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NewsHalf of PCTs employing temporary executives
Almost half of primary care trusts have executive directors working in an “interim” or “acting” capacity, an HSJ investigation has revealed.
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NewsMore PCT and SHA managers take sick leave
Sickness absence is accelerating among managers in soon-to-be abolished organisations, an HSJ analysis has revealed.
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LeaderRegulating managers will not resolve the issues they face
Is the regulation of health service managers a good idea? The man who watches the watchers - Harry Cayton, chief executive of the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence - does not think so.
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LeaderMPs could teach GPs a lesson in prudence
“It sounds like an MPs’ expenses type thing and that’s what we’ve got to avoid.” The words of Clare Gerada, Royal College of GPs chair, may prove to be prophetic.
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NewsPCTs will decide 'never event' fines for providers
Primary care trusts have been given freedom to set the level of financial penalty imposed on providers for serious failings “that should never happen”.
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HSJ Local
'Stark' differences in capital's chlamydia screening effectiveness
PERFORMANCE: An NHS London report has highlighted “stark” differences in the effectiveness of chlamydia screening programmes across its primary care trusts.
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HSJ Local
Foundation blames PCT in payment dispute
FINANCE: A foundation trust that received an £18m loan from the Department of Health is now embroiled in a dispute over the “failure” of commissioners to manage demand.
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NewsTariff weighting could 'reduce' trust mergers - King's Fund
Paying a higher tariff rate to trusts with larger capital costs could reduce the need for hospital reconfigurations, a report from the King’s Fund has claimed.
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NewsManagers told to 'relax' over online criticism
Managers have been told to respond more honestly to critical feedback on the internet in order to improve services, following an analysis of online comments.
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HSJ Local
Wirral strikes early commissioning support deal with GPs
STRUCTURE: NHS Wirral has struck a deal to provide nearly 120 of its staff as “commissioning support” for GP consortia. It has told those employees their future could be in a private sector joint venture.
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NewsBreast screening programme a success
The National Breast Screening Programme detected nearly 6,000 cancers last year which would otherwise have been missed, according to data from the NHS Information Centre.
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HSJ Local
Tavistock and Portman FT £721,000 behind income target but still on track for surplus
FINANCE; The specialist mental health trust said at month 10, January, its surplus of £259,000 was behind budget also, by £159,000.
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HSJ Local
Patients who should have been discharged kept unnecessarily in mental health wards
PERFORMANCE: Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust saw the number of delayed transfer of care nearly double in one borough because of a lack of suitable accomodation for patients with ongoing care needs.
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HSJ Local
NHS Suffolk ‘parks’ provider arm with North Essex Partnership FT
STRUCTURE: An interim host for community services in Suffolk has been named as North Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
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NewsTrusts told to pick 'business critical' staff
Primary care trusts and strategic health authorities will be given a cap to limit the number of managers classed as “business critical” during the NHS reform transition period.
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NewsLansley sets out best practice tariff plans
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has laid out his plans for a best practice tariff, aimed at encouraging greater patient choice and control.
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NewsAnalysed: government announces third wave pathfinders
The announcement of the third tranche of “pathfinder” GP consortia takes the proportion of the English population covered to just over two thirds.
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HSJ Local
Future of West Middlesex University Hospital to be discussed in coming weeks
STRUCTURE: The south west London hospital trust said an extraordinary trust board meeting will be held “in private in mid March to determine the way forward” to foundation trust status.
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NewsDH forbids PCT cluster companies
The Department of Health is set to tell primary care trusts they should stop establishing “shadow” commissioning consortia as limited companies.
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NewsReadmissions penalties surpass savings target
The tougher non-payment policy for emergency readmissions could cost some hospitals even more in 2011-12 than the planned 1.5 per cent cut in tariff prices.