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Southampton FT falls short on CIP
FINANCE: University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust began 2012-13 falling short of its cost improvement plan, amid ongoing concerns about activity levels.
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NewsHSJ announces shortlist for Efficiency Awards 2012
Health Service Journal has revealed the shortlist for this year’s prestigious Efficiency Awards, recongising and rewarding individuals, teams and organisations who have been successfully driving efficiency forward in the health service.
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Non-exec appointment for United Lincolnshire
WORKFORCE: Keith Brown has been re-appointed by the Appointments Commission to sit on the board of United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust for a period of four years.
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NewsOpen for entry: HSJ Awards 2012
The healthcare industry’s most coveted awards are now caling for entries into 18 key categories across the health service.
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Numbers of women being screened falls in Nottingham
PERFORMANCE: The number of women being screened for cervical cancer has fallen in Nottingham with 186,000 at risk sparking an appeal by hospital bosses.
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NewsExclusive: chief executive of the biggest-deficit trust stands down
The chief executive of the trust with the biggest deficit in the NHS has resigned, HSJ has learned, while another troubled trust is losing five of its eight directors.
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NewsNHS 111 roll out delayed
The government has extended the deadline for the roll out of NHS 111 by up to six months following pressure from unions and clinical commissioning groups.
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NewsDeath rate to be used to determine public health funding
Department of Health publishes plans to distribute money according to need
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NewsLansley: management cuts to slow after 2012
Aggressive cost saving will mean new NHS organisations will not have to make further deep cuts in management and administration spending from next year, Andrew Lansley has revealed to HSJ.
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NewsWatchdog backs merger of Ealing and North West London hospitals
The health service’s competition watchdog has cleared proposals for a merger of NHS trusts Ealing Hospital and North West London Hospitals.
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NewsAdult social care budgets cut by £890m
Funding reform ‘desperately needed’, warn senior directors
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NewsMid Staffs recommendations unlikely to clash with policy
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has told HSJ that he is “confident” most of the recommendations of the inquiry into care failings at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust will be “delivered within the legislative framework we’ve got”.
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University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire FT application date slips
A West Midlands teaching hospital has seen its application date for applying for foundation trust status put back.
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News'Budget for health' to set out future ambitions
Andrew Lansley hopes to establish an annual “budget for health” which will become the parliamentary set piece debate on the service.
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NewsIn-house consultancy saves NHS £7.1m in fees
The NHS’s in-house consultancy says it saved the service an estimated £7.1m in consultancy fees in 2011-12.
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NewsLansley speech moved to avoid strike clash
Health secretary Andrew Lansley’s speech at the NHS Confederation conference has been moved forward to avoid a clash with the doctors’ strike.
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NewsLansley expects 'nearly all' CCGs to be authorised by deadline
Andrew Lansley has declared that he expects to see close to 100 per cent of clinical commissioning groups fully authorised by next April.
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NewsGPs 'absurd' to walk away from CCGs over pensions
Andrew Lansley has claimed it would be “absurd” for GPs to walk away from clinical commissioning groups because they were angry over the government’s refusal to improve its pension offer.
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LeaderCan light-touch Lansley really avoid the toughest decisions?
Alastair McLellan interviews the health secretary.
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Sussex neuro centre gains charity accreditation
PERFORMANCE: An independent specialist neuro rehabilitation centre in Sussex has received charity accreditation for its services.