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NHS England plans to lead 'radical' service change
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.
Mid Staffs placed in special administration
Scandal-hit Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has been put into special administration by health sector regulator Monitor, it was announced this afternoon.
Exclusive: NHS England could 'ratchet up' financial pressure on private mental health providers, analysts warn
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.
Serco targets Cambridge community services contract
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.
CBI developing transparency system for private providers to NHS
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.
Go-ahead for Worthing pre-admission facility upgrade
STRUCTURE: The board at Western Sussex Hospitals Trust has approved a business case costing nearly £1.2m to improve surgical pre-admission accommodation at Worthing Hospital.
Lamb invites bids from 'integration pioneers'
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.
Analysed: Rotherham's IT system and performance struggle
How the troubled implementation of a new IT system exacerbated financial woes at Rotherham and what lies ahead for the trust
Troubled Rotherham FT plans £5m 'corporate' savings
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.
Barts Health Trust aiming for 6.5 per cent CIP savings in 2013-14
FINANCE: Barts Health Trust is aiming for £77.5m in savings during 2013-14
Kingston Hospital plans savings of £10.8m this year
FINANCE: Kingston Hospital Foundation Trust are planning savings of £10.8m this year, HSJ research reveals.
Exclusive: Capita challenges NHS Choices 'insourcing'
Capita is in talks with the Department for Health over government plans to axe its NHS Choices contract, HSJ has learned.
Updated: NHS England and Monitor plan major reform of payment by results
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.
South Manchester targets prescribing savings
FINANCE: South Manchester Clinical Commissioning Group plans to make higher quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) savings on its prescribing budget than on any other area of expenditure in 2013-14, board papers show.
East of England Ambulance Service Trust upgrades fleet
FINANCE East of England Ambulance Service Trust is investing nearly £17m on its vehicle fleet, the trust has announced.
Trusts submit deficit plans for 2013-14 amid 'going concern' worries
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.
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DH director general warns over diversion of social care funds
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Trusts ease pay savings in Francis aftermath, analysis shows
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Exclusive: Panic over Hunt plan to 'announce' A&E rescue fund
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High cost of fines for long waits revealed
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North Staffordshire Trust appoints new chief executive
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Wye Valley Trust may change services instead of lose independence
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Exclusive: CCG performance and assurance regime unveiled
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Addressing hearing loss services 'could save £28m'
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Exclusive: Ministers want CCG topslice to fund health and social care integration
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Crane hits hospital wall on West Cumberland redevelopment site
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Two bidders drop out of pension fund hospital build scheme
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Care claims backlog 'will take five years to clear'
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Many trusts weak on medical leadership, research finds
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Protection plan for plastic surgery
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Cambridge University Hospitals forecasts £24.2m savings in 2012-13
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Average trust director pay grew by 1.8pc in 2011-12
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Circle sees operating loss increase to £29m
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Exclusive: Experts identify urgent need for 'balanced guidance' on NHS competition
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North Cumbria leans on strategic support to show surplus
Still no change in NHS finance after Francis
The post-Francis world is still worringly ‘business as usual’
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