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Royal colleges to be enlisted to identify procedures at risk of 'cherry picking'
The Department of Health command paper on choice, competition and a failure regime for trusts sets out some specifics but leaves many questions unanswered.
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NewsGroups to commission for 'their whole population'
The Health Bill will make explicit that clinical commissioning groups must commission for “whole populations, not just registered patients”, the government has said.
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NewsHealth secretary and NCB will only intervene when failure is 'significant'
The health secretary will only have powers to intervene directly in the running of national NHS bodies where failure is deemed to be “significant”, the government has stated.
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NewsBoard membership requirements to be set out in regulations
Key changes to the NHS reforms to widen clinical involvement in commissioning will not be written into legislation.
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NewsTrusts to be held to account for training funds
Providers will be held much more heavily to account for their investment in training, the government has announced.
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NewsCommissioners will have duty to tell patients about waiting time rights
Commissioning groups will have a duty to ensure patients are aware of their rights to access services within maximum waiting times, the government’s full response to the Future Forum has said.
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NewsGovernment stands by pension change
The government is on course for an autumn showdown with the trade unions after Treasury chief secretary Danny Alexander insisted ministers would not back down over plans to reform public sector pensions.
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NewsGovernment publishes full details of reform changes
The government today published full details of the changes to its reform plans in a command paper to Parliament.
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NewsCameron to embark on new reforms
David Cameron is set to embark on a fresh round of public service reforms, radically changing the way services are delivered.
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NewsDH redrawing failure regime to avoid up-front political battles
The government is drawing up a revised failure regime to avoid the advance labelling of which hospital and care services could hypothetically go bust and be closed down.
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NewsPatient and public involvement to be strengthened
At least 10 of the 150 amendments the government plans to make to the Health and Social Care Bill concern enhancing patient and public involvement, according to the Department of Health’s full response to Future Forum’s recommendations.
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NewsParliament to approve regulations on dissolving failing consortia
New regulations will be introduced on the NHS Commissioning Board’s powers to intervene and even dissolve failing clinical commissioning groups.
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HSJ Local
Investigation launched into Hampshire Partnership patient death
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission conducted a review of Hampshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust after a patient died from renal failure and dehydration.
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NewsCircle floats on stock market
The independent healthcare company set to run Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust as the first UK hospital franchise was floated last week on AIM, a part of the London Stock Exchange.
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HSJ Local
Spending on private providers blows NHS Oldham’s acute budget by £5m
FINANCE: The primary care trust’s acute care budget was blown by £5.5m in 2010-11, due mainly to overspending on private providers.
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HSJ Local
Oxford Health falls short of CIP target
FINANCE: Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust made efficiency savings of £5.5m in 2010-11, 89.1 per cent of its cost improvement plan target – however more than a third of that total came from non-recurrent savings.
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HSJ Local
King's College Hospital plans 'fully established' commercial directorate in 2013-14
COMMERCIAL: The south London acute trust set out its vision for attracting private patients in its three year plan, which has been sent to Monitor.
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HSJ Local
Royal Berkshire FT set to lose patients from Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to rival
STRUCTURE: The acute trust reported that it had complained to the strategic health authority NHS South Central about the designation of level three Neonatal Intensive Care Unit services, which would see it lose patients to the John Radcliffe Hospital.
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HSJ Local
NHS Oldham providers lose £1.2m through rules to curb emergency treatment
FINANCE: The primary care trust’s providers lost an estimated £1.17m in 2010-11 through rules designed to curb spending on non-elective activity, board papers show.
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HSJ Local
Central Manchester FT’s backlog of Trafford patients rises 30 per cent
PERFORMANCE: The backlog of untreated NHS Trafford patients at Central Manchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust rose 30 per cent over the course of 2010-11, the primary care trust reported.