All articles by Helen Mooney – Page 9
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DoH compiles a hit-list of acute trusts that cannot survive under Payment by Results
The Department of Health has drawn up a list of acute trusts that will be closed, merged or broken up because they will not survive under payment by results, HSJ has learned.
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Providers given open choice rules in PCTs
NHS providers must not turn down patient referrals on the grounds of a primary care trust's location, the Department of Health has warned.
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PCTs delayed on audiology contract
An audiology contract has been delayed indefinitely because the provider has not been able to sign off quality and safety guarantees with the Department of Health, HSJ has learnt.
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BMA pushes for referral centre rules
The British Medical Association is to call for greater clinical engagement in referral management centres run by primary care trusts, HSJ has learnt.
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Poor data threatens future of PbR system, warns minister
Trusts must collect better data about patient services and involve clinicians in decisions if payment by results is to expand successfully, health minister Andy Burnham has warned.
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Acute chiefs: NHS vision is lost in a political mire
Labour's sweep to power in 1997 was followed by a groundswell of NHS optimism. Ten years on, an HSJ survey of 100 chief executives suggests the glory days are over. Helen Mooney asked a group of acute trust leaders why
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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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PCT ditches two private hospitals over costs
A primary care trust has removed the choice of two local private sector hospitals from its choose and book list because it says it was paying too much for their services, HSJ has learned.
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Trusts poach sexual health funding
Funds which should have gone to sexual health have been diverted elsewhere in almost two-thirds of primary care trusts, according to a survey by the Terrence Higgins Trust.
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SHA pays £2m for firm to size up PCT commissioning
South Central strategic health authority has called in turnaround specialists PricewaterhouseCoopers to assess whether its nine primary care trusts should contract out their commissioning functions to the private sector.
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Data on ISTCs' clinical quality is 'extremely poor', says Healthcare Commission
National data on the clinical quality of independent sector treatment centres is 'incomplete and of extremely poor quality', according to a review by the Healthcare Commission.
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News Analysis: Is it new hope for 'No Hope' as cliffhanger reaches final reel?
Birmingham's Good Hope Hospital trust might at last put its troubles behind it if its acquisition by a neighbouring foundation trust goes ahead. Helen Mooney chronicles the hurdles that have stood in the way and asks if the move is likely to be replicated
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Workforce plans predict 'bitter opposition' and 'volatility'
The NHS is facing a huge oversupply of consultants and a shortage of thousands of nurses, junior doctors and GPs, a draft government strategy has revealed.
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Some trusts will stay in red, MPs warn
Some NHS trusts will never get back into financial balance, one of the government's turnaround advisers has admitted.
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Media watch
And there you were thinking he seemed like such a quiet chap, but last week health minister Andy Burnham came out all guns blazing as he took at a swipe at people who 'get out their placards' when their local hospitals face closure.
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Media Watch
'Ding dong as hospital bans carollers,' said The Daily Telegraphas it revealed that the Torbay Gospelaires had been banned from entering Torbay hospital wards.
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Media watch
The surrounding media coverage has led to yet another round of NHS manager bashing
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Media watch
So we're at last going to see an end to junk food advertising aimed at children. And with the announcement came the expected outcry from companies that make their money selling bad food to kids, as well as health professionals who say the new rules will not go far enough.
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Media Watch
'The focus has well and truly turned to the NHS, as it once again becomes the battleground for the next election'