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NewsRichards: CQC will not shirk from action against trusts with 'unfit' directors
A shortage in the supply of senior NHS managers will not prevent the Care Quality Commission from taking action against trusts who employ ‘unfit’ directors, Sir Mike Richards has told HSJ.
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NewsUnions call an end to NHS pay dispute
NHS unions have officially ended their pay dispute with the government by accepting a 1 per cent pay rise and committing to future talks on reform of Agenda for Change.
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HSJ LocalCCG becomes first in country to ration access to hearing aids
FINANCE: North Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group has become the first CCG in the country to restrict access to NHS funded hearing aids.
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NewsMapped: CCGs' primary care co-commissioning status for 2015-16
HSJ’s exclusive map showing which CCGs will be co-commissioning general practice from next month, and at which level of involvement.
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HSJ Live 09.03.2015: First integrated personal budget sites revealed
The first eight sites to introduce integrated health and social care personal budgets have been revealed, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsExclusive: PHSO's capability questioned after Morecambe Bay report
The capability of the Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman to investigate complaints and obtain evidence has been seriously questioned in light of the inquiry into failings at University Hospital of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalTroubled CCG says its deficit could reach £40m
FINANCE: A clinical commissioning group has warned that its deficit could hit an enormous £40m by the end of the financial year, which would be the largest recorded by any group so far.
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NewsUpdated: Majority of providers opt for 'voluntary' tariff option
The vast majority of NHS providers have accepted NHS England and Monitor’s offer of a ‘voluntary’ tariff for 2015-16, it has been announced, but the country’s biggest teaching hospital trusts have rejected the deal.
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HSJ LocalMonitor to investigate finances at four northern FTs
FINANCE: Monitor has launched unrelated investigations into the finances at four foundation trusts in the north of England.
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NewsTrusts told 'make every effort' to meet A&E target in April
Trusts have been told to ‘make every effort’ to meet the four hour target for accident and emergency departments by the end of next month.
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HSJ LocalSolent to sue Hampshire council over tender award
COMMERCIAL: Solent Trust is set to sue Hampshire County Council after the local authority awarded a £41.3m contract for adult substance misuse services to another provider, HSJ has been told.
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NewsUrgent care system 'near breaking point', think tank claims
Four hour target ‘distorts’ behaviour in hospitals, Nuffield Trust says
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HSJ LocalThe Christie appoints permanent chief executