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NewsMutuals should be 'mainstream' service option
Report calls for raft of government measures to encourage mutuals
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NewsNHS 111 preferred provider pulls out
The preferred provider for the NHS 111 service in Devon has pulled out of the deal due, citing “commercial considerations”.
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NewsAcademic health science network plans given 20 July deadline
The Department of Health has asked for expressions of interest to form academic health science networks by 20 July.
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NewsCouncillors banned from CCG boards as new rules set
The government is set to impose further requirements on clinical commissioning groups’ governing bodies, HSJ has learned.
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NewsKeogh outlines junior doctor death-rate measures
Patients are put at risk when junior doctors start work, the NHS medical director conceded as he outlined measures to end the so-called health service “killing season”.
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NewsMeldrum urges caution over further pensions action
The outgoing British Medical Association leader has urged the union to be cautious about taking further industrial action over pensions.
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NewsSerious drug shortages at four in five trusts
Patients struggle to obtain drugs for life-threatening conditions in 80 per cent of NHS trusts in England and Wales, a survey suggests.
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Hakin plans 'proportionate' handling of GPs
Details have been published of how primary care services will be commissioned under the reformed NHS system.
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NewsNumber of managers in NHS down by 5.7 per cent
The number of managers working in the NHS fell by nearly four times as much as other groups of staff over the past year, the NHS chief executive’s annual report reveals.
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NewsPolitical support will keep pipeline flowing, says Kershaw
Political support is there to make the change needed for a sustainable provider sector, the man setting up the NHS Trust Development Authority has said.
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North Staffordshire trust threatened with fines over A&E failure
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners have threatened to fine University Hospital of North Staffordshire Trust over “persistent” failures to hit A&E targets, HSJ has learned.
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Princess Alexandra enrols new apprentices
WORKFORCE: Eleven more members of staff have been enrolled on the Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust’s apprenticeship scheme.
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Appraisal 'step change' needed at QE hospital
WORKFORCE: Appraisal rates at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn, need to undergo a “step change” if they are to meet the target of 90 per cent, the board heard.
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Early surplus for Southend
FINANCE: Southend University Hospitals Foundation Trust started the financial year well making a small surplus is April of £103,000.
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Southend struggling with A&E targets
PERFORMANCE: Four A&E targets - including the four hour wait - were failed in April, Southend University Hospital Foundation Trust’s board heard.
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King's Lynn staff to lose parking permits
WORKFORCE: Around 180 staff who live close to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn, are to lose parking permits under a new car parking strategy adopted by the trust.
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New IT strategy for West Herts
FINANCE: West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust has adopted a new IT strategy which, if fully implemented, could ultimately cost £67m over five years.
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West Herts considers mobile bed units
PERFORMANCE: West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust is examining how it could provide additional beds to meet increased demand.
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Business case for new hospital in Hemel
STRUCTURE: A business case of the development of a local general hospital on the Hemel Hempstead Hospital site could be prepared by the end of the year.
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NewsNew surveillance groups not 'command and control'
Planned new “quality surveillance groups” are not an attempt to impose “command and control” on the new system, the senior civil servant leading the work has said.