All articles by Judith Welikala – Page 6
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GPs privately urged to prescribe Tamiflu despite concerns
WORKFORCE: NHS England is encouraging GPs to prescribe Tamiflu to care and nursing home patients as a preventative measure, despite concerns about its effectiveness.
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Updated: Third of CCGs apply for full co-commissioning powers over GP members
Around a third of clinical commissioning groups are bidding to take over responsibility for performance management and budgets of their member GP practices from April, HSJ can reveal.
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Single board to share risk across Cambridgeshire health economy
STRUCTURE: Providers and commissioners across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough have created a joint board for strategic planning which they hope will ultimately share financial risk across the health economy.
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Sheffield CCG accountable officer steps down
WORKFORCE: The accountable officer of Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group has announced he is stepping down.
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Trust chair resigns to run for parliament
WORKFORCE: The chair of Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust has stood down to run for parliament as a UKIP candidate.
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Ambulance service downgrades more than 8,000 emergency calls
PERFORMANCE: More than 8,000 emergency calls were downgraded by East of England Ambulance Service Trust over two months.
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Updated: Circle to withdraw from Hinchingbrooke contract
Circle Partnership has announced plans to pull out of its 10 year contract to run Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust, the UK’s only privately managed NHS district general hospital.
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Finance director of troubled trust dismissed over gross misconduct
WORKFORCE: The finance director of the challenged Barnsley Hospital Foundation Trust has been dismissed for gross misconduct after misstating its accounts.
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Three southern CSUs to formally merge
Three commissioning support units have announced they are planning to enter into a formal merger.
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Leeds CCG appoints associate medical director
WORKFORCE: Leeds West Clinical Commissioning Group has appointed Fiona Day as associate medical director.
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'Success regime' outlined by national officials
Struggling health economies will agree a ‘single, collective short term plan’ as well as medium term proposals for transformation under the ‘success regime’ proposed by national officials for 2015-16.
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Monitor appoints oversight director at Peterborough and Stamford FT
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has appointed an oversight director at Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust after it “consistently failed” to meet the four hour accident and emergency target.
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No evidence of 'systematic manipulation' of Colchester cancer data
There is no evidence of staff being told to manipulate cancer waiting times data at Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust, an independent investigation commissioned by Monitor has found.
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Exclusive: CCGs criticise NHS England co-commissioning 'confusion'
The leaders of six clinical commissioning groups have written to NHS England criticising “apparent confusion and lack of clarity” in its proposals for primary care co-commissioning, HSJ can reveal.
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Monitor launches investigation into finances at Basildon and Thurrock
FINANCE: Monitor has launched an investigation into the deterioration of finances at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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One in three trusts have board level vacancies
One in three trusts have at least one vacancy or interim executive on their board, according to a King’s Fund report based on research by HSJ.
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CCG chair steps down to lead GP 'super-practice'
STRUCTURE: The chair of Corby Clinical Commissioning Group is stepping down from the role to lead a merged GP ‘super-practice’ which aims to become the largest primary care provider in England.
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Four in 10 GP practices need modernisation
More than 40 per cent of GP practices are unlikely to be capable of providing modern primary care services, according to analysis by construction consultants.
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Farrar: GPs will move away from CCGs in long term
The new generation of beefed up primary care organisations envisaged in the NHS Five Year Forward View will attract GP leaders away from clinical commissioning groups.