All Health Service Journal articles in 3 October 2014
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HSJ LocalAppointments at special measures trust
WORKFORCE: Two major appointments have been made at the troubled University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust.
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NewsFirst foundation trust takeover approved
The first successful takeover one foundation trust by another has received final approval, it has been announced.
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NewsSystemic barriers hold back London mental health services, report finds
London lacks a ‘collective vision’ for improving mental health services, according to a new report by the King’s Fund which identifies systemic barriers to improving services in the capital.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Burnham outlines new role for Monitor
A Labour government could put Monitor in charge of overseeing the financial sustainability of whole health economies, Andy Burnham has told HSJ
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NewsRegulator rejects private hospital's complaint against CCGs
Monitor has concluded its first and only investigation into an allegation of anticompetitive behaviour by a clinical commissioning group
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NewsBurnham: I will ‘not mandate’ structural change
EXCLUSIVE: A Labour government would ‘not mandate’ organisational change to drive through its plans for a fully integrated national health and care service, Andy Burnham has told HSJ
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NewsExclusive: Hospitals offered bonus payment for extra operations
Acute providers will be paid at a bonus rate for carrying out additional operations as part of national officials’ ongoing attempts to cut waiting lists, HSJ has learned.
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CommentConservatives will only meet Labour's NHS pledge halfway
The Tories are under pressure to respond
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NewsHSJ Live 26.09.2014: First foundation trust takeover approved
Frimley Park Foundation Trust’s takeover of Heatherwood and Wexham Park signed off by Monitor, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.
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NewsExclusive: HEE spends £4.7m to tempt nurses back to NHS
Health Education England plans to spend almost £5m to attract thousands of nurses back into the NHS, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalGeorge Eliot fails to find new chief executive
WORKFORCE: A financially troubled trust in the West Midlands has failed to recruit a new chief executive after failing to find candidates with suitable experience.
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NewsUnison to strike on turnout of just 16 per cent
The NHS Confederation has questioned the legitimacy of next month’s planned NHS strike after it emerged that just 16 per cent of Unison members took part in the vote.
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NewsExclusive: CQC flags serious concerns about privately run Hinchingbrooke Hospital
The Care Quality Commission has raised serious concerns about care quality, management and culture at the UK’s only privately run NHS hospital, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalCommissioners called to council meeting over MSK contract concerns
STRUCTURE: Coastal West Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group have been called before a local authority scrutiny committee to respond to concerns about the £235m contract it awarded to a private provider joint venture.
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HSJ LocalRoyal Cornwall chief to retire
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has announced plans to retire before the end of the year in a move that has surprised people locally.
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CommentVideo: 'We need to put right the deficit in NHS leadership'
HSJ’s inquiry panel to focus on talent recruitment and retention
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HSJ KnowledgeHow London Ambulance is preparing for winter pressures
Intelligent conveyancing helps to spread the load
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NewsHSJ Live 29.09.2014: 'Francis effect' stalls as nurse numbers fall
The rapid increase in registered nurses has come to an end with numbers falling for the first time this year, plus the rest of the day’s news and comment
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HSJ LocalCCG trio face governance probe
STRUCTURE: NHS England has prompted a review into the governance arrangements of three clinical commissioning groups following concerns around accident and emergency performance within the local health economy.
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NewsBennett: Monitor ‘struggling’ to get message across on competition
Monitor is struggling to combat influential commentators’ claims that competition rules hamper service change in the NHS, its chief executive has said