Structure
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NW London providers set to learn cluster's service change proposals
STRUCTURE: The provider trusts and clinical commissioning groups of north west London are to be sent a letter with the proposals for service changes on 8 June.
Plan to double radiotherapy service in Sussex
PERFORMANCE: NHS organisations in Sussex have announced plans to more than double radiotherapy provision by 2014, with the help of the private sector.
Analysed: a healthcare crisis facing Cumbria
HSJ Local Briefing is our new in-depth analysis of the key issues facing the NHS’s major health economies. This week, HSJ looks at the healthcare crisis in Cumbria.
Bristol acutes consider merger
STRUCTURE: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust and North Bristol Trust have set up a project board to consider whether the two organisations should merge to create an organisation with a turnover close to £1bn.
Gloucestershire could set up CFT
STRUCTURE: NHS Gloucestershire will be allowed to consider setting up a community foundation trust to house its provider arm, after being granted special permission from the Department of Health.
Physio phone triage rolled out in Surrey
STRUCTURE: Physiotherapy patients in mid Surrey are now benefiting from telephone triage within 48 hours of GP referral, according to the county’s main community social enterprise.
Cambridgeshire Community Services must triple its membership
STRUCTURE: Cambridgeshire Community Services Trust needs to more than triple its membership in six months if it is to meet its target of 7000 members in October.
Integration pioneer Torbay to merge
STRUCTURE: Torbay and Southern Devon Health and Care Trust looks set to abandon its foundation trust ambitions and seek a merger.
North East CSS passes checkpoint 2
STRUCTURE: The single commissioning support service for the North East has been told it has only “medium to low issues” by the NHS Commissioning Board.
Oxford trust plans to invest in neo natal unit
STRUCTURE: University Hospitals Oxford Trust is planning to spend more than £3m extending its intensive care unit for newborn babies, to provide space for an extra 12 cots.
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Oxford trust plans to move cancer services to new centre
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Norfolk trust takes over out-of-hours community nursing
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Heatherwood site has a long-term future, local bosses say
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Derbyshire IAPT services on move
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New medical training facility opens
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FTs join forces on pathology services
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Work on new women and children’s unit ahead of schedule
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Greater Manchester trust to take over Cumbria drug recovery services
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Mid Staffs A&E re-opening pushed back again
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Report urges radical NHS centralisation
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£300m contract out for Midlands pathology services
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Devon CCGs confirm authorisation plans
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TCS procurement could trouble Torbay's FT ambitions
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Bristol board approves new cancer centre
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Staffordshire trusts join new patient body
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Somerset Partnership reopens mental health ward
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Trio of CCGs could be among first to gain authorisation
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CCG eyes joint commissioning with local council
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Trust in merger negotiations secures bail out funding
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Legal wrangling over future of Gloucestershire's community services continues
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New day surgery unit at Lincoln County Hospital
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Sherwood FT extends pathology hours
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Mental health unit commended for design
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Institute of Mental Health opens new £7m centre
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Birmingham maternity capacity review begins
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Merger business case delayed until after local election
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Commissioning functions delegated to three Birmingham and Solihull CCGs
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Shropshire reconfiguration plans finalised
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New chair appointed for Basildon and Thurrock
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King's Fund called in to look at options for unwanted hospital
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Extended community x-ray service in Surrey
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Surrey health and wellbeing board lauded in Westminster
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CCP to investigate ambulance merger
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Dorset Healthcare University FT considers new name
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SASH announces intention to become standalone FT
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Timeline extended for Dartford and Gravesham merger
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Chief exec confirms he is leaving in May
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Franchise option was considered for GWAS
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Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells sells old hospital site
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Stockport and East Cheshire trusts consider pooled breast surgery service
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New patient group formed in North of Tyne
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St George's tendering for helipad
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Takeover of Trafford Healthcare Trust completed
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Buckinghamshire trust FT bid delayed six months
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Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals rated red on FT progress
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Hull and East Yorkshire named as major trauma centre
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Leeds Infirmary wins major trauma centre
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Major trauma centre confirmed at Newcastle FT
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New private hospital construction to get underway
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Royal Sussex County part of national trauma drive
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Wiltshire cluster services to merge with Berkshire/Gloucestershire CSS
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Royal Free authorised as Foundation Trust
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Five Arden CCGs merge into three
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Only one out of six bidders for 111 service met criteria
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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG plans to provide commissioning support in-house
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Bedford to continue hosting Milton Keynes Community Health Services
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Mental health shake-up in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
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North Middlesex Hospital submits capital plan to NHS London
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Community hospitals consultation will be more than 12 months overdue
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Isle of Wight prepares to split commissioner and provider functions
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Oxfordshire NHS and academic bodies form partnership
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Essex trusts form limited company with university and council
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Alan Maynard appointed to York CCG board
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Torbay looks to collaborate with acute trust
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Oxford and Southampton named as trauma centres
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Manchester CCGs to take on acutes with united commissioning pact
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Central Manchester FT takeover of Trafford Healthcare cleared for 1 April
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Plans will see A&Es cut in NW London
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Hospital in children's heart care row 'delaying' urgent improvements
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Pressure on Worcestershire Acute over FT ambitions
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Children's A&E opens at Basildon
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Chair appointed for BANES and Wiltshire cluster
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New Morecambe Bay chair reports gulf between clinicians and managers
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Aintree given green light for £20m A&E redevelopment
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Work begins on Morpeth health centre
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Go ahead for Middlesbrough neuro centre
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New chief executive to lead integrated future for Yeovil
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Ward moves at Western Sussex Hospitals
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Sussex Partnership FT opens two more centres
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COPD community clinics launched in Beds
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Ambulance trust FT application at risk
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Planned angioplasty moves to Ipswich Hospital
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New Cromer hospital opens for business
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Palliative care centre planned at James Paget
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New adolescent cancer unit opens at Addenbrookes
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New research focus at James Paget
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Branch surgery at risk in Norfolk
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Analysed: the reconfiguration plan for Greater Manchester's hospitals
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Independent probe underway of Pennine Acute FT bid
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London cluster delays panel decision on service reconfiguration










