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HSJ LocalSocial enterprise’s professional services venture made £500k loss
A professional services firm set up as a subsidiary of Medway’s community healthcare social enterprise lost more than £500,000 in its first two years, accounts show.
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HSJ Live 15.05.2015: Support the FT model - it allows for good governance
Good governance cannot be guaranteed, but it is high time that the foundation trust comes into its own in the legal form, argues NHS Providers governance advisor John Coutts, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsPrior resigns as CQC chair to join government
David Prior has stepped down as chair of the Care Quality Commission to become a health minister in the new Conservative government.
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NewsNumber of ambulance staff leaving doubles in five years
The number of frontline staff leaving ambulance services across England has almost doubled in the last five years, analysis by HSJ has found.
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NewsJunior doctors told they must negotiate new contract
The chief executive of NHS Employers has warned the British Medical Association ‘there is no alternative’ to negotiation over a new contract for junior doctors.
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HSJ LocalTDA urges trust to go ‘further and faster’ on reconfiguration
FINANCE: The NHS Trust Development Authority has challenged one of the largest teaching hospitals in the country to move ‘further and faster’ with reconfiguration plans designed to cut costs and improve care.
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NewsPatient Safety Awards shortlist announced
We are recognising and rewarding outstanding practice within the NHS
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News'Record breaking' number of long waiting patients admitted
Trusts have admitted a ‘record breaking’ number of patients waiting over 18 weeks for treatment, according to the latest data.
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NewsHSJ Live 14.05.2015: Junior doctors told they must negotiate new contract
The chief executive of NHS Employers has warned the British Medical Association ‘there is no alternative’ to negotiation over a new contract for junior doctors, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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HSJ LocalFT becomes ‘emergency caretaker’ of GP surgeries
STRUCTURE: An East Midlands foundation trust is to take over all GP services in three local surgeries under ‘exceptional circumstances’, its commissioners have said.
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NewsExclusive: New NHS company reveals outcomes based targets
A new NHS owned company overseeing an £800m integrated older people’s services contract will have to hit outcomes based targets to secure up to 15 per cent of its income, its chief has told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalTrust delays new hospital decision after forced land sale
STRUCTURE: A foundation trust that shelved plans to build a new hospital until after the election has given itself a six month deadline to decide whether to abandon the project, its chief executive has told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalAmbulance trust makes interim chief permanent
WORKFORCE: Yorkshire Ambulance Service Trust has appointed Rod Barnes as its chief executive.
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HSJ LocalExpanding ‘super-practice’ wants GPs to work across secondary care
COMMERCIAL: A GP ‘super-practice’ is seeking doctors to work in urgent care centres, accident and emergency and other secondary care settings across the East Midlands as part of ambitious expansion plans, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalRegional spinal specialist unit rated 'inadequate'
PERFORMANCE: A regional centre for spinal injuries has been rated ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ LocalKettering trust fined for employee burns
WORKFORCE: Kettering General Hospital Foundation Trust has been fined £7,000 after an employee received serious burns while stripping down a steam boiler.
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NewsHSJ Live 13.05.2015: Trust delays new hospital decision after forced land sale
A foundation trust that shelved plans to build a new hospital until after the election has given itself a six month deadline to decide whether to abandon the project, plus breaking health news and comment throughout the day
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Tax barriers and staff opposition deter trusts from becoming mutuals
Trusts in the Mutuals in Health pathfinder scheme have concluded that legislation, tax regimes and a lack of staff support present major barriers to their becoming staff owned organisations.
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HSJ LocalUpdated: UCLH claims late win in Project Diamond funding battle
FINANCE: One of the country’s most prestigious teaching hospital trusts has said it will record a ‘small surplus’ for the financial year 2014-15 after winning a protracted battle over specialised funding.
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NewsNew ministers join DH in reshuffle
David Cameron has appointed two new health ministers in his government reshuffle, following the reappointment of Jeremy Hunt as health secretary.