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CCG: Blackpool making progress against Keogh actions
PERFORMANCE: The clinical commissioning group responsible for Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust believes the provider has made significant progress against its Keogh review actions, recent board papers state.
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Humber FT misses early intervention target
PERFORMANCE: Humber Foundation Trust missed its target for early intervention in psychosis services in September, according to board papers.
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Tees, Esk and Wear misses waiting time targets for seven consecutive months
PERFORMANCE: Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys Foundation Trust missed failed to hit its targets for patients waiting no more than four weeks for an appointment each month from April to October 2013.
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NewsExclusive: Non-acute providers allege institutional bias
Healthcare leaders from across the community and mental health sectors have united against plans to cut the tariff price for their services by a fifth more than the reduction proposed for acute providers.
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NewsNHS the second most gay friendly employment sector
The health service is the second most gay friendly employment sector, according to Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index.
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NewsTreat patients in ambulances - MP
More patients should be treated in the back of ambulances rather than taken to hospital, MPs have heard.
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NewsPharmacies aim to absorb GP strain
A new campaign to increase awareness of the pharmacy service aims to take pressure off GPs and A&E departments.
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NewsHSJ Live 15.01.14 NHS called on to make greater effort to engage staff in order to improve performance
The latest senior appointments at the care regulator, plus the the rest of the day’s news and comment
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NewsFT boards to be independently reviewed every three years
Monitor has detailed how it expects foundation trusts to arrange external reviews of their board’s effectiveness every three years.
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HSJ Local
Colchester improvement director appointed
WORKFORCE: Mark Davies has been appointed improvement director at Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust.
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NewsMinister backs commissioning-only care role for councils
Care services minister Norman Lamb has voiced his support for a proposal to prevent councils from directly providing adult care services.
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NewsCQC uncovers bullying perception at Barts
Concerns over bullying and accident and emergency department performance have emerged in the latest Care Quality Commission inspection reports, covering four trusts.
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NewsCancer diagnoses figures disclosed
Almost a third of a million people in the UK are diagnosed with cancer every year, figures show.
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NewsA&E locum costs soar 60pc in three years
The cost of paying temporary doctors to work at accident and emergency units in England increased by 60 per cent in three years as hospitals struggle to find permanent staff.
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NewsHSJ Live 14.01.14 Monitor recommends external review every three years for FTs
Monitor recommends that foundation trusts are externally reviewed every three years, along with the rest of the day’s news and comment.
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NewsExclusive: Female consultants face awards 'discrimination'
A significant decline in the proportion of clinical excellence awards being awarded to women has led to claims that female consultants are falling victim to discrimination, HSJ has learned.
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NewsClinicians 'must say sorry for errors', says Hunt
Doctors and nurses should be honest when things go wrong and “say sorry” to patients, according to the health secretary.
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NewsCQC promotes private health firm
NHS hospital inspectors are being signposted towards private healthcare by their employers, it has emerged.
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HSJ Local
Ambulance delays after IT blackout
Ambulance callouts were delayed on Christmas Day when London Ambulance Service Trust experienced an IT failure that forced staff to use pen and paper to record 999 calls.
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HSJ Local
Trust receives £10m loan after not getting 'winter pressures' funding
FINANCE: A hospital trust has received a £10m loan from the Department of Health after failing to get funding to tackle winter pressures.