All Health Service Journal articles in 16 January 2015
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CommentElection 2015: Party politics offer little new year cheer
Reality bites for political parties in 2015
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NewsThree southern CSUs to formally merge
Three commissioning support units have announced they are planning to enter into a formal merger.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Trust launches first self-funded nursing course to tackle shortage
WORKFORCE: A North West trust has partnered with a local university to launch the first degree course to offer student nursing places not commissioned by Health Education England.
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HSJ LocalLondon North West Healthcare Trust appoints new chief executive
WORKFORCE: London North West Healthcare Trust has appointed Dame Jacqueline Docherty as its new chief executive.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England appoints director for new care models
HSJ chief executive of the year Samantha Jones will join NHS England this month as director of new models of care for NHS England.
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HSJ LocalTrust hopes for £6m income from new cancer unit
FINANCE: A West Midlands acute trust is hoping to generate £5.9m in extra income per year following the opening of a new £23m cancer treatment unit this month.
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HSJ LocalFinance director of troubled trust dismissed over gross misconduct
WORKFORCE: The finance director of the challenged Barnsley Hospital Foundation Trust has been dismissed for gross misconduct after misstating its accounts.
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HSJ LocalNorth East trust to shed payroll jobs by outsourcing service
COMMERCIAL: A North East trust has announced it is outsourcing payroll services to a trust in Lancashire, affecting up to 37 members of staff.
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HSJ LocalLegal challenge to Stafford Hospital transfer ruled out
STRUCTURE: A legal challenge against the transfer of services from Stafford Hospital to the Royal Stoke Hospital has been ruled out in legal advice to the local authority.
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HSJ LocalSingle trust responsible for over half of national 12 hour waits
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust had 100 patients waiting over 12 hours in accident and emergency, accounting for more than half of such waiters nationally, figures for the last three months of 2014 reveal.
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NewsHSJ Live 09.01.2015: Hinchingbrooke recommended for special measures – reaction
Private firm Circle pulls out of its franchise running Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust, HSJ launches a campaign to challenge the NHS, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsExclusive: Lawyers could return to court over NHS England primary care decisions
Lawyers have threatened to take NHS England back to court if it cannot show it is taking steps to involve patients in primary care commissioning decisions.
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NewsMonitor proposes lower threshold for investigations into FT finances
Monitor is consulting on lowering the threshold at which investigations into foundation trusts’ finances can be triggered.
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NewsUpdated: Circle to withdraw from Hinchingbrooke contract
Circle Partnership has announced plans to pull out of its 10 year contract to run Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust, the UK’s only privately managed NHS district general hospital.
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NewsTimeline: How HSJ has covered Circle at Hinchingbrooke
For those catching up on the background to the Hinchingbrooke story, here’s a quick guide through HSJ’s coverage of Circle’s involvement over the past four years
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NewsRecord number of patients waiting over 12 hours to be admitted
A record high of 241 patients waited over 12 hours to be admitted last week, according to the latest figures on accident and emergency performance from NHS England.
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NewsUpdated: Hinchingbrooke in special measures after care judged 'inadequate'
Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust has been placed in special measures after the Care Quality Commission rated it ‘inadequate’ on the questions of whether it is caring, safe and well led.
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HSJ PartnersCare integration: The vision is clear but the road is rocky
There are challenges to be overcome to achieve the forward view
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HSJ KnowledgeScrap the programme: Successful change starts with a change platform
The change challenge campaign
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NewsHSJ Live 12.01.2015: NHS England removes 25 treatments from Cancer Drugs Fund
The budget for the Cancer Drugs Fund will rise £280m in 2014-15, and an estimated £340m from April 2015, but 25 treatments have been removed, plus the rest of today’s news and comment