All Foundation trusts articles – Page 17
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Comment
Competition isn't always the best option
We must be carfeul with how NHS competition is used
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Leader
MPs’ push for flexibility should end underspending
There is mismatch between how FTs and the DH manage spending
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News
MPs call for abolition of 'inflexible' NHS spending restraints
An influential committee of MPs has called for “unnecessarily inflexible” restrictions on NHS spending to be “abolished”, to allow providers to invest their accumulated reserves in reforming services.
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News
Third of foundation trusts failed A&E waiting targets in Q3
Monitor has reported a sharp decline in performance of foundation trust accident and emergency departments, with over a third of the sector missing A&E waiting targets in the last three months of 2012.
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Blogs
How will Monitor judge waiting times performance?
Monitor is out to consultation. My response explains why its approach to 18-week waits is perverse, and how to fix it.
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HSJ Knowledge
Countdown to the new licensing regime
Many issues face providers in the second licence wave
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Blogs
Is the NHS safe in the hands of the Competition Commission?
The competition authorities must give due consideration to the interests of patients and taxpayers when considering NHS trust mergers.
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News
HMRC investigating trusts over drug tax schemes
HM Revenue and Customs is examining hospital trusts’ tax arrangements amid a growing trend to lawfully avoid paying VAT on outpatient drugs, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
Medway delays merger plan following mortality probe
STRUCTURE: Medway Foundation Trust has asked Monitor to put on hold its consideration of a proposed merger after its high mortality rate was highlighted.
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Comment
The NHS cannot ignore DH underspends
The NHS must decide what has to go unspent if providers are to spend their surpluses
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News
Monitor unveils shake-up of financial risk ratings
Monitor will no longer use foundation trusts’ operating profitability or surpluses as measures of the financial risk they are carrying, under proposals unveiled by the regulator.
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News
OFT moves to extend its jurisdiction over NHS mergers
The Office of Fair Trading has moved to take over responsibility for assessing mergers between NHS trusts and foundation trusts, in a development which could have significant implications for the “pipeline” of aspirant FTs.
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News
Monitor delays FT bids due to quality concerns
Monitor has deferred foundation trust applications from the East of England Ambulance Service Trust and Leicestershire Partnership Trust because of quality concerns.
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News
Strategy advised to prevent trust failure
Regulatory authorities, health commissioners and the government will have to take urgent action to stop trusts from becoming financially unstable, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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HSJ Knowledge
Is bigger better for the NHS?
Economies of scale do exist in the NHS – so how do we reap the benefits?
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HSJ Knowledge
The principles behind integrated care for older people
How South Warwickshire FT transformed older people’s services
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HSJ Knowledge
How King's made the most of a commercial break
A commercial arm is helping one foundation trust enhance care
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HSJ Knowledge
Trusts lose ground in online marketing race
Providers are missing opportunities to promote themselves
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Blogs
Trust chief executives have one of toughest jobs there is
The people in the hottest seats around need more support
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HSJ Local
'No decision' on Mid Yorks organisational form
STRUCTURE: Strategic health authority papers say that “no decision” has been taken about Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust’s “future organisational form”.