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Health visitor recruitment drive for Bridgewater
WORKFORCE: The trust is hosting a health visiting careers fair on Thursday 25 October, with the intention of filling 50 vacancies.
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Six appointments for Greater Manchester LAT
WORKFORCE: The NHS Commissioning Board has appointed six directors for its Greater Manchester local area team.
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NewsAcute FTs push their workforce reductions back to 2013-14
Acute foundation trusts are planning to increase staff numbers by more than 2,500 this financial year, latest figures released to HSJ show.
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NewsJeremy Hunt appoints special adviser on policy
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has appointed a special political adviser for policy.
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NewsDetails of Savile investigations announced
A former barrister has been brought in to oversee the investigations into Jimmy Savile’s activities at Stoke Mandeville, Broadmoor and Leeds General Infirmary.
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NewsOutside groups could vie with NICE over guidance
Professional organisations and interest groups could take on a formal role producing clinical commissioning guidance - potentially sidestepping the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.
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NewsFTs 20pc short of savings target
Monitor will today reveal that foundation trusts missed savings targets by nearly 20 per cent in the first quarter of 2012-13.
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Trust 'run like school, not a hospital'
WORKFORCE: A report to the board of Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust said the organisation was “run like a school, not a hospital”, with staff taking “assuming” they could take the school holidays off.
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North Durham CCG names council manager as chief operating officer
WORKFORCE: Nicola Bailey, currently acting chief executive of Hartlepool Borough Council, has been appointed as chief operating officer of North Durham CCG.
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Hospital sacks four workers over death outside A&E
Two nurses, a receptionist and a hospital porter have been sacked by Walsall Healthcare Trust for failing to respond to a man who collapsed and died outside the trust’s accident and emergency department.
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Mental health reconfiguration consultation nears end
STRUCTURE: A consultation on the reconfiguration of mental health services across Kent is due to end on 26 October.
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HSJ Local
Herts hospital bids to cut energy costs
FINANCE: Hertfordshire-based Lister Hospital has changed the way it buys its energy from the National Grid in a move which could substantially cut its energy bills.
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Four directors appointed to Durham, Darlington & Tees LAT
WORKFORCE: Four directors have been appointed to the NHS Commissioning Board’s Durham, Darlington & Tees Local Area Team.
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Three directors appointed to North Yorkshire and Humber LAT
WORKFORCE: Three directors have been appointed to the NHS Commissioning Board’s North Yorkshire and Humber Local Area Team.
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Hillingdon Hospitals wins ophthalmology and GP pathology contracts
COMMERCIAL: Hillingdon Hospitals has won community ophthalmology and GP pathology contracts worth £2.3m and £6m respectively, board papers reveal.
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Colchester faces cancer target ‘challenge’
Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust “anticipates” it will hit all national cancer targets by the middle of 2012-13 after missing a first quarter target.
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Care UK wins Suffolk care home contract
Suffolk County Council has awarded Care UK a contract to develop 10 new care homes and 10 new wellbeing centres.
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Peter Edwards on the latest Chief Executive Barometer: Not quite the brave new world
Peter Edwards assesses the latest Chief Executive Barometer