All David Bennett articles – Page 3
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NewsStevens predicts 'incredibly tough' year for NHS
The chief executive of NHS England has warned that next year will be “incredibly tough” for the NHS, leaving areas which already have “deep problems” with little chance of recovering.
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NewsExclusive: Stevens warns leaders that funding increase will depend on A&E performance
Senior NHS chiefs have begun ramping up the pressure on providers and commissioners to improve performance in A&E during a round of high level meetings which began last week
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NewsMajor selloff of unused land mooted by NHS leaders
The next five years could see large scale sell offs of unused NHS property to release funds to help the health service move rapidly to new models of care
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NewsHealth economies to face ‘special measures’ style regime
Whole health economies could face intervention for poor performance under a new approach proposed by the NHS national bodies. It could potentially include a ‘special measures’ approach to areas with serious problems.
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NewsForward view: Unprecedented call for NHS funding growth
The national leadership of the NHS has issued an unprecedented warning to politicians that it cannot continue at current funding levels
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CommentPolitical pressure is on in this age of entitlement
There’s a frenzied bidding war for a shrinking pot
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NewsBennett: Monitor ‘struggling’ to get message across on competition
Monitor is struggling to combat influential commentators’ claims that competition rules hamper service change in the NHS, its chief executive has said
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NewsNational officials call for 'rapid action' on failing waiting targets
The bosses of clinical commissioning groups and NHS providers have been told to raise their game to hit waiting time targets in a letter from NHS England, Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority.
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CommentEnd Game: Barefoot Bennett takes the stage
Monitor’s chief exec feels the burn in the boardroom
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NewsAgency costs jump £300m at foundation trusts
FTs saw the cost of agency and contract staff shoot up by £300m last year, according to their annual accounts
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NewsMonitor 'must get better', says Hodge
The regulator’s effectiveness has been brought into question by the public accounts committee
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NewsCQC sued over 'cover up' report
The current chair and chief executive of the CQC abused their power by publishing allegations that a former executive ordered a “cover up” of its failings, papers filed at the High Court allege
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NewsMonitor: 'No evidence' of poorer quality of care in small hospitals
Small hospitals should continue to play an “important role” in the NHS, Monitor has indicated after a new study found “no evidence” of poorer quality clinical performance when compared with larger providers.
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Comment'An irreversible shift in power was long overdue': 10 years of FTs
Milburn, Bennett and more review the sector
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NewsMonitor to dissolve Cooperation and Competition Panel
Monitor is dissolving its Co-operation and Competition Panel – the body which advises it on competition issues, the regulator has announced.
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NewsExclusive: New Monitor strategy to ‘turbo charge’ change
The huge uncertainties facing NHS providers mean Monitor will have to focus less on “the numbers” in trusts’ financial plans and more on their capability to deal with change, the regulator’s chief executive has said.
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NewsNew NHS England chief 'more sympathetic' to competition, says Bennett
Monitor’s chief executive has told HSJ it will be easier for the regulator to assuage commissioners’ concerns about NHS competition rules now that Sir David Nicholson is no longer in charge of NHS England.
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NewsMPs: Monitor ‘must not be an obstacle to change’
Acute services in the NHS in England are facing a year of particular financial pressure in 2015-16, when changes to funding arrangements will see £2bn transferred to community health and social care provision, a parliamentary report has warned.
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CommentDavid Bennett: 'Adapt or face the consequences'
It’s time for a wider discussion on how the NHS can transform care
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NewsFTs urged to resist procurement price increases
The Department of Health and Monitor have written to foundation trusts encouraging them to take a tough stance towards suppliers who attempt to impose “blanket inflationary price increases”.