynes CCGs agree to merge
21-Dec-2011
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Cluster condemns DH pressure on NEDs to resign
19-Dec-2011
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James Paget FT chief executive resigns after care quality row
16-Dec-2011
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FT declines to support local community trust's FT bid after losing tender
8-Dec-2011
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NHS Wirral announces first ever private maternity deal
7-Dec-2011
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Heatherwood reforecast predicts deficit of up to £18m
6-Dec-2011
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Exclusive: London's paediatric emergency services not 'safe or sustainable'
2-Dec-2011
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More funding pledged to help oncology centre across the Mersey
1 December 2011
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Admission 'surge' caused hike in mixed sex breaches at East Sussex
25-Nov-2011
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Leading teaching hospital may have to outsource long-waiters
25-Nov-2011
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Foundation trust director suspended
24-Nov-2011
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Staff warning after asbestos dust found in Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
17-Nov-2011
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Competition panel moves to second phase of NHS Peterborough investigation
16-Nov-2011
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Bury ‘patients champion’ charged with £60,000 fraud
16-Nov-2011
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Torbay trust launches first integrated health and social care IT system
15-Nov-2011
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North Cumbria chief warns staff trust has entered 'financial crisis'
11-Nov-2011
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Exclusive: prominent CCG chair fears DH will impose 200,000 population minimum
11-Nov-2011
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Assura Medical staff told to give chlamydia tests to family and friends
10 November 2011
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North Cumbria University Hospitals speeds up takeover process
9-Nov-2011
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Portsmouth trust opposes reconfiguration plans
3-Nov-2011
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East London trust to receive extra 'Darzi fellow' support
3 November 2011
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NHS Derbyshire overcomes opposition to standardise services and income for GP practices
2-Nov-2011
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FT chair resigns after political pressure
2-Nov-2011
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Salford practice excluded by CCG for overspend is set to rejoin
1-Nov-2011
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Troubled trust gets fourth chair in two years
1-Nov-2011
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Only four maternity units in London meet consultant labour ward requirements
28-Oct-2011
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Two-thirds of London's 'Top Leaders' create 'de-motivating climate', report finds
28-Oct-2011
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CQC criticises east London trust over maternity services
28-Oct-2011
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Second London reconfiguration approved
27-Oct-2011
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Three quarters of Birmingham CCGs rated 'red' in pre-authorisation test
27-Oct-2011
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London community trust faces loss of quarter of turnover
27 October 2011
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Nurses raise concerns about commissioners' private company links
20-Oct-2011
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NHS London has 80 anti-terrorism leaders across the capital
18-Oct-2011
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64 patients declined funding as NHS Buckinghamshire fails on 18 week target
17-Oct-2011
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Heatherwood blamed for 'failing' local system
13-Oct-2011
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London mental health trusts 'unfairly targeted' for savings
13-Oct-2011
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University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay withdraws bid to take over neighbouring trust
12-Oct-2011
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Monitor sanctions mental health merger
12-Oct-2011
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Lansley identifies 20 'unsustainable' trusts
11-Oct-2011
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Lab scientists to vote on industrial action at Central Manchester FT
10-Oct-2011
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Hospital trust asks staff to consider working unpaid after recording £4.5m deficit at month five
7-Oct-2011
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CQC to investigate 'atypical' rise in never events
5-Oct-2011
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Surrey trust loses confidential patient records
5-Oct-2011
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Yorkshire PCT has 'significant concerns' about GP minor surgery letter
4-Oct-2011
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York GPs tell patients they can pay for NHS-limited procedures
4-Oct-2011
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Thousands of records accidentally destroyed by Dartford and Gravesham
4-Oct-2011
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South West gets 'special consideration' for surgery site
3-Oct-2011
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Exclusive: cluster-sized commissioning group being considered
3-Oct-2011
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London commissioning cluster predicts deficit for 2011-12
30-Sep-2011
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Southampton gets FT status after DH promise of 'restructured' debt
30-Sep-2011
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Disparity over version of events surrounding patient deaths at Wexham Park
30-Sep-2011
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Senior appointments made at England's biggest SHA cluster
29-Sep-2011
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Monitor threatens collective punishment for Greater Manchester over cancer
29-Sep-2011
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Pathfinder complains over London's use of McKinsey
29-Sep-2011
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Community services transfer held up by legal threat
27-Sep-2011
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Private company accuses foundation trust of 'predatory pricing'
27-Sep-2011
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New chief executive appointed to key London trust
26-Sep-2011
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Birmingham Women's loses chair and chief exec
26-Sep-2011
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Manchester fires starting gun on major reconfiguration
22-Sep-2011
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Super merger plans let down by £116m PFI shortfall
22-Sep-2011
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Mid Staffs seeks bailout to avert cash crisis
22-Sep-2011
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Kent PCT sends patient data CD to the tip
19-Sep-2011
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Manchester cancer waits see 'little improvement' since tsar's report
16-Sep-2011
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Chase Farm to remain open but loses A&E unit
12-Sep-2011
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Morecambe maternity services rapped by regulator
9-Sep-2011
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London trust wide of the mark on waiting times
7-Sep-2011
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FT plans 20 per cent growth in private patient income
1-Sep-2011
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FT predicting significant fall in MoD income
1 September 2011
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Legionnaires' death sparks hospital investigation
26-Aug-2011
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US executive flies in to fix LAS software
25-Aug-2011
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Trust wins backing to vacate £3.6m PFI unit
25-Aug-2011
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Channel islands shift cardiac business from London specialist hospital to Southampton
25-Aug-2011
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PFI deals should be used 'sparingly', Treasury warns
24-Aug-2011
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Patient volume forces East Surrey to close A&E
23-Aug-2011
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Lansley 'will back merger of Chase Farm and North Middlesex hospitals'
18-Aug-2011
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Cluster chief resigns
18-Aug-2011
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Trust U-turns over weight loss operation funding
16-Aug-2011
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Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh plans 486 post reduction
15-Aug-2011
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SHA proposes 'no pathology service review, no bailout' policy for London trusts
12-Aug-2011
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South Central trusts seek QIPP savings through joint supply chain
4-Aug-2011
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First foundation trust authorised in four months announced
4-Aug-2011
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North West London Hospitals Trust to open more beds to cope with winter pressures
4 August 2011
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Student nurses withdrawn from hospital amid CQC concerns
29-Jul-2011
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At least half of University Hospitals of Leicester services make a loss
28-Jul-2011
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District general hospital selects FT as takeover partner
27-Jul-2011
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Two foundation trusts breach private patient cap
22-Jul-2011
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Integration to reduce trips 'up the garden path' in Cornwall
22-Jul-2011
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PCT rapped over skin cancer service standards
21 July 2011
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SHA to spend up to £340m on 'hubs' to integrate care
21 July 2011
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Trust pins hopes on merger to avoid referral over deficit
21 July 2011
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MPs urged to step in over children's heart unit closure
19-Jul-2011
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Royal Brompton wins right to take 'flawed' consultation process to a judicial review
15-Jul-2011
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Bexley Care Trust ‘stand-off’ over cluster revealed
14 July 2011
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South West Essex urged to take ‘firm line’ on provider quality
14 July 2011
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More than 800 NHS Greater Manchester patients in Southern Cross homes
12-Jul-2011
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North Staffordshire PCT in obesity surgery appeal
11-Jul-2011
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Foundation trust jumps gun to calculate 'official' mortality rates
7-Jul-2011
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Suffolk mental health trust risks £2m arbitration
7 July 2011
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Trust sells half its beds to rent them back
7 July 2011
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London trusts fail ambulance handover targets
6-Jul-2011
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Southern Health faces 7.5 per cent CIP
4-Jul-2011
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Giant trust could emerge from London merger plan
30 June 2011
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Northern hospitals group collaborate to cut deaths
30 June 2011
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Specialist women's hospital admits midwife staffing lapse
30 June 2011
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Chesterfield Royal reopens after major fire
27-Jun-2011
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Royal Bournemouth ditches closure plans
23-Jun-2011
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Greater Manchester unveils plans to meet £400m savings target
23 June 2011
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London consortium writes to CCP over 'monopoly' merger
23 June 2011
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New Mid Staffs CEO must rehabilitate trust
23 June 2011
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Palliative coding surge raises death rate worry
23 June 2011
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Bare midriffs banned at hospital
17-Jun-2011
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United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust probed
17-Jun-2011
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Commissioners to investigate 'disproportionate' activity rise
16 June 2011
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Trusts warned of increased legal costs as negligence claims rocket
9-Jun-2011
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Foundation blames contractor for power cut which cancelled 150 operations
9 June 2011
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Independent sector GP provider developing consortium in North East
3-Jun-2011
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Capita grabs toehold in HR as preferred supplier for twelve trusts
2 June 2011
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Cluster considering centralising pathology services across five PCTs
2 June 2011
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FT to survey staff on plans to trade restricted terms for job cuts
2 June 2011
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Surrey and Sussex Healthcare eyed for potential takeover
2-Jun-2011
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PCTs step up transfer of responsibility to consortia
26 May 2011
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Blackpool and North Lancs to consult on four hospital closures
