All Health Service Journal articles in 5 August 2015
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Leader
Updated: Monitor's letter is a reminder of just how high the stakes are
Regulators’ timely reminder for trusts
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News
Executive Summary: 'Will you be sacked over money or quality?'
HSJ’s roundup of the day’s essential stories and talking points
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HSJ Local
Gloucestershire seeks control of health budget in devolution deal
Control of health and social care budgets and retention of 100% business rates growth proposed
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News
DH prepares controls over trusts' capital spending
The Department of Health is preparing to announce controls over capital spending for NHS providers.
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HSJ Local
Exclusive: Vanguard FT to take on GP practice staff
STRUCTURE: A foundation trust in a vanguard area is setting up a jointly owned ‘shell company’ with a local GP practice, and directly employing some primary care staff, HSJ has learned.
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Comment
Only together can we beat cancer
Public-private collaboration is vital to win the war on cancer
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News
Executive Summary: Are you among the essentials?
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News
Monitor: 'We are not telling trusts to stop hiring clinical staff'
Monitor has insisted it is “not telling trusts to stop recruiting clinical staff” in its letter to them outlining emergency measures to try to reduce their deficits.
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HSJ Local
Chief executive ‘excluded from work’ after whistleblower complaints
The chief executive and three other senior officers at Southport and Ormskirk Hospital Trust have been ‘excluded’ from work, following whistleblowing complaints.
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News
Specialist radiotherapy overhaul could result in decommissioning
An overhaul of specialist radiotherapy services could result in a number of existing providers being decommissioned, a consultation paper published by NHS England suggests.
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HSJ Local
Manchester FT recruits 270 nurses from India to plug gaps
WORKFORCE: A major acute trust in Manchester has recruited more than 260 nurses from India as it tries to plug gaps in its workforce.
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HSJ Local
Heart of England to ‘boost efficiency’ by pooling patient data
PERFORMANCE: One of the country’s largest acute trusts is to embark on a research project collecting patient data to improve health outcomes across its patch, HSJ has learned.
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News
'Fundamental change to how the NHS is run': reaction to the letter
Measures announced by regulators today have signalled a ‘fundamental change’ to the way the NHS is run, an expert said.
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News
Executive Summary: ‘King Canute’ gets tough on deficits
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News
Providers ordered to take tough new measures to cut deficits
NHS providers have been told to take a raft of emergency measures to try to reduce the huge deficit predicted by the sector this year.
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News
Ireland looks to tempt 500 nurses back home
Irish nurses and midwives working in the English NHS are being tempted to return home in a new campaign by the Irish Health Service Executive.
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HSJ Local
Last Staffordshire trust pulls out of £690m cancer consortium
COMMERCIAL: The main acute provider in Staffordshire has pulled out of a consortium bid to take on a £687m, 10 year prime provider contract for cancer services.
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News
Morecambe Bay inquiry chair to review English maternity services
Kirkup to review maternity services