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NewsSmaller FTs face viability reviews
Monitor has ordered a review of the financial viability of a number of small and medium-sized foundation trusts, in a process described by one chief executive as “cloak and dagger”, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsCommissioning board promises CCGs a lighter planning 'ask'
Clinical commissioning groups will need to report only a “minimum” set of quality, performance and finance information to the centre to support the NHS planning process, they have been told by the NHS Commissioning Board.
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NewsMonitor announces review of Mid Staffs sustainability
Monitor has this morning announced a review into the long-term sustainability of services at the troubled Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, which could see the scandal-hit trust placed into special administration.
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NewsTenders for sexual health contracts could leave HIV services 'unviable'
Plans to put sexual health services out to competitive tender could make it “unviable” for some NHS trusts to continue offering HIV treatment and care, the Department of Health has warned.
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NewsStruggling FTs may face insolvency regime in 2013-14 - Hay
Monitor may need to place some NHS foundation trusts in administration as soon as 2013-14 – the first year its powers to do so take effect, the regulator’s chief operating officer has suggested.
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Blogs
The new minister's agenda
The new group of ministers at the Department of Health will have a lot to take in as they begin work at Richmond House.
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NewsCall for separate Scottish GP contract
A separate Scottish contract should be set up for GPs working north of the border, a think-tank has proposed.
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NewsYorkshire savings rely on reconfiguration
Two of the most challenged health economies in the country are relying on reconfigurations for savings.
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NewsQIPP tracker: Get involved and tell us how QIPP is doing in your area
How is QIPP performing in your area? Read your local QIPP tracker report and tell us what you think of it.
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CommentPutting the quality back into QIPP
Pursuing value could be the right step towards transforming the NHS
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NewsLocal schemes fall behind in NHS’s drive for efficiency
The true performance of the NHS’s efficiency drive can be revealed after HSJ obtained the Department of Health’s QIPP tracker.
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NewsIT problems in Bristol threaten delivery of QIPP plans
Problems with new patient administration systems are threatening the delivery of QIPP plans.
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NewsCare centres lighten load
The savings schemes set out by the London clusters entail significant reductions in work carried out by provider trusts, with urgent care centres picking up the slack.
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NewsUrgent care centres to lighten London providers' workload
Savings schemes set out by the London clusters entail significant reductions in work done by provider trusts.
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NewsEaston: support for ‘medium-term’ change
The NHS Commissioning Board is drawing up plans to support service changes that go beyond the current comprehensive spending review period, which has so far defined the limits of the NHS efficiency programme.
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NewsRising demand and transition disruption put local plans at risk
Rising demand for acute services has emerged as a key threat to commissioners’ efficiency schemes.
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NewsRed ratings dog West Midlands QIPP plans
Derbyshire’s QIPP plan is the only one in the Midlands and East region to have been given a “green” overall rating.
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CommentWhat that extra year for QIPP means
So, the Department of Health now claims 2008-09 as its year dot
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NewsMental health sector's QIPP savings on target
The mental health sector is among the best performing areas for achieving efficiency savings under QIPP.
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NewsNew tax rules 'could spark backlash'
New rules on employing interim managers in the NHS risk sparking a backlash from temporary managers who could look elsewhere for work, HSJ has been told.