All Health Service Journal articles in 27 February 2015
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NewsHSJ LIVE 18.02.2015: Full list of CCG primary care commissioners unveiled
NHS England has unveiled the first set of GP-led CCGs to take on responsibility for commissioning primary care services plus the rest of today’s news
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HSJ LocalUpdated: ‘Unique’ consortium wins Birmingham mental health contract
COMMERCIAL: A consortium involving public, private and voluntary sector providers has been appointed preferred bidder for a £124m contract to deliver joined up mental health services to children, adolescents and young adults in Birmingham.
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NewsCCGs taking on full primary care co-commissioning powers revealed
NHS England has revealed the 64 clinical commissioning groups that will take full control of their local primary care budgets from April.
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NewsHSJ LIVE 19.02.2015: Barts' chief executive and chief nurse resign
The chief executive and chief nurse of Barts and The London NHS Trust have resigned from their posts days after the trust declared a deficit of £93m plus the rest of the days news
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HSJ LocalNorfolk and Suffolk FT placed into special measures
PERFORMANCE: Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust has become the first mental health trust to be placed into special measures, Monitor has announced.
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NewsSUS data collection to be suspended
The Health and Social Care Information Centre will suspend the collection of the secondary uses service data for nearly two weeks as part of a process to bring collection of the vital NHS dataset in-house.
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HSJ LocalCalderdale reconfiguration rejected in council report
STRUCTURE: There is ‘not convincing evidence’ that proposals to reconfigure services hospitals services in Calderdale and Greater Huddersfield would ‘produce better health outcomes for our population or represent good value for money’, a council commissioned report has found.
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HSJ Local18 week waits, December 2014: explore the maps
See all NHS waiting lists around England by provider, CCG or specialty
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NewsHSJ Live 20.02.2015: FTs spent £419m more on staff than planned due to high use of agency cover
The use of agency workers and contract staff contributed to FT providers spending £419m more on staff than planned, plus the rest of today’s news
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NewsIndependent inquiry due into trust’s handling of whistleblower
An independent investigation into the handling of whistleblowing concerns at a West Midlands trust, commissioned by the NHS Trust Development Authority, is expected to report soon, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalTrust and GPs bid to create primary care joint venture
PRIMARY CARE: A group of Hampshire GPs has teamed up with the country’s largest mental health and community services trust in a bid to create an integrated primary care centre.
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News'Pioneering' cancer care buddying scheme launched
A new scheme has been launched to ‘buddy’ trusts struggling to deliver a good care experience to cancer patients with higher performing trusts.
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NewsUpdated: FT sector deficit five times higher than planned
The foundation trust sector finished last calendar year with a deficit five times higher than planned, in the latest sign of the ‘exceptional pressure’ the NHS is under.
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NewsExclusive: Digital pioneer bids to integrate NHS patient records for free
One of the NHS technology community’s leading experts is building a new system to integrate the health service’s myriad patient record systems, and he plans to give it to the NHS for free.
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NewsHSJ Live 23.02.2015: The reasons why the 18 week target isn't on solid ground
Has the government achieved what it set out to? plus the rest of the day’s news.
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NewsLord Crisp: Money and beds are not the answer for mental health
Increased funding and more beds may not be the solution to capacity pressures in mental health services, according to Lord Crisp who is heading up a new inquiry into the sector.
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NewsCCG accused of 'lack of candour' over outsourced community service
Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group has been accused of misleading GPs and the public over whether patients in a community based dermatology service run by a private healthcare provider are always seen by specialist consultants.
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HSJ LocalFT chief executive to retire after 18 years in post
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of South Tyneside Foundation Trust is to retire after 18 years in the role.
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HSJ LocalNEW Devon was 'pit canary' for CCG rationing plans
FINANCE: ‘Queues’ of clinical commissioning groups could have implemented controversial plans to restrict access to certain services had a high profile attempt at rationing in Devon been successful, a local commissioner has claimed.
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HSJ LocalLiverpool Women's medical director resigns
WORKFORCE: The medical director of Liverpool Women’s Hospital Foundation Trust has stepped down from his post.