23-May-2011
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HPA report finds weaknesses in London emergency preparedness
20-May-2011
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Surrey consortium petitions Lansley over handover legal hurdles
19-May-2011
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Hospital trust heavily criticised in CQC report
18-May-2011
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Care eclipsed by 'management goals' at Suffolk mental health trust
13-May-2011
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Portsmouth takes hard line on long term sickness
13-May-2011
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Multimillion pound commissioning support tender suspended
12-May-2011
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Specialist trust says Monitor process leaves 'no room for growth'
12-May-2011
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Manchester mental health trust plans to escape PFI premises
9-May-2011
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'Troubling' DH delay stalls Mid Staffs inquiry
6-May-2011
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Hospital chief executive steps down after board delays FT application
6-May-2011
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Minister announces merger option for non-FT acute
6-May-2011
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Assura to bid for Surrey community services contract
6-May-2011
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Provider contracts still in dispute
4-May-2011
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Medway found in breach of Monitor authorisation terms
27-Apr-2011
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Londonwide GP council to represent capital's pathfinders
27-Apr-2011
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Council throws hat in ring for Surrey community contract
20-Apr-2011
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Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh FT plans whistleblowing hotline
20-Apr-2011
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MP calls for DH to investigate Wesham Hospital closure
18-Apr-2011
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Liverpool community trust loses patient records
14-Apr-2011
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Kettering General chief exec stands down after five months
14-Apr-2011
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London trust and PCTs go to arbitration over 2011-12 contract
11-Apr-2011
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SHA questions Luton and Bedfordshire QIPP plans
11-Apr-2011
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PCT agrees transfer of entire estate to aspirant CFT
11-Apr-2011
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Burns care across three regions 'unsustainable'
7 April 2011
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First integrated acute, community and social care trust created
7 April 2011
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London consortium board to include non-GPs
7 April 2011
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NHS London predicts five trusts will end year in deficit
31 March 2011
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Portsmouth feeling heat over lack of FT application
29-Mar-2011
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NHS Bury lifts IVF ban, despite continued overspending
29-Mar-2011
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Trusts adopt US-style hourly patient checks
24 March 2011
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NW commissioners to pool buying power for continuing care
22-Mar-2011
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Review backs closure of A&E at North Tees and Hartlepool FT
21-Mar-2011
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Nottingham University Hospitals pilots 'hourly checks' on patients
21-Mar-2011
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CQC warns East Sussex Hospitals over staffing levels
21-Mar-2011
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Community nurses aligned with GP practices
17 March 2011
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Brighton GPs plan to cut commissioning teeth on mental health
10 March 2011
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Mental health unit delayed after PCT fails to organise registration
10 March 2011
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Moorfields abandons Abu Dhabi expansion plan
10 March 2011
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Two PCTs find temporary homes for community services as divestment deadline looms
10 March 2011
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Foundation blames PCT in payment dispute
3 March 2011
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'Stark' differences in capital's chlamydia screening effectiveness
3 March 2011
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West Midlands PCTs underperforming on cancer referral times
3 March 2011
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Wirral strikes early commissioning support deal with GPs
3 March 2011
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Buckinghamshire trust rejects PCT waiting times plea
24 February 2011
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Luton and Dunstable FT looks at radical workforce savings
24 February 2011
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Cancer tsar offers risk sharing deal for Manchester cancer network
17 February 2011
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Essex PCTs to tackle child safety together
17 February 2011
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Local government steps in to resolve PCT leadership
17 February 2011
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Trusts merger will create 'powerful and global brand'
17 February 2011
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Two commissioning consortia emerging in Wolverhampton
14-Feb-2011
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PCT relationship 'breakdown' with Peterborough and Stamford FT
14-Feb-2011
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Admissions to Derby Hospitals halved following GP referral drive
10-Feb-2011
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Bed-blocking NHS Sefton patients will get 48 hours to vacate
10-Feb-2011
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Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals look to become global brand through merger
10-Feb-2011
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PCT delivers just 1 per cent of screening results on time
10 February 2011
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SHA arbitrates after dispute between trust and NHS Greenwich PCT cluster
10-Feb-2011
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South west London cluster negotiates below-tariff prices for urgent admissions
10 February 2011
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The Christie could face red rating due to 'flawed' cancer waiting times target
10-Feb-2011
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Trusts court GPs ahead of consortia engagement
10 February 2011
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'Despair' as mental health trust risks losing £13m of contracts
8-Feb-2011
