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HSJ KnowledgeKeeping afloat: how trusts can survive under the new NHS failure regime
Takeover or oblivion are possibilities for some NHS organisations in the new order – so what are they doing to clutch victory from the jaws of defeat, asks Alison Moore.
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CommentNoel Plumridge: the hidden cost of foundation status
“Working capital arrangement” can be a £20m trap.
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NewsQuarter of trusts consider negligence scheme exit
Seventy-two NHS trusts have consulted with a private insurance broker over leaving the NHS Litigation Authority for a commercial alternative, it has been claimed.
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HSJ KnowledgeQ&A: Monitor outline details on changing failure regime
From next year, foundation trusts will face an unforgiving regime which introduces transparency to their funding - and could lead to them being dissolved and their services distributed to other providers.
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NewsPenalise poor performers 'robustly', Flory demands
The NHS’s deputy chief executive has used his latest quarterly report to direct the health service to “robustly bear down” on “persistent poor performer” organisations.
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NewsRegulator's dual role still unclear
Monitor is still unclear about how it can justify its additional powers over foundation trusts once it becomes healthcare sectorregulator, its executive chair has told HSJ.
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NewsMonitor should toughen assessments following scandal - Bennett
Monitor’s executive chair has admitted it is “very likely” University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay had “deep-seated problems” at the time his organisation granted the trust foundation status.
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NewsNHS reform risk register reveals list of serious concerns
A version of the Department of Health’s risk register for the NHS reforms has been published on the internet, having apparently been leaked.
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NewsIntegrated care has no 'significant impact' on hospital costs
The greater integration of care has no significant impact on the cost of secondary care, with benefits cancelled out by “unexpected” increases in emergency admissions, a major review has found.
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NewsPM declares 'national crisis' over dementia care
The prime minister has declared that rising rates of dementia are “a national crisis” and launched a major drive to improve the lives of sufferers and their carers.
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NewsExclusive: Treasury claws back £0.5bn from health budget
The Treasury has clawed back half a billion pounds that was allocated for health spending this year, prompting fears that the punishing NHS savings drive will go towards “general deficit reduction”.
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NewsBudget pledge aims to halt consultant tax loophole
Councils liable for tax, NI, and question mark remains over pensions
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Trust's bid to run disability services 200 miles away damaged risk rating
An NHS learning disability trust’s unsuccessful bid to take over the running of a similar service nearly 200 miles away led to its financial risk rating with Monitor deteriorating.
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NewsKing's Fund calls for NHS sustainability drive
Trusts should be routinely monitored on their progress towards becoming more environmentally sustainable, as well as their financial sustainability, according to a think tank report.
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NewsExclusive: property company expected to cover costs by raising rents
The new NHS property company is set to take over a core portfolio worth at least £1.7bn, HSJ can disclose.
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NewsMental health trust set to leave litigation scheme
A trust providing mental health and community services looks set to be the first in England to opt out of the NHS Litigation Authority’s clinical negligence scheme - while a hospital trust has backed away from choosing a commercial insurer despite also looking for an alternative.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow EU procurement directives could impact health service commissioning
Procurement proposals put forward by the EU could have significant implications for health service commissioners if they are passed, as Irfan Ullah and Jessica Kohler explain.
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Serco is preferred bidder to take over Suffolk community services
Private sector outsourcing giant Serco has been selected as preferred bidder to take over nearly all NHS community services in Suffolk in a deal worth £140m to the company over three years.
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NewsBig promises but nothing new for pharma in budget
The chancellor has pledged to make the UK “one of the most attractive places in the world to invent new medicines” in his budget speech this afternoon.
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NewsOsborne: government departments face greater austerity after 2015 without welfare cuts
Chancellor George Osborne today warned that without further reductions in welfare spending government departments will face even deeper austerity after 2015 than in the current period.