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Six Warwickshire CCGs likely to become four

2011-09-29T17:32:00Z

STRUCTURE: The six clinical commissioning groups in Warwickshire are likely to merge down to four, HSJ has learned.

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Doncaster expects £2.9m voluntary redundancy management cut

2011-09-29T17:32:00Z

WORKFORCE: NHS Doncaster is expecting a £2.9m reduction in recurrent annual management costs, because of a voluntary redundancy round.

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Senior appointments made at England's biggest SHA cluster

2011-09-29T17:30:00Z

WORKFORCE: Five more directors have been appointed to the board of the largest strategic health authority cluster in England.

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'No conflict' in contract awarded to private company associated with commissioners

2011-09-29T06:00:00Z

COMMERCIAL: A clinical commissioning group in the Wirral has awarded a place on a register of “any qualified providers” to a private company associated with most of the GP practices on the group’s board.

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Pathfinder complains over London's use of McKinsey

2011-09-29T02:00:00Z

COMMERCIAL: London’s strategic health authority has received a complaint from a GP commissioning group about the use of consultancy firm McKinsey.

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Charities pledge £1m to Southport cancer centre

2011-09-28T18:42:00Z

FINANCE: Two charities have pledged £1m towards refurbishing and extending a cancer treatment centre for patients in north Sefton and West Lancashire.

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Whittington revises down CIP target by nearly a third

2011-09-28T18:27:00Z

FINANCE: The north London integrated care organisation has reduced its CIP target from £6.9m to £4.7m, its finance director reported to the board.

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SHA calls ‘risk summit’ over Morecambe Bay maternity services

2011-09-28T18:25:00Z

PERFORMANCE: NHS North West has called a “risk summit” with University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust, regulators and local commissioners to ensure the safety of its maternity services, the strategic health authority’s chief executive has reported.

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Imperial 'optimistic' in aiming for £40.3m deficit

2011-09-28T18:18:00Z

FINANCE: The west London hospital trust submitted a plan predicting a £40.3m deficit at the end of the year, a board report confirmed.

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'Deficient' practice slipped 'beneath the managerial radar'

2011-09-28T18:15:00Z

PERFORMANCE: A Norfolk nurse-led health centre where there was a “serious deficiency” in safe care suffered a “complete breakdown” in monitoring and accountability arrangements, an independent review has found.

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Council set to approve Northumbria hospital plans

2011-09-28T18:09:00Z

STRUCTURE: Northumberland County Council is due to approve planning permission for a new emergency care hospital, proposed by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, according to a report.

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Surrey and Sussex Healthcare not ‘challenged’ despite heading for deficit

2011-09-28T18:08:00Z

FINANCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare remains on course for a year-end deficit of £6m but has escaped being categorised as a “challenged” trust.

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South Tyne abortion clinic closing temporarily

2011-09-28T18:02:00Z

STRUCTURE: An abortion clinic at South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust is set to close, it has been reported.

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Central Lancashire CCGs ask to work as separate committees

2011-09-28T15:44:00Z

STRUCTURE: The primary care trust’s board will be asked to break up the joint committee it agreed to establish for clinical commissioning groups, board papers for its meeting this week show.

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New GP practice in Calderdale

2011-09-28T15:18:00Z

STRUCTURE: A new branch practice, provided by Assura Leeds, will open in Calderdale in November.

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Leeds walk-in centre to close, and another to cut hours

2011-09-28T15:10:00Z

FINANCE: A Leeds walk-in centre is due to close, and another to reduce its opening hours, in cost cutting moves, according to a report.

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£700m estates contract links primary and secondary care

2011-09-28T11:20:00Z

FINANCE: A contract worth up to £700m is up for grabs in what is thought to be the first tender to provide estate and facilities management across primary and secondary care.

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Plans submitted to redevelop Royal Sussex County Hospital

2011-09-28T10:22:00Z

STRUCTURE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals has this month submitted plans to redevelop the Royal Sussex County Hospital to Brighton and Hove City Council.

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New birth centre operational at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells

2011-09-28T10:14:00Z

STRUCTURE: The first baby has been born at a new midwife led birth centre in Maidstone, according to a press release from Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust.

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Surrey and Borders Partnership plans new LD treatment centre

2011-09-28T10:12:00Z

STRUCTURE: Plans for a new assessment and treatment centre for people who have a learning disability have been put out for public consultation by Tandridge District Council.