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Financial checks on NHS providers eased
More than 100 NHS hospital and mental health providers are to be freed of significant checks on their finance and governance within 18 months, HSJ has learned.
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NewsMerger plans announced as FT deadline looms
A rush of acute hospital mergers have been announced in the wake of the Department of Health deadline for submitting plans to become a foundation trust.
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NewsLansley: More pathfinders named in 'weeks'
The health secretary has said more pathfinder consortia will be named in “coming weeks and months”, following the first 54 announced today.
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NewsPathfinder size suggests consortia will total under 250
The size of the pathfinder commissioning consortia announced by the government suggests there are ultimately likely to be fewer than 250 covering England.
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NewsPCT chief execs leave for national roles
Three primary care trust chief executives have left their organisations for full time roles developing the new commissioning infrastructure.
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NewsDepartment of Health maps end of PCTs and SHAs
The Department of Health will publish a “road map” for the abolition of primary care trusts and strategic health authorities before Christmas, NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has said. He warned there will be no “slow down” in the process.
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NewsBlackpool deficit hints at tough era for foundations
Monitor has found significant financial and governance problems at Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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NewsTreasury 'Icy cold wind' may end GP independence, says NHS medical director
Taking on commissioning budgets may force GPs to give up their historic independence and potentially integrate with secondary care, the NHS medical director has suggested.
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NewsFTs make pre-emptive defence against Hospital Guide findings
Two large foundation trusts have questioned the methods and findings of the Dr Foster Hospital Guide, ahead of its publication this weekend.
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NewsMonitor flags finance problems at hospital foundation trust
The foundation trust regulator Monitor has highlighted significant financial problems at Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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NewsPioneering 'NHS Atlas' reveals huge contrasts in care
The Department of Health has for the first time laid bare the huge regional variations in healthcare across England.
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NewsNHS Atlas of Variation highlights service value
The NHS Atlas of Variation further highlights the pressure on the NHS to restrict access to some services and medicines.
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NewsLansley moves to replace Monitor chair
The health secretary will begin recruiting a new chair of Monitor in the next few weeks and make an appointment early next year, HSJ has learned.
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NewsDH to appoint new Monitor chair
The health secretary plans to appoint a new chair to Monitor, the NHS provider regulator, early next year, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTelehealth could save NHS £2bn
The NHS is missing out on annual efficiency savings worth up to £2bn by failing to embrace remote monitoring and care, according to a report shared with HSJ.
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NewsNHS back office savings worth £1bn
The NHS could save £600m-£1bn through sharing more back office services, according to research conducted for the Department of Health.
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NewsNicholson letter suggests caution on scrapping PCTs
Sir David Nicholson, as chair of the National Quality Board, has written to the health secretary urging caution on several elements of his white paper reforms.
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News‘Immediate’ need for GP data system
The government has given its backing to a delayed national IT system which would collect swathes of information about primary care.
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NewsDH speeds up abolition of PCTs and SHAs
The government has stepped up the pace of its NHS reorganisation by bringing forward the abolition of primary care trusts and strategic health authorities.
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NewsNew hospital death rates to be published in April
An official NHS death rate for hospital trusts will be published within six months and must not be ignored, the Department of Health was due to announce today.