Foundation Trusts

David Flory

Flory to lead NHS Trust Development Authority Subscription Required

2-Feb-2012 | By

NHS deputy chief executive David Flory is to become the first head of the body charged with creating an all-foundation-trust provider sector.

HFMA investigates fears 2012 C.Diff fines could be 'destabilising'

Fears over 'destabilising' C difficile fines to be investigated Subscription Required

2 February 2012 | By

The possibility that fines for C difficile infections will have a “destabilising” effect on some hospitals next year is to be investigated by the Healthcare Financial Management Association.

Hinchingbrooke Hospital

Hinchingbrooke plans set out by new owners Subscription Required

1-Feb-2012 | By The Press Association

The private provider at the first NHS hospital to be taken over by a private sector firm have set out their vision to turn around its fortunes.

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Private patient income continues to fall Subscription Required

26-Jan-2012 | By

The NHS’s real terms income from treating private patients declined in 2010 for the fifth year, according to market analysts Laing and Buisson.

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GMC moves on 'gagging clauses' in pay-off deals Subscription Required

26-Jan-2012 | By

Trusts and clinicians have been prohibited from writing or signing “gagging clauses” that could prevent whistleblowing.

Sue Slipman

Monitor could advise commissioners on reconfiguration to combat financial difficulties Subscription Required

25-Jan-2012 | By

Monitor is considering changes to its regulatory strategy as it believes some foundation trusts may face financial problems so profound they cannot be fixed by the providers alone.

Two more hospital trusts placed in significant breach by Monitor Subscription Required

23-Jan-2012 | By

Two more foundations trusts have been placed in significant breach of their terms of authorisation, taking the total to 15 of the 78 acute trusts regulated by Monitor.

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Trusts facing 'difficult choice' over service provision Subscription Required

19-Jan-2012 | By

NHS trusts face “difficult choices about the services they provide” as they fight to sustain savings programmes of 5 per cent a year, according to a report by Monitor and the Audit Commission.

Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham

Labour: NHS patients will face 'worse deal' Subscription Required

17-Jan-2012 | By The Press Association

NHS patients will get a “much worse deal” if the government’s health service reforms see NHS hospitals free to earn up to half of their income from private work, Labour has warned.

Revealed: Bennett's plan to split Monitor board Subscription Required

13-Jan-2012 | By

Monitor is likely to face “numerous” allegations of improper conduct unless it can clearly separate its future healthcare regulatory role from its responsibility for foundation trusts, its chairman has warned.

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Training boards must 'resolve' financial conflicts of interest Subscription Required

11-Jan-2012 | By

NHS organisations charged with both allocating and spending the NHS’s £5bn education budget will be “mostly” trusted to manage any “competing interests” themselves.

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Exclusive: trusts given days to apply for £300m capital fund Subscription Required

6-Jan-2012 | By

The Department of Health has confirmed the existence of a surprise £300m fund for capital projects that some trusts had seven working days to apply for - and others have still not been told about.

Lord Earl Howe

Amended private patient income cap 'will have little impact' Subscription Required

4-Jan-2012 | By

A government proposal to cap the amount of private income foundation trusts can earn at 49 per cent will have little practical impact on the health reforms, experts have claimed.

MPs to be warned over workforce reforms

Exclusive: MPs to be warned over workforce reforms Subscription Required

22-Dec-2011 | By

NHS Employers will tell MPs there is a danger that overly-centralist government reforms would deprive trusts of sufficiently skilled staff, HSJ understands.

Sue Slipman

Exclusive: foundation trusts plan deepest workforce cuts in a generation Subscription Required

15-Dec-2011 | By

Foundation trusts are planning to cut at least 30,500 staff over the coming two years in what would be the steepest fall in NHS workforce since modern records began, an HSJ investigation has found.

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Revealed: the foundations predicting steepest pay bill cuts Subscription Required

15-Dec-2011 | By

At least four acute foundation trusts have forecast wage bill cuts of 10 per cent or more over the coming two years, an HSJ analysis has found.

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NHS trust sector in England 'heading towards deficit' Subscription Required

15-Dec-2011 | By ,

The NHS trust sector could be “heading for deficit” in 2011-12. Health economists made the warning after HSJ research revealed deepening problems among the financially weakest providers.

Dithering trusts increasingly at risk of understaffing

Acute trusts risk understaffing as short notice requests increase Subscription Required

15-Dec-2011 | By

Acute trusts without foundation status are increasingly putting staffing levels at risk by waiting too long to request temporary bank workers.

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Managers divided over local pay options Subscription Required

15 December 2011 | By

NHS leaders are divided over a possible move away from national pay bargaining, although most managers with responsibilities over pay bills support greater local flexibility.

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London NHS strategy has 'no clear lead' Subscription Required

13-Dec-2011 | By The Press Association

The NHS in London faces a “strategic vacuum” with no clear lead to drive through change, The King’s Fund has said.

hinchingbrooke hospital

Could Hinchingbrooke set a benchmark for health organisation ownership? Subscription Required

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Circle’s takeover of Hinchingbrooke hospital has opened a debate on hospital ownership and management, which could, Kevin Jacquiss says, inspire the government to look at new ideas to secure a sustainable future for health service organisations.

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How proper procurement can lead to multi-million pound efficiency savings Subscription Required

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The NHS needs to re-evaluate its procurement policy if it is to chip away at the £20bn efficiency challenge, says Shaun Howlett.

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Solid foundations: how to lead successfully in the new foundation landscape Subscription Required

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Life after authorisation will present new and unusual challenges for many foundation trust executives. Phil Kenmore and Simon Bird have four tips to help them with their survival - and look toward a successful future.

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Legal lessons: securing judicial review of service reconfiguration Subscription Required

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The Royal Brompton and Harefield Foundation Trust has successfully claimed Judicial Review of the Safe and Sustainable consultation about Paediatric Congenital Cardiac Services. Hempsons colleagues Bertie Leigh and Christian Dingwall explain how.

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Why trust procurement needs price comparison to be efficient Subscription Required

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Barriers to comparative price information in the NHS make good judgement on procurement difficult for purchasers. The benefits outlined in a recent Foundation Trust Network pilot shows why this information needs to be easier to obtain, says Sue Slipman.

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Why it is vital trusts learn lessons from coroners' reports Subscription Required

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When a patient dies, the Coroners Rules 1984 allows coroners to produce a report that has the single purpose of preventing future deaths, if it is deemed the risk of death will continue to exist. Joanna Trewin has some advice on how trusts can avoid these - and what to do if they don’t.