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HSJ Local
Basildon and Thurrock reports larger than forecast deficit
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust has posted a £2.1m deficit for the first four months of 2013-14 – £1.9m more than forecast.
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HSJ Local
Imperial yet to identify 18 per cent of savings
FINANCE: Imperial College Healthcare Trust has yet to identify £9.2m in cost-cutting programmes.
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NewsProviders hit with raised efficiency requirement
Providers will lose hundreds of millions of pounds in income under Monitor and NHS England plans to raise the efficiency assumptions that govern how much they are paid under tariff.
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NewsChanges to emergency admissions tariff planned
The marginal tariff for hospital emergency care will be retained in 2014-15, but the policy will be modified.
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HSJ Local
Portsmouth's withdrawal scuppers local pathology plan
STRUCTURE: Portsmouth Hospitals Trust has frustrated its neighbours by pulling out of a proposed local pathology consortium weeks before it was due to go live, citing concerns over governance arrangements and the savings potential of the project.
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NewsGPs 'facing financial black hole'
GP services are facing a £400m financial “black hole” that could have catastrophic consequences, the Royal College of General Practitioners has warned.
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NewsNew effort to confront north-south divide
England’s public health body is preparing to “make noise” about the north-south divide in health outcomes.
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NewsHSJ Live: 3.10.13 Jeremy Hunt addresses RCGP
Secretary of state speaks to GPs’ annual conference in Harrogate.
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NewsAreas with worse life quality would be hit by allocation shake-up
Clinical commissioning groups in areas where people with long term conditions have a worse quality of life would lose funds under the revised allocation formula being considered by NHS England, analysis shows.
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NewsHigh Court rules incompetent nurses cannot be struck off
Nurses and midwives cannot be struck off the register for incompetence under the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s current rules, it has emerged.
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NewsConservative Party conference - follow it live
Keep up with the HSJ news team, reporting from the 2013 Conservative Party conference in Manchester
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NewsWollaston calls for data access deal with pharma firms
Drug companies wanting access to a new NHS patient database should be forced to make their clinical study reports data available to relevant bodies in return, an influential Conservative MP has told HSJ.
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NewsFurious row as ex-CQC chair angrily rebuts Hunt's speech claim
Full transcript of Baroness Young’s row with the health secretary
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NewsDH paid additional £25m to Capita for Choices website
The Department of Health paid outsourcing giant Capita £108m to run the NHS Choices website, including £25m in additional charges, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsCharities oppose government's mandate plans
The umbrella group for health and care charities has criticised the government for attempting an extensive overhaul of its mandate to the health service, as NHS England pressures ministers to change their plans.
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NewsHSJ Live: Mental health trust CEO reveals depression battle
A round-up of the rest of today’s health news including a furious row between Jeremy Hunt and former CQC chair Baroness Young
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NewsAnalysed: Staff earnings and cost to the health service
Analysis for HSJ reveals the earnings of NHS staff groups − and the changes they have seen in recent years − as unions and NHS Employers clash over deciding next year’s pay settlements.
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NewsHealth secretary announces Bank of England-style independence for CQC
The Care Quality Commission will be given Bank of England-style statutory independence to prevent it facing political interference in the run up to the general election, the health secretary announced today.
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HSJ Local
Chair of Dorset Healthcare stands down
PERFORMANCE: The chair of a south west foundation trust has tendered his resignation, just a week after Monitor intervened to ensure its board was operating effectively.