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North Somerset CCG picks GP accountable officer
STRUCTURE: North Somerset CCG has appointed a GP as accountable officer - Dr Mary Backhouse.
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Spinal implant first at South Tees
CLINICAL RESEARCH: An anaesthetist and pain specialist at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has carried out the first implant in the UK of a new spinal cord stimulation system that is magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) compatible.
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South East Coast uses own care staff to reduce handover delays
PERFORMANCE: South East Coast Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has started using its own staff to look after cohorts of suitable patients at hospitals to free ambulance crews to respond to other calls – rather than taking patients to other, less busy, hospitals.
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Yorkshire cancer doc named national cancer director
WORKFORCE: Sean Duffy, director and medical director of the Yorkshire Cancer Network, has been appointed the national clinical director for cancer.
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Independent provider hitting waiting performance in Herts
PERFORMANCE: A troubled independent sector treatment centre is contining to affect performance in Hertfordshire.
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NewsOFT extends its remit over NHS mergers
Healthcare sector regulator Monitor has confirmed the Office of Fair Trading will in future have responsibility for assessing any merger involving an NHS foundation trust.
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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough FT taken out of ‘significant breach’
PERFORMANCE: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust has made significant improvements and is no longer in significant breach of its terms of authorisation as a foundation trust, Monitor has announced.
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HSJ Live 22.3.2013: MPs cast doubt on DH QIPP claims
The public accounts committee casts doubts over QIPP and the rest of today’s news
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HSJ Local
New accountable officer for NHS South Norfolk CCG
STRUCTURE: Ann Donkin has joined NHS South Norfolk CCG as accountable officer.
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HSJ Local
More complaints at Herts Community Trust
PERFORMANCE: Hertfordshire Community Trust saw complaints rise to 68 in the third quarter compared with 56 in quarter two and 51 in quarter one.
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Herts CCG expecting £12.5m acute overspend
FINANCE: East and North Herts CCG is expecting to overspend on acute services by £12.5m by the end of the financial year – but is offsetting them by underspends elsewhere. A report to NHS Hertfordshire’s board showed significant underspends on areas such as re-enablement in the forecast outcome of £3.7m.
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Monitor supports Heatherwood and Wexham Park takeover talks
STRUCTURE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust may be put into special administration if talks which would see it merged with another NHS organisation fail.
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Nottingham medic is NCD for trauma
STRUCTURE: A doctor at Nottingham Uni Hospitals Trust has been appointed as the national clinical director for Major Trauma.
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NHS Midlands and East may struggle with mortality rates probe
PERFORMANCE: NHS Midlands and East could struggle to complete special reviews which will underpin the government-led probe into hospitals with high mortality rates by the summer deadline, HSJ has learned.
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Cambridgeshire kicks off community services restructure
STRUCTURE: Cambridgeshire commissioners have begun considering the future of their community services, after it was decided the provide trust would not survive independently.
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NewsExclusive: Employers warn against new laws post Francis
Creating new laws with the threat of criminal sanctions in the NHS would be the wrong response to the Mid Staffordshire scandal, according to NHS Employers.
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Full coverage: DH underspending
Full analysis and opinion following HSJ revealing the DH is this year on course for its biggest annual underspend in the current parliament
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Exclusive: HSJ foundation trust pipeline tracker map
HSJ’s exclusive map tracking trusts’ progress in the pipeline to become a foundation trust.
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NewsExclusive: Details on surgeon rankings plans revealed
Fresh details about how rankings of individual consultants on metrics such as how many patients die in their theatres each year will be devised have been shared with HSJ.
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55000 GP and nurse appointments missed a year
PERFORMANCE Patients miss 55,000 GP and nurse appointments a year across north east Essex, NHS Mid Essex has announced.