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NHS earmarks £300m to put hospitals through failure regime
Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority are planning a £300m joint contract to pay for failing trusts to go through the special administration regime.
Trust failed to check paediatric staff criminal records for three years
Managers at Barts and the London Trust were unable to guarantee paediatric staff had passed Criminal Records Bureau checks for three years, following a series of human resources failings, HSJ has learned.
Nicholson: leading hospitals to be reshaped by commissioning board
The board will use its position as “a big, powerful commissioner” to reshape England’s largest teaching and specialist hospitals, says Sir David Nicholson.
Nicholson: 'more' community focused care required
Care for older people needs a fundamental shift towards caring for them in the community rather than hospitals that are “very bad places”, the chief executive of the NHS Commissioning Board has said.
Ombudsman to investigate more care failures
Hospitals and other health services are likely to face more investigations by the parliamentary and health services ombudsman after a review called for a change in its approach.
Nineteen trusts will have less than a year to become FTs
The NHS Trust Development Authority has conceded that more than a third of the organisations which intend to become standalone foundation trusts will not have submitted their applications to it by April.
Commissioning board specialised service move 'could destabilise small trusts'
The national standardisation of specialised services could prompt a wave of reconfiguration and destabilise smaller trusts, it has been claimed.
Hospital trusts lack 'top drawer' leaders
The NHS’s ability to make significant savings over the next two years through service change could be limited by its problems recruiting “top drawer” hospital leaders, the health service’s chief executive has suggested.
Hunt: NHS 'should go' paperless by 2018
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced the NHS “should go paperless” by 2018 as he outlined his digital records vision for the health service.
Commissioners have rationed cataract surgery on inferior evidence, Keogh admits
Around half of all primary care trusts have restricted access to cataract surgery, with the majority basing their decisions on inferior clinical evidence, the medical director of the NHS has told MPs.
Hospital chief executive role for Matthew Kershaw
Matthew Kershaw, who has lead the failure regime process at South London Healthcare Trust, is to take up a chief executive post at a large teaching hospital in the Spring.
Trust found to have altered waiting times figures
A large hospital trust has been caught altering waiting time figures to avoid breaches of the four-hour accident and emergency target.
Epsom hospital pulled into A&E reconfiguration programme
Another hospital has been added to the list of those on the south west London and Surrey borders that could lose their accident and emergency and maternity facilities, HSJ can reveal.
MPs call for urgent 'overhaul' of CQC governance
The chair of the health select committee has described it as “extraordinary” the Care Quality Commission is still not clear about its core purpose, five years after it was set up.
Chief executive resigns at Midlands trust
The chief executive of University Hospital of North Staffordshire Trust has resigned after six years in the post.
Chief executives and chairs in New Year's Honours list
Three hospital trust chief executives have received New Year’s honours.
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Norovirus cases increase by 72pc
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Chief executives not confident on out-of-hours safety
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'Inherent conflict of interest' in specialised services commissioning
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DH publishes 'cherry picking list' and tariff details
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Foundation trusts still lagging on savings targets in Q2
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Full coverage: Commissioning board sets priorities and rules for 2013-14
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Commissioning board sets out 'zero-tolerance' approach to provider performance
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Routine NHS services should be available seven days a week
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Financial squeeze on NHS providers to continue in 2013-14
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National group to examine barriers to seven-day NHS
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DH overrules health 'politicisation' fears
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Government gearing up for discussion on medical contracts
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Consultant contract 'failed to boost output'
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Licensing regime could tilt playing field against NHS providers, Confed warns
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Analysed: The case for changing primary care in Greater Manchester
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Boards could be made to declare staff level is safe
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FT wins Ministry of Defence contract to serve British troops
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A&E waiting times rising - survey
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NHS bed occupancy figures queried
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