Acutes 'carrying all the risk' in city with five specialists - CEO
Exclusive: Hospitals to miss flagship winter target
North by North West: Not a good look
North by North West: All change at the top
Clearing ADHD caseload could take 5 years, CCG warns
Major trust CEO takes hospital job in Qatar
Exclusive: Tens of thousands of junior doctors working beyond contract
Trust accused of dropping estates deal after pressure from Corbyn
No more PFI deals, chancellor announces
Go ahead for hospital as bailout agreed in Carillion fallout
Sexual discrimination claim against female leaders dropped
Trusts move clinical waste contracts to new provider after stockpiling scandal
Former NHS director accuses female leaders of sexual discrimination
Revealed: The slowest invoice payers in the NHS
Trust set to terminate PFI deal for part-built hospital
Trust CEO resigns amid neonatal unit investigation
North by North West: What went wrong in Warrington?
Under pressure CCG chair resigns
GPs say they have 'lost all confidence' in CCG leadership
New chair for troubled ambulance trust
CCGs reveal large backlogs of death reviews
NHS England has been urged to dramatically increase its funding for reviews of learning disability deaths, as clinical commissioning groups have revealed large backlogs with their investigations
Quarter of CCGs fall below psychosis spend benchmark
Nearly a quarter of clinical commissioning groups are spending less than the estimated sum needed to provide proper care to seriously ill mental health patients, according to a new analysis by HSJ.
Government ranks areas on health and social care joint working
A league table rating performance on patient flow between the boundaries of health and social care has been published, as the Care Quality Commission announces it will continue local area reviews ahead of possible inspections of council commissioning.
North by North West: Virgin deal exposes council rifts
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Leaked STP document reveals A&E downgrade plans
The sustainability and transformation plan for Cheshire and Mersey includes the downgrade of at least one accident and emergency department, along with a major consolidation of elective care, according to a document obtained by HSJ.
Newcastle upon Tyne trust scoops three HSJ Awards
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust has scooped three prizes at the HSJ Awards 2015.
Revealed: Second commissioning support tender winner
The second tender for commissioning support services awarded via NHS England’s procurement framework has gone to Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit.
Regional health powers included in Liverpool devolution bid
The Liverpool City Region has declared it wants to explore taking greater control of health functions, including creating a ‘local leadership role’ for ‘performance oversight’.
Special report: Estates are the NHS's firm foundation
Estates management must be seen as an important function
CCGs must buy external support services, NHS England says
NHS England has told clinical commissioning groups in the north to jointly go to market to procure vital support services.
Trust told to improve mental health services
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners have told 5 Boroughs Partnership Foundation Trust to boost its performance in for improving access to psychological therapies services
Trust forced to place mentally unwell children out of area
MENTAL HEALTH: Some young people with mental health problems have been placed in inpatient units out of the 5 Boroughs Partnership Foundation Trust’s remit because of lack of space in its own child and adolescent mental health services.
Trust revises infection control after suspected Ebola case
PERFORMANCE: Warrington and Halton Hospitals Foundation Trust has bolstered its infection control policies following the treatment of a suspected Ebola patient.
Construction of new mental health facility underway
STRUCTURE: Building work has begun on a mental health facility in Leigh as part of 5 Boroughs Partnership Foundation Trust.
CCGs taking on full primary care co-commissioning powers revealed
NHS England has revealed the 64 clinical commissioning groups that will take full control of their local primary care budgets from April.
Exclusive: Jobs at risk as NHS England rejects two CSU bids
Two commissioning support units have not made it on to NHS England’s procurement framework, placing their viability and the futures of around 2,200 staff in doubt, HSJ has learned
Integration Summit: Family fortunes
How nutritional intervention can turn around troubled families’ lives
Halton CCG sets aside £0.5m for ‘hub and spoke’ rehab service
FINANCE: Halton clinical commissioning group will contribute £551,000 to the development of a “hub and spoke” rehabilitation service organised across three hospitals, its 2013-15 commissioning strategy states.
Halton CCG authorised with conditions
STRUCTURE: Halton CCG has been authorised this month, with five conditions imposed on its authorisation.
Four directors appointed for Merseyside LAT
WORKFORCE: The NHS Commissioning Board has appointed four directors for its Merseyside Local Area Team.