All articles by Ben Clover – Page 86
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NewsBarts double merger moves a step closer
The creation of a new £1.1bn turnover organisation has moved a step closer after NHS London ruled an acute trust could merge with two smaller hospitals.
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NewsCircle refers two PCTs to Cooperation and Competition Panel
An independent hospital group has referred two primary care trusts to the Co-operation and Competition Panel over claims of unfair procurement policy, including sub-tariff pricing.
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NewsLansley U-turn on price competition
The government has performed a significant U-turn on allowing price competition between NHS trusts and independent providers.
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NewsFT governors calls for CQC quality assessment
The Foundation Trust Governors Association has called for the Care Quality Commission to assess the quality of governors.
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News'Challenged' acute trusts abandon independent FT status plans
More than half of the Department of Health’s seven financially “challenged” trusts appear to have abandoned plans to become foundation trusts.
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NewsPCTs agree to consult on children's congenital heart services
A joint committee of primary care trusts has given the go-ahead for a consultation on plans for greater centralisation of paediatric cardiac care.
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NewsNew chief executive for integrated care organisation
A new chief executive has been announced for a London integrated care organisation.
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NewsLansley: Competition will protect commissioners from 'abusive relationships'
Andrew Lansley has defended the competition agenda set out in the Health Bill during the committee stage its passage through Parliament.
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NewsPrimary care trusts set to defy DH over IVF policy
Commissioners have ignored the Department of Health’s plea to follow National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance on fertility treatment.
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CommentBailouts, arbitration and postcode lotteries in London
The higher than expected workload of the capital’s acute trusts has now seen bailouts, at least one arbitration and an intra-London postcode lottery as primary care trusts struggle to cope.
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HSJ Local
Trusts court GPs ahead of consortia engagement
WORKFORCE: Hospital trusts in London are investing in courting GPs ahead of policy changes which will see consortia take over commissioning NHS services.
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HSJ Local
South west London cluster negotiates below-tariff prices for urgent admissions
FINANCE: Commissioners in London plan to shave millions off what they pay for urgent care with a package of measures including locally-negotiated below-tariff prices.
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NewsPCT non-execs to hold clusters to account
The Department of Health has had to revise its guidance on primary care trust non-executive directors amid concerns their role is being squeezed in the move to group 151 PCTs into clusters.
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NewsTwo more trusts achieve foundation status
Monitor has confirmed two more trusts have achieved foundation status.
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NewsFlory tells PCTs to give providers leeway over winter pressures
Commissioners have been urged to adjust their payments to hospital trusts struggling to deal with winter pressures on emergency care.
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NewsThree per cent of public health funds could go to Mayor
The Mayor of London could take three percent of the money allocated to councils for public health in the capital.
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Procurement inefficiencies costing £500m, report finds
Providers could save £500m by standardising orders of products like paper and gloves and sharing the savings made by purchasing in bulk across a group of trusts, according to a National Audit Office report.
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NewsNHS trust buys back its PFI debt
A mental health trust is believed to be the first NHS organisation to have bought back its private finance initiative debt from its private sector partner.
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NewsMonitor may pay private providers more
Private providers could be paid 14 per cent more than NHS competitors to encourage a fairer playing field, under changes in the Health Bill.
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NewsLast of London's contentious reconfigurations set to be approved
The last of the capital’s contentious hospital reconfiguration plans is due to be approved by its strategic health authority next week.