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NewsLast chance to enter HSJ Value in Healthcare Awards
Enter the HSJ Value in Healthcare Awards There is only one day left to enter the HSJ Value in Healthcare Awards 2016.
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NewsTrust's directors face 'fit and proper' test after harassment case
CQC and Monitor take action at Derbyshire Healthcare Foundation Trust to improve governance Trust ordered to carry out fit and proper person checks on all board directors It failed to carry out checks following employment tribunal ruling in 2015 PHSO deputy ombudsman Mick Martin implicated in sexual harassment case ...
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NewsNHS England finds £156m to help boost DH bottom line
NHS England sets aside £156m of reserves and underspends to help boost DH bottom line This has driven an increase in its forecast underspend to £295m Prime minister’s access fund and primary care transformation fund are among programmes expected to underspend Move part of concerted national effort to prevent ...
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NewsRevealed: The trusts most behind on their financial targets
HSJ research has revealed that more than a quarter of acute trusts reported a financial position which was more than £5m worse than planned for the first nine months of 2015-16.
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NewsExclusive: One in four trusts plunge deeper into the red
Majority of trusts already had large deficit plans at the start of the year, but are now even deeper in the red than expected HSJ has examined the finance reports for 136 acute trusts to reveal their latest recorded positions Of trusts reporting against original plans, Heart of England ...
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HSJ LocalCCG chief moves to trust nursing director role
APPOINTMENT: The chief officer of a financially struggling clinical commissioning group is to become interim nursing and midwifery director at North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust.
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HSJ LocalCQC admits it missed things at ‘unacceptable’ maternity unit
Chief inspector of hospitals indicates regulator found things in second inspection of Homerton University Hospital it missed in first inspection Re-inspection triggered by deaths of five mothers over 18 months CQC board member says trusts able to prepare before announced inspections to “show off the hospitals in the best ...
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HSJ LocalPatient transport to go to private providers despite union protests
STRUCTURE: A major transfer of patient transport services to private providers will go ahead on 1 April, commissioners have said, despite unions calling for a three month delay.
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NewsCCG supports bid to scrap county council in major reorganisation
Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group has backed a bid for a major reorganisation of local government in the county, which would see the abolition of the county council.
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NewsNHS Employers admits junior doctor pay calculator may be inaccurate
NHS Employers says “variations” will occur between pay calculator predictions and actual salary Rotas including consecutive weekends were an error and have been changed Concerns raised that the rotas will lead to “jetlagged” junior doctors NHS Employers has accepted its pay calculator for junior doctors may not accurately ...
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HSJ LocalIconic specialist hospital discovers 7,000 patients missed off waiting list
Great Ormond Street Hospital finds 7,000 patients who should have been on its waiting list that were not recorded “Small number” of patients sent to other providers as GOSH seeks to ensure no patients were harmed GOSH has not reported waiting times data since July PERFORMANCE: An internationally ...
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HSJ LocalLegal challenge launched against £126m Virgin Care contract
COMMERCIAL: A formal legal challenge has been made to commissioners who awarded a private sector company a £126m community care contract.
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HSJ LocalNorth West chief executive joins Brighton trust for 12 months
APPOINTMENT: The chief executive of Pennine Acute Trust is to move to the south coast on a secondment expected to last for up to a year.
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NewsShare your vision for the non-clinical workforce's future
HSJ readers are invited to share their ideas on maximising the contribution of the non-clinical workforce
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News'Tens of millions' needed to develop GP leaders
“Tens of millions” of pounds needs to be invested in leadership development for GPs at the helm of large scale provider groups, a senior NHS England official has said.
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LeaderIt's time to celebrate and study the NHS's non-clinical workforce
How a new inquiry by HSJ is highlighting the crucial role of the non-clinical workforce
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NewsBMA plans three strikes and legal action over contract imposition
The British Medical Association has announced three 48 hour strikes and plans to launch a judicial review against the government’s plan to impose a new junior doctors’ contract.
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NewsMapped: Staff survey engagement scores
This map shows acute and specialist trusts’ overall engagement scores in the 2015 NHS staff survey at a glance.
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HSJ LocalCCG chief officer suspended amid investigation
The chief officer of a south of England clinical commissoning group has been suspended while an internal investigation takes place, it has been confirmed to HSJ.
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NewsLondon: Best and worst staff survey performers
Analysis of the best and worst performers in the London region on key measures in the NHS staff survey 2015.