All articles by Ben Clover – Page 79
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NewsNHS Blood and Transplant part-privatisation plans dropped
The government has dropped proposals to part-privatise NHS Blood and Transplant.
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NewsBristol trusts discuss £1bn merger
Two acute trusts in Bristol are in “ongoing discussions” about merging to create an organisation with a turnover close to £1bn.
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NewsThirty trusts set to miss aspirational target for FT status
Nearly 30 trusts are unlikely to hit the government’s intended date for them to become foundation trusts, the National Audit Office has warned.
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HSJ Local
London mental health trusts 'unfairly targeted' for savings
FINANCE: London’s mental health services are seeing a relative disinvestment while the acute sector “overheats”, according to a leaked report.
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NewsNicholson: trusts' procurement costs will have to be 'explained'
NHS trusts that spend more on goods and services than their peers will have to “grow up” and justify why they are doing so, under a scheme announced last week by Sir David Nicholson.
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NewsLansley identifies 20 'unsustainable' trusts
The government has identified 20 trusts whose “clinical and financial stability is at risk” because of “cash-flow shortages” and legacy debt.
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NewsBan commissioners from setting minimum waiting times - CCP
The Cooperation and Competition Panel has told health secretary Andrew Lansley that commissioners should be banned from setting minimum waiting times for procedures.
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NewsGrowing financial pressure on most-challenged acutes
The financial position of the most challenged acute providers is falling further behind that of their peers, the first NHS-wide financial reports for 2011-12 reveal.
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NewsCircle pulls out of bid to run hospital
Private healthcare firm Circle has pulled out of a bid to run a hospital in Surrey.
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NewsCCP puts patient benefit over patient choice in acute merger
The Co-operation and Competition Panel has advised, for the first time, that a merger between two rival providers can go ahead, because the potential benefits outweighed the reduction in patient choice.
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HSJ Local
Southampton gets FT status after DH promise of 'restructured' debt
STRUCTURE: A large hospital trust on the south coast has achieved foundation status, after being told its debt would be “restructured” by the Department of Health.
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Number of financially troubled FTs doubles
The number of foundation trusts with serious financial problems has doubled since the last quarter, new data shows.
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Blogs
Two days, 52 TFAs?
Two working days to go until the end of September and one of the trusts HSJ reported was too small to go it alone has announced its decision.
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NewsMonitor could suspend competition to encourage integration models
Monitor’s chief executive has set out a range of measures the future regulator will consider as it works to reconcile competition and service integration.
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CommentCircle-style deal for London specialist?
Most regions have a few smaller specialist trusts and London is no exception.
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News
Nicholson says only 'small number' of PFI hospitals need extra funds
NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson appeared to contradict Andrew Lansley today when he told the Mid Staffs inquiry most PFI hospitals were “not in financial difficulty”.
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HSJ Local
£700m estates contract links primary and secondary care
FINANCE: A contract worth up to £700m is up for grabs in what is thought to be the first tender to provide estate and facilities management across primary and secondary care.
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HSJ Local
New chief executive appointed to key London trust
WORKFORCE: A new chief executive has been appointed to a large non-foundation trust in London.
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Blogs
PFI for an eye?
It is, of course, not for HSJ to speculate why a months old PFI story appeared so prominently in the quality press yesterday.
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NewsExclusive: top teaching hospitals under threat from tariff system
The payment by results tariff system could tip England’s elite teaching hospitals into deficit and damage the country’s medical research industry, their chief executives have warned.