All articles by Ben Clover – Page 82
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HSJ Local
FT predicting significant fall in MoD income
FINANCE: The main provider of acute healthcare for the armed forces is predicting a significant fall in Ministry of Defence income as the UK scales back its deployment in Afghanistan.
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NewsFirst large hospital merger approved by CCP
A plan to shake up hospital care in Hampshire has become the first merger of large acute trusts to pass a key test designed to enshrine competition in the NHS.
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CommentGrounds for optimism at last over London reconfiguration
It appears the NHS in London might get its wish on downgrading two hospitals.
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HSJ Local
Channel islands shift cardiac business from London specialist hospital to Southampton
COMMERCIAL: The health authorities of Guernsey and Alderney are moving roughly £1.3m of specialist treatment from a London teaching hospital to a trust on the south coast.
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Trust access to PFI funding could be constrained by Treasury rule change
NHS trusts could find it harder to secure badly needed private finance initiative funding after chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander ordered the Department of Health to review how it authorises potential schemes, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
Lansley 'will back merger of Chase Farm and North Middlesex hospitals'
STRUCTURE: HSJ understands Andrew Lansley will recommend Chase Farm Hospital is merged with a neighbouring trust.
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NewsFifteen per cent of patients wait more than year at hospital
Fifteen per cent of patients faced waits of more than a year to receive elective treatment at one hospital trust, Department of Health figures reveal.
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NewsFoundation trusts reveal new merger ideas to survive
Three acute foundation trusts have revealed plans to ensure their survival through mergers, plans submitted to Monitor show.
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Stroke metric could show cost of whole care pathway
Proving that better stroke care can have a positive impact on the economy is one of the goals of a new research project..
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Fourteen FTs ended 2010-11 in deficit
Fourteen foundation trusts finished 2010-11 in the red, with their combined deficit totalling £66m for the year, according to data from Monitor.
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HSJ Local
First foundation trust authorised in four months announced
STRUCTURE: The first organisation to receive authorisation to become a foundation trust in four months was announced on Friday.
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NewsMore district generals predicting financial problems
The number of district general hospitals predicting the lowest finance ratings has almost tripled in the space of a year, prompting a call for them to consider redesigning their processes.
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NewsLansley condemns commissioners as 'cynical' over choice restrictions
Health secretary Andrew Lansley today said primary care trusts “game the system” to “delay treatment”, in response to the Co-operation and Competition Panel’s investigation of choice in elective care.
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NewsCommissioners 'excessively constraining' patient choice
Commissioners are restricting patient choice and choking competition in routine elective care, the Cooperation and Competition Panel has found.
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NewsLansley's delay to reconfiguration 'risks patient safety'
A London acute trust chair has said “specious” delays to a reconfiguration have increased risks to patient safety.
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CommentReconfiguration pressures mounting in London
A report is sat on Andrew Lansley’s desk offering recommendations about the future of Chase Farm Hospital in Enfield.
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NewsCCP calls in London mega-merger for scrutiny
The Co-operation and Competition Panel today called in the merger of Barts and the London, Whipps Cross and Newham hospitals for further scrutiny.
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HSJ Local
District general hospital selects FT as takeover partner
STRUCTURE: Trafford Healthcare Trust, with a turnover of £96m, has selected a takeover partner from bids submitted by two nearby foundation trusts.
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NewsPrivate hospital spend varies widely, study shows
Significant variations exist in the proportion of work primary care trusts commission from independent sector providers, a study shared with HSJ reveals.
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HSJ Local
Two foundation trusts breach private patient cap
FINANCE: Two trusts breached their private patient caps in 2010-11, Monitor’s annual report on foundation trusts has revealed.