All Foundation Trust Network (NHS Providers) articles – Page 37
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Private patient cap too restrictive - FT Network
The private patient cap is too restrictive and poses an obstacle to developing integrated services, the Foundation Trust Network has said in its submission to a Monitor consultation on the issue.
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Report highlights benefits of foundation trust partnerships
Partnerships between foundation trusts and FTSE companies are delivering real benefits for organisations and patients, according to a report from the Foundation Trust Network.
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Governors want more contact with the board
A review by foundation trust regulator Monitor reveals the trusts have some way to go before they are fully accountable organisations.
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Health check rating benchmarks 'unfair'
Trusts are being unfairly marked down in their annual performance ratings because of changing targets and over-reliance on patient data, according to managers.
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Foundation trusts hit back over MRSA failures
Foundation trusts have hit back at criticism from Monitor over the number of hospitals failing to reduce MRSA rates.
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Monitor watching
I did not say that foundation trusts should have the right to ignore government targets and that Monitor should stand up for them when they do (leader, 21 February). All foundation trusts should rightly meet the expectations that ministers have for patients, including government targets, writes Sue Slipman
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Is government taking liberties with the foundation principle?
The argument between the foundation trust lobby and the Department of Health over foundations’ freedoms goes to the heart of the debate about the role of politics in health policy.
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Unison takes Monitor to court in wake of income cap silence
Unison has launched judicial review proceedings against foundation trust regulator Monitor in a bid to stop trusts using arm's-length organisations to expand private patient work.
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Brown talks to HSJ about his preventive healthcare vision
Foundation trusts are to provide primary care services, recruit more members and take over failing trusts under the prime minister’s vision for the future of the NHS.
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Private sector sceptics take on foundation freedom-fighters
The deal the government carved out with Labour backbenchers to get the foundation trust legislation through Parliament has precipitated a battle between the trusts and Unison over the limits of their freedoms (for more background, click here).
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Foundation trusts applications: shape up or ship out
The deadline for all acute trusts to apply for foundation status by 2008 has proved unrealistic. What now for those that have not made the leap? Helen Mooney reports
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Do not 'party' early, Monitor warns trusts
Concerns that foundation trusts are submitting over-optimistic forecasts of their performance have been borne out by the latest figures.
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Mike Cooke on succession planning
'I came back with gusto, lungs full, laptop (and pencil) poised and with best away-visit intentions started with my job. I am delighted to say we did fill my job with a great internal candidate'
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Monitor criticised for data demand
The foundation trust regulator Monitor must not seek to 'enhance' its regulatory role, Foundation Trust Network director Sue Slipman has warned.
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Model contract and foundation trusts
Two issues highlighted in HSJrecently - the model contract ( HSJ, page 5, 1 February 2007) and an NHS charter ( HSJ, opinion, pages 18-19, 2007) - show how current NHS reform is engendering contradictory expectations.
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'Micro-management' fears spark debate on regulation
Fears are growing that trusts could be shackled by increasing control from the centre as government and regulators attempt to get a tighter grip on performance.
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Monitor concern over foundation progress
Less than half of acute and mental health trusts are likely to reach foundation status by 2008, regulator Monitor has said.
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Healthcare inspection comes under scrutiny of its own
'Numbers do not impart wisdom in themselves, you have to learn how to select and use them'
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Blair is urged to support foundations
Foundation trusts should be given the political backing for widespread joint ventures, mergers, 'acquisitions' with other trusts, the Foundation Trust Network has urged the prime minister.
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Blair woos big business skills to foundation cause
Unilever, GlaxoSmithKline Beecham and Cadbury Schweppes are among 12 FTSE 100 business giants that this week considered signing up to help high-performing foundation trusts achieve 'excellence'.