All Health Service Journal articles in 9 May 2014
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HSJ PartnersHow to keep terminally ill people out of hospital: what you said
Providing more care at home
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HSJ Local
Historic mental health hospital to close
COMMERCE: A Yorkshire mental health hospital, which has provided services since the eighteenth century is to close, following concerns raised by the Care Quality Commission about the safety of the premises.
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NewsWinterbourne View scheme an 'abject failure', minister admits
Combined health and local government drive to help people with learning disabilities move out of hospitals has been an “abject failure”, Norman Lamb has said
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Special measures for ‘merger’ trust
A troubled foundation trust is to be placed into special measures after inspectors reported a catalogue of repeated failings, including unsafe staffing levels and missed accident and emergency targets.
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NewsSpecialist hospitals fear NHS England centralisation plans
Specialist hospitals have urged NHS England to re-think its “one-size-fits-all” approach to centralising specialised acute services because it puts their independence at risk.
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NewsNHS financial crisis 'inevitable'
A financial crisis in the health service is “inevitable”, a leading health charity has warned.
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NewsTreasury approves Papworth move to Addenbrooke's site
Papworth Hospital Foundation Trust has finally secured its long-awaited move to a site on Addenbrooke’s hospital, thanks to a £165m funding package agreed by the Treasury.
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HSJ LocalOsborne agrees £420m for Brighton rebuild
Chancellor George Osborne has approved £420m capital funding for the redevelopment of some of the oldest hospital buildings in the NHS.
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Ambulance service wins minor injuries unit contract
COMMERCIAL: South West Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has scooped a two-year contract to run a doctor-led minor injuries unit following a unanimous public vote to cut the current services opening hours.
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HSJ LocalMonitor takes action at University Hospital of South Manchester
Monitor has instructed University Hospital of South Manchester Foundation Trust to appoint a ‘turnaround director’ following concerns about its finances, the regulator has announced.
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Brent contract awarded after competition complaints
Brent Clinical Commissioning Group has finally awarded its £5.8m ophthalmology contract to private provider BMI Healthcare after a two-year hold up caused by complaints about the CCG’s procurement procedure.
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HSJ PartnersTwitter chat round-up: how to increase care out of hospital
Phil McCarvill analyses the debate
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NewsExclusive: Minister attacks 'disingenuous' unions on pay
Dan Poulter has accused health unions of being “deliberately disingenuous” in local pay negotiations for issuing a negotiating guide that breaks with the “spirit” of a previous deal.
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NewsExclusive: Post-Francis recruitment surge welcomed by minister
Exclusive: The recent and continuing surge in new NHS posts for nursing and other frontline roles has been welcomed by health minister Dan Poulter as the “right thing to do” in response to the Mid-Staffordshire scandal.
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TDA approves teaching hospital's foundation trust bid
St George’s Healthcare Trust has become the first to have its foundation trust application approved by the Trust Development Authority since the Care Quality Commission revamped its inspection regime.
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Trust spends £1.8m to boost staffing levels
North Devon Healthcare Trust has launched a £1.8 million recruitment drive at one of its hospitals to boost staffing levels.
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New chief nurse for Northern Devon
WORKFORCE: Kevin Marsh has been appointed director of nursing at Northern Devon Healthcare Trust.
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Merger proposed between Surrey trusts
Two foundation trusts in Surrey have announced a proposed merger to offer more specialist services and to establish a major emergency centre on one of the sites.
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HSJ LocalIan Carruthers appointed trust chairman
Sir Ian Carruthers has been appointed as chair of Portsmouth Hospitals Trust, the NHS Trust Development Authority confirmed on Friday.