All articles by Ben Clover – Page 58
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HSJ LocalLondon trust receives £8.5m bailout to cover unexpected deficit
FINANCE: Lewisham and Greenwich Trust received an £8.5m bailout of public dividend capital from the Department of Health to cover an unexpected deficit for the financial year 2014-15.
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HSJ LocalJeremy Hunt opposes accidentally leaked hospital reconfiguration proposal
STRUCTURE: A proposal to replace two district general hospitals with a single facility was revealed after consultants hired to investigate the move were overheard discussing it in a conference call on a train.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: District general hospital gives up standalone FT bid
A district general hospital has become the latest organisation to abandon plans to become a standalone foundation trust.
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HSJ LocalChief executive of special measures trust resigns
The chief executive of one of the five trusts in special measures since 2013 has resigned.
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NewsExclusive: 26 trusts responsible for half of national A&E target breach
Twenty-six hospital trusts are responsible for half of the national growth in patients waiting more than four hours in accident and emergency, HSJ analysis reveals.
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NewsExclusive: DH agreed extra bailouts for trusts where performance was at risk
The Department of Health arranged at least £39m in extra ‘essential’ capital funding for foundation trusts where patient safety or ‘ongoing operations’ were at risk because of maintenance backlogs, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: FT to receive £328m as part of takeover of neighbour
The Department of Health has agreed a package of support and capital payments totalling £327.7m with Frimley Park Hospital Foundation Trust as part of its takeover of another trust, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England offered £124m fund to tariff objectors
NHS England offered a group of trusts access to a £124m fund on the condition they dropped their opposition to its latest tariff offer, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalTroubled CCG says its deficit could reach £40m
FINANCE: A clinical commissioning group has warned that its deficit could hit an enormous £40m by the end of the financial year, which would be the largest recorded by any group so far.
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NewsExclusive: David Flory to step down as TDA chief executive
David Flory will step down as the chief executive of the NHS Trust Development Authority in May, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalChief executive of £1bn-turnover trust resigns
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of one of England’s largest trusts resigned this morning.
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NewsTrusts surpass 100,000 extra elective treatments target
Trusts have gone beyond the government target to treat 100,000 extra patients waiting over 16 weeks for treatment.
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NewsExclusive: DH bailouts already higher than 2013-14 total
The total value of trust bailouts paid out by the Department of Health so far this financial year has already outstripped last year’s total, HSJ research shows.
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DH backs shifting national safety functions to single body
The Department of Health has said it “makes sense” to combine national patient safety functions into one organisation, following today’s Francis review report.
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HSJ LocalBarts’ deficit doubles to £93m
FINANCE: The predicted year-end deficit of one of Britain’s biggest hospital trusts has more than doubled.
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NewsExclusive: Top national official attacked tariff plans over 'quality' risk
One of the most senior national NHS finance officials attacked the 2015-16 pricing proposals which have been put forward by his counterparts at other arm’s length bodies, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalSt George's given foundation trust status
St George’s Healthcare Trust today becomes St George’s University Hospitals Foundation Trust, after being granted foundation trust status by Monitor.
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HSJ LocalTeaching hospital finance director leaves
FINANCE: The finance director of one of England’s largest hospital trusts is leaving, HSJ has learned.
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NewsLabour reveals 10 year plan for health and social care
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has confirmed he wants health and wellbeing boards to be accountable for new ‘year of care budgets’ which would cover the ‘health and social care needs’ of those ‘at the greatest risk of hospitalisation’, but added that the funds would ‘be paid to an NHS ...
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NewsExclusive: Shelford Group medical directors rail at tariff plans
Medical directors from England’s 10 biggest teaching hospitals have written to their counterparts at NHS England and Monitor to warn that controversial new tariff plans will damage patient care and lengthen waiting times.