All Health Service Journal articles in 8 March 2012 – Page 4
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News
Health Bill: government limits FTs and private income
The government has said it will change the Health Bill to clarify and extend Monitor’s compliance powers over foundation trusts, and require governors to approve private patient income.
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HSJ Local
London FT boss resigns to lead neighbours' merger bid
WORKFORCE: David McVittie, chief executive of Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust, left his post last week and will now be leading the merger between North West London Hospitals and Ealing Hospital.
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HSJ Local
Union attacks trust chair over 'football managers' approach to chief execs
WORKFORCE: Unison has criticised the “football managers approach to NHS management” at Croydon Health Services Trust.
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HSJ Local
Suicide verdict after Sussex Partnership death
PERFORMANCE: A verdict of suicide has been returned by an inquest into the death of a police officer while at Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
Surrey and Borders vows to investigate ‘rat attack’ claims
PERFORMANCE: Surrey and Borders Partnership Foundation Trust is conducting a detailed investigation into claims that a sedated patient with learning disabilities was attacked by a rat.
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HSJ Local
Royal Berkshire chair resigns
STRUCTURE: The chair of Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust has resigned without explanation.
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HSJ Local
Southern Health plans out of hours bid
COMMERCIAL: Southern Health Foundation Trust is planning to partner a consortium of GPs and private providers seeking to run an out-of-hours primary care service.
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HSJ Local
West Suffolk halves surplus prediction
FINANCE: Overspending on agency staff has led to West Suffolk Foundation Trust halving its predicted surplus for the year.
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New treatments receive £102m boost
Nineteen trusts are to share £102m in research funding to develop new treatments.
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News
Bill will leave public health 'compromised, weaker and less safe'
The Health Bill represents a “danger to the public’s health” and should be dropped, despite government insistence that public health is one of its priorities, a group of specialists has claimed.
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News
Exclusive: public split over use of private firms in NHS as Labour doubles poll lead on health
The English people are split down the middle on the use of private companies to provide NHS services, according to exclusive polling data compiled for HSJ.
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Government action on health 'brave', says Cameron
The prime minister David Cameron has defended the “tough” decisions being made on health and welfare, telling party activists that “fortune favours brave governments”.
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HSJ Local
South Central Ambulance achieves FT status
STRUCTURE: South Central Ambulance Service achieved foundation status on 1 March.
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HSJ Local
North of Tyne CCGs sharing chief officers
WORKFORCE: The four clinical commissioning groups in Newcastle and North Tyneside are proposing to share two accountable officers.
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HSJ Local
North East appoints interim commissioning support lead
WORKFORCE: The primary care trusts in the North East have appointed an interim managing director for their emerging single commissioning support service.
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HSJ Local
South Tyne and Gateshead PCTs name preferred accountable officers
WORKFORCE: South Tyneside and Gateshead clinical commissioning groups have named their preferred accountable officers.
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Supplements
Is telehealth the future? An HSJ special supplement
This special supplement looks at telehealth case studies, the benefits telehealth could bring for patients and clinicians, and the skills health leaders need to implement successful technology programs.
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News
Health Bill 'unfit for purpose' - BMA
The Health Bill will make family doctors’ work “infinitely harder” and threatens to damage their relationships with patients, a GPs’ leader have warned.
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HSJ Local
New Royal London Hospital opens
STRUCTURE: The new Royal London Hospital has opened its doors for the first time.
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News
FT faces 'absolutely enormous' £56m loss
A foundation trust with a turnover of just over £200m a year expects to make a loss this year of more than £56m.