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NHS England takes action against financially troubled CCGs
FINANCE: NHS England has imposed legal directions on two clinical commissioning groups after they built up large deficits.
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NewsBMA pulls out of junior doctor contract talks
The British Medical Association has walked out of talks with NHS Employers over junior doctors contracts.
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Executive Summary: Vetoing the tariff veto
HSJ’s roundup of the day’s essential stories and talking points
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HSJ LocalSouth Warwickshire FT and GPs plan joint contract bids
COMMERCIAL: South Warwickshire Foundation Trust has established a partnership with a large scale GP federation, with the intention of bidding together for a local community services contract.
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NewsDH to clip major hospitals’ power to veto tariff
The Department of Health has moved to drastically curb the power of NHS hospitals to veto unpopular proposals for the pricing of NHS services.
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NewsTrusts will be allowed to breach agency spending cap
NHS trusts will be allowed to breach a proposed cap on agency spending if they need to ensure wards are safely staffed, Monitor has said.
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HSJ LocalVolunteer support programme 'cut admissions by a third'
Emergency admissions reduced by around a third in a group of patients which was given volunteer support to combat dependency on health and care services, an evaluation has said.
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NewsRevealed: DH makes £185m early raid on capital budget
The Department of Health has already taken £185m from its capital budget to prop up its revenue spending for 2015-16, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsExecutive Summary: NHS England strikes a deal
HSJ’s roundup of the day’s essential stories and talking points
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HSJ LocalMonitor refuses to investigate tender process despite concerns
COMMERCIAL: Monitor will not investigate the awarding of a £190m mental health contract in Yorkshire, despite saying the commissioner ‘could have done more to mitigate a conflict of interest’.
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NewsExclusive: NHS Employers lobbies Home Office over immigration rules
Nurses recruited from outside the EU are having their visa applications to work in the NHS rejected and new immigration rules are prompting some NHS nurses to resign, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ LocalCommissioners look to extend 111 contracts until moratorium ends
COMMERCIAL: Commissioners across the East Midlands are looking to extend their contracts with the region’s biggest providers of NHS 111 services by six months. It follows an NHS England moratorium on procuring fresh contracts until September.
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NewsTrusts shortlisted for GS1 barcoding system trials
Twelve NHS trusts have been shortlisted by the Department of Health as potential test sites for rolling out GS1 barcoding standards.
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HSJ LocalSocial enterprise named preferred bidder for community services
COMMERCIAL: A social enterprise has been named the preferred bidder to provide community services across north Somerset by the local clinical commissioning group.
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HSJ LocalLincolnshire health bodies form system-wide ‘recovery programme’
PERFORMANCE: Organisations across Lincolnshire are to form a group to improve the region’s care quality, rescue its financial position and develop a county-wide workforce plan.
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NewsExecutive Summary: The CQC lightens up
HSJ’s roundup of the day’s essential stories and talking points
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HSJ LocalEast of England Ambulance chief executive departs
WORKFORCE: East of England Ambulance Service Trust chief executive Anthony Marsh has left the role with the organisation yet to appoint a successor.
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HSJ LocalMonitor tells trust to improve amid staff shortage
PERFOMANCE: Monitor has told East Kent Hospitals Foundation Trust to improve waiting times in its accident and emergency departments.
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HSJ LocalCCG will no longer tender for stroke care pathway
A North Staffordshire clinical commissioning group has said it does not intend to go out to tender for a prime provider to cover stroke care across its region.
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NewsFT finance: Biggest spenders on private healthcare
Foundation trusts spent more than £475m on sending patients to private and third sector providers in 2014-15 - a 43 per cent increase on the figure two years ago.












