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Local Healthwatch 'bound and gagged'
Local branches of the new “consumer champion” for health and social care will be left “bound and gagged” by government regulations restricting their campaigning activity, it has been claimed.
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NewsHealth and wellbeing role taken on by ex-council chief
The Department of Health’s work on health and wellbeing boards, the local forums at which council and NHS leaders, discuss health priorities, is to be led by a former chief executive of Wigan council
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NewsHSJ live: rolling news 11.1.2013
Claims Jimmy Savile carried out abuse at 13 hospitals and the rest of today’s news
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Leicestershire 999 calls up 30 per cent
The number of emergency 999 calls in Leicestershire has jumped 30 per cent in the first three weeks of December, according to the East Midlands Ambulance Service.
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Weston now compliant with CQC standards on patient discharge
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has judged Weston Area Health Trust is now compliant with requirements to co-operate with other providers.
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NewsNicholson argues he should survive to implement Mid Staffs recommendations
NHS Commissioning Board chief executive Sir David Nicholson believes he should survive any criticism levelled at him by the forthcoming report into care failings at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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NewsArchbishop warns over heart unit
The Archbishop of York has warned the NHS must be allowed to put a culture of care over a culture of competition as he visited a children’s heart unit that is threatened with closure.
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NewsIan Kennedy to review Solihull breast surgery conduct
A leading health expert is to head an independent inquiry into how concerns over breast cancer surgery were handled by trust managers.
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UPDATED: Public health funds rise to £2.66bn
Councils’ budgets for public health will rise to £2.66bn this year and almost £2.8bn in 2014-15, the Department of Health has announced.
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NewsHSJ live: rolling news 10.1.2013
How Patient Feedback Challenge aims to cut NHS complaints and the rest of today’s news
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NewsTrusts get chance to push back FT application dates
Trusts are being asked to re-submit their target dates for attaining foundation status amid new evidence that significant numbers will fail to complete the process by the original deadline.
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HSJ Local
Forces mental health contract awarded to NHS consortium
COMMERCIAL: A national contract to provide acute mental health inpatient services for military personnel has been awarded to a partnership of eight NHS mental health trusts, including Southern Health Foundation Trust.
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Royal Berkshire misses maternity targets
PERFORMANCE: The Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust consistently performed worse than target on two key maternity performance indicators this year.
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Royal Berkshire renegotiates Cerner deal
COMMERCIAL: The Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust has held talks to renegotiate its electronic patient record system contract.
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Deficit at Royal Berkshire reaches £3.7m
FINANCE: The Royal Berkshire Foundation trust’s year to date deficit increased by a third in a single month, reaching £3.7m in October.
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NewsOFT moves to extend its jurisdiction over NHS mergers
The Office of Fair Trading has moved to take over responsibility for assessing mergers between NHS trusts and foundation trusts, in a development which could have significant implications for the “pipeline” of aspirant FTs.
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Doctors attack health trust plan
Plans to dissolve a debt-ridden health trust which was on the brink of bankruptcy could have a “devastating” effect on a financially stable trust nearby, doctors have said.
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NewsA&E closure 'can't be justified'
A damning report which demands a debt-ridden NHS trust is broken up must not be used to justify closing essential hospital services, a senior Labour MP has said.
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NewsCompetition Commission to review first FT merger
Merger between Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals and Poole Hospital FTs in the spotlight