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Virgin set to run children's services in Devon
COMMERCIAL: Virgin Care has been named preferred bidder for a children’s services contract worth £44m a year, it has been announced.
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NewsDH pipeline tsar appointed special administrator at failure regime trust
Matthew Kershaw has today been confirmed as trust special administrator at South London Healthcare Trust.
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HSJ Local
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals anticipate needing £17.7m 'cash support' from SHA
FINANCE: The Surrey/London borders trust’s latest board papers said: “The operating plan recently approved by NHS London had a projected cash support of £17.7m.”
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HSJ Local
DH approves £298m rebuild of Broadmoor
STRUCTURE: The Department of Health has approved a multi-million rebuild of the Broadmoor high-secure psychiatric hospital.
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NewsOmbudsman seeks wider powers to tackle failure
The health service ombudsman is seeking to broaden the scope of her office’s investigations into complaints about health treatment by probing systemic failings at NHS bodies, HSJ has been told.
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NewsExclusive: new workforce chief promises staff flexibility
Health Education England will give commissioners the freedom required to create flexible workforces that meet their own local needs, its new head has promised in his first interview since being appointed.
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More than half of FTs behind plan on 2011-12 savings
More than half of foundation trusts missed their savings plan targets, according to Monitor’s review of last financial year.
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HSJ Local
Trust says it has 'learnt lessons' from stabbing case
PERFORMANCE: Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust missed three chances to identify the risk to the public posed by a patient who went on to stab a woman in a supermarket, according to an independent review
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NewsAnger over failure to agree social care funding
The government’s failure to agree a funding plan for social care have been greeted with disappointment from across the health sector.
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Competition panel to probe referral management
The NHS Cooperation and Competition Panel has begun a probe of the competition implications of providers operating systems to manage patient referrals.
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NewsNew quality of life indicators reveal long term condition inequalities
A major new health information collection has highlighted the worse quality of life suffered by people with long-term conditions in poorer areas.
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HSJ Local
Royal Brompton rules out merger after losing heart services
STRUCTURE: The specialist hospital at the centre of a High Court battle over paediatric heart surgery has ruled out merging with a large London neighbour.
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NewsNo social care funding settlement until next spending review
Ministers have confirmed they cannot commit to a cap on the cost of social care unless they can find an extra £2.2bn at the next comprehensive spending review – and suggested the cap could be higher than the level recommended by an independent review of care funding.
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NewsSocial care cuts pile pressure on NHS
Two thirds of NHS leaders believe cuts to council spending have impacted on their services over the past year, prompting warnings that the system is “heading for collapse”.
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NewsHSJ retains Publication of the Year award
Health Service Journal was last night named Publication of the Year by the Medical Journalists’ Association for the second year in a row.
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HSJ LocalBurns details plans to close Trafford General A&E
PERFORMANCE: NHS North of England will this week consider proposals to remove accident and emergency services, acute surgery and inpatient surgery from Trafford General Hospital, health minister Simon Burns said today.
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HSJ Local
NCUH reports £60,000 surplus for first two months of 2012-13
FINANCE: The trust reported a surplus of £60,000 for the first two months of 2012-13, but noted that this included “strategic support funding” of £4.1m.
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HSJ Local
South Warwickshire in deficit amid overperformance
FINANCE: South Warwickshire Foundation Trust ended month two of 2012-13 with a deficit of £457,000 - £517,000 worse than planned.
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HSJ Local
South Warwickshire FT to redesign emergency pathways
STRUCTURE: South Warwickshire Foundation Trust is planning to spend up to £500,000 redesigning its emergency care pathways to ensure services are safe and comply with national standards.
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HSJ Local
Christie surplus £54,000 below target at end of May
FINANCE: The cancer specialist foundation trust recorded a surplus of £699,000 for the first two months of 2012-13, which was £54,000 behind its plan for the year to date, its latest finance report states.