All articles by James Illman – Page 59
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NewsExclusive: Howe insists competition regulations protect commissioners
Health minister Earl Howe has insisted government assurances given during the passage of the Health Act on competition rules remain intact, after new regulations sparked accusations of backdoor privatisation of the NHS.
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NewsKelsey plans iPad app to provide patient 'insight'
The NHS Commissioning Board has outlined fresh details of its drive to bring together information from a range of official and unofficial sources to provide a picture of NHS service providers’ quality.
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NewsCircle identifies 'encouraging' NHS franchise opportunities
Circle Health has announced it is “encouraged” by the emergence of franchise-type opportunities to run hospitals and integrated services.
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Trust records five unexpected deaths in three months
PERFORMANCE: South Essex Partnership Foundation Trust has recorded five unexpected deaths and a suspected homicide among patients in a three-month period, HSJ has learned.
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News‘High risk’ pathology restructure delayed by a year
The introduction of a controversial reconfiguration of pathology services in the east of England has been delayed by a year, HSJ has learned.
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James Paget appoints new CEO
WORKFORCE James Paget University Hospitals Foundation Trust has appointed Christine Allen as its new chief executive.
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NewsInterest in franchise model has 'waned dramatically'
Government interest in the hospital franchise model has ‘waned dramatically’, an HSJ analysis has found, a year after Circle Health took over the running of Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust.
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NewsAnalysed: One year of Circle at Hinchingbrooke
This week’s HSJ Local Briefing looks at the performance of Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust a year on from Circle taking on running the hospital
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PwC team appointed to review services in Peterborough
FINANCE: Monitor has appointed accountancy firm PwC to develop a rescue package for debt-laden Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust, it has emerged.
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NewsCircle bags £42m Nottingham contract renewal
Circle has been selected as preferred bidder to provide services from the Nottingham NHS treatment centre for a further five years, the company has announced.
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NewsNicholson to face MPs over Lorenzo deal
Sir David Nicholson will face questions from MPs following claims anticompetitive deals are being struck between NHS trusts and an IT supplier, HSJ has learned.
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NewsFriends and family test will be ‘opaque and confusing’, says provider
The Friends and Family Test could end up being “opaque, puzzling and confusing”, one of the leading providers of the new patient satisfaction survey has told HSJ.
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NewsCircle chief places emphasis on consolidation
Healthcare operator Circle has said the timing of NHS contracts and the current debt financing environment may delay the expansion plans it outlined last year.
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NewsCircle wins Nottingham contract
Circle has been selected as preferred bidder to provide services from the Nottingham NHS treatment centre for a further five years, the company has announced.
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Basildon faces fresh probe
PERFORMANCE Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust is one of five trusts which will be investigated because of its high death rate, the NHS Commissioning Board has confirmed.
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NewsNHS Midlands and East 'failed', say MPs
The strategic management of health resources across the east of England strategic health authority has “failed”, according to an influential committee of MPs.
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NewsObama adviser to make ‘zero harm in the NHS a reality’, pledges PM
Don Berwick, the man who advised President Barack Obama on his health reforms, has been appointed to spearhead a “zero harm” agenda in the NHS, David Cameron has revealed.
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Lister Surgicentre still a ‘concern’ despite probe verdict
Three patients who died after routine surgery at a privately-run treatment centre in Hertfordshire were given satisfactory care, an independent probe has concluded.
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NewsCapita faces NHS Choices axe
The future operating model of the website at the centre of the drive to extend choice in the NHS faces fresh uncertainty after the Cabinet Office blocked the renewal of a contract with the existing supplier.
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NewsPrivate sector and trusts vie for £500m pathology contracts
A radical shake-up of community pathology services which will see NHS trusts compete with private firms for contracts worth £500m has taken a major step forward after commissioners started a procurement process.