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Troubled trust avoids regulator 'cap' on A&E
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust has avoided having a cap placed on the number of A&E patients it can treat.
Mid Staffs administrators to ask for more time
The special administrators running Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust have asked Monitor for extra time to decide the fate of its acute services, HSJ can reveal.
Husband and wife take over at troubled £1bn hospital trust
STRUCTURE: A husband-and-wife team of former primary care trust leaders have been appointed as interim chief executive and turnaround director of the huge and troubled Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust.
Exclusive: Surgeons may not be able to block performance data publication, NHS England believes
NHS England has received legal advice which says surgeons cannot block publication of their performance data, HSJ has been told.
Good quality of care 'hit or miss'
The quality of end-of-life care for the terminally ill depends on “arbitrary” factors such as disease, age and geographical location, according to a new report.
Analysed: Poor performers on medical training satisfaction
An analysis of the General Medical Council’s annual junior doctor training survey by HSJ has identified the trusts with the poorest satisfaction rates among trainee medics.
Monitor launches study of small trusts' viability
Monitor has launched a project examining the future of small hospital trusts.
NHS England probes 'new urgent care system'
NHS England was today expected to set out the next stage of a review of urgent and emergency care services.
Thousands of junior doctors raise safety concerns
One in 20 junior doctors working in hospitals are concerned about patient safety, according to the General Medical Council’s annual training survey.
Bradford hospital contract overspending by £2.3m
FINANCE: Bradford and Airedale Teaching PCT’s contract with Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is £2m overspent, board papers say.
NHS England to rethink children's heart surgery plans
NHS England is under pressure to swiftly develop new plans for children’s heart surgery after a controversial reconfiguration was today suspended by the health secretary following an independent review.
Hunt heart unit statement expected imminently
Campaigners fighting to save a children’s heart unit are hoping health secretary Jeremy Hunt will reverse the decision today.
Doctors question hospital chief inspector’s independence
A new survey suggests that while hospital doctors have concerns about the introduction of a chief inspector of hospitals they are significantly less opposed to the reform than senior management.
RCS hails 'watershed' publication of surgeon performance data
Giving patients access to information about how well their surgeons perform is a “watershed” moment for surgery, leading doctors have said.
New East Sussex endoscopy unit due to open in autumn
STRUCTURE: Building work on a new endoscopy unit at Eastbourne District General Hospital is nearing its final phase with the first patients expected to use it in early autumn.
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Unsafe hospitals 'risking lives', says CQC figure
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Analysed: District general hospitals look to private patient income
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£560m foundation trust dumps payment by results
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Exclusive: Chief inspector of hospitals revealed
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Francis report may have contributed to A&E problems, says Nicholson
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'Close hospitals' to save the NHS, say managers, doctors and patients
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A&E pressures expected to grow, warns foundation trust survey
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A&E plans to be developed following West Midlands 'crisis' letter
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King's Fund reports on A&E performance
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A&E performance tracker: Improvement continues at end of May
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Concern over NHS giving commercial access to new mothers
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Report reveals concern about using friends and family test in A&E
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Foundation trusts 'boost UK wealth'
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Patient-centred care training urged
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CQC issues warning notice to Kettering General Trust
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Safety not guaranteed at 18 A&E depts amid 'toxic overcrowding'
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Healthcare leaders fear 'unintended consequences' of hasty Francis legislation
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Labour highlights hospital capacity fall
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Hunt plans £260m to help hospitals go digital
