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NewsDH to review FT application process to avoid 'embarrassment'
The Department of Health is overhauling the process for checking whether a trust is ready to apply for foundation status to avoid “embarrassing” the health secretary, HSJ has discovered.
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Trust sells half its beds to rent them back
FINANCE: A hospital trust has sold half of its beds to a Dutch company for half a million pounds and is leasing them back, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsData shows mixed results in reducing 'low value' treatments
The NHS has reduced activity related to some “ineffective” treatments, but has not managed to stop the rise in other “low clinical value” procedures, according to data analysed for HSJ.
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Foundation trusts borrowing over £1bn from DH
Foundation trusts have secured loans worth more than £1bn from the Department of Health, HSJ can reveal, prompting concern about the impact of increased debts on foundation trust independence.
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NewsHalf of NHS leaders predict longer waits, survey reveals
More than half of NHS leaders believe patients’ access to services is likely to worsen over the next year, an NHS Confederation survey has shown.
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Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire CIPs slip as acutes over-spend
FINANCE: The Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire primary care trust cluster is struggling to meet cost improvement programme savings as acute provider contracts over-perform.
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NewsRetailers' public health pledges praised by Lansley
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has praised food and drink manufacturers and retailers in backing the government’s Responsibility Deal to improve public fitness and well-being.
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NewsDilnot commission confirms cap on care contributions
Andrew Dilnot has confirmed expectations that his commission on funding social care would propose a cap of £35,000 on individual contributions for their care today.
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NewsFlu pandemic could cost UK nearly £50bn
The knock-on effects of a flu pandemic could be worse for the economy than originally thought, according to a new study.
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NewsGPs pocketing millions in buildings payments, investigation finds
Doctors are receiving six-figure windfalls in surgery rent and sale payments, an investigation has found.
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HSJ KnowledgeAchieving behaviour change intervention value for money
Investment in behaviour change interventions must be justifiable. Rowena Merritt and colleagues present a set of tools that help demonstrate their cost effectiveness.
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HSJ Local
Birmingham's PCTs face £44m financial shortfall
FINANCE: Birmingham’s PCTs face a £44m shortfall in their QIPP plans in 2011-12 and an underlying recurrent deficit of at least £53m in 2012-13.
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CommentInvestment alone is not enough to solve the social care crisis
It is now well established that there is a crisis in social care and that we urgently need more money in the system. But we must also reform the way care services are organised and delivered: a priority that has been absent from recent debate, says IPPR researcher Laura Bradley.
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NewsDH commits funds to support health and wellbeing board development
The government announced today it was committing £985,000 to support the development of health and wellbeing boards.
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NewsTreasury review of NHS charities sparks 'nationalisation' fear
Treasury plans to place charitable assets worth £500m on the public balance sheet for the first time will have the effect of “nationalising” NHS charities, critics of the move have warned.
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NewsEnd-of-life funding change would be 'fairer' on patients
Changing the way end-of-life care is funded across the country would save millions of pounds and help focus on individual patient needs, according to a government-ordered review.
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NewsFine trusts and hospitals more for data breaches, says information chief
The information commissioner Christopher Graham has called for tougher penalties on NHS trusts and hospitals who lose patients’ personal medical records.
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NewsSeven trusts and two primary care trusts finished 2010-11 in deficit, DH says
Two primary care trusts and seven trusts finished the year in deficit, according to figures released by the Department of Health.
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SupplementsManaging the new NHS - an HSJ supplement
This bumper HSJ supplement looks at the myriad of areas where organisations will need a firm handle, to manage the transition to a new, post-reform NHS.
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NewsMid Staffs inquiry costs hit £8m
More than £8m of public money has been spent on the first year of the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry, HSJ can reveal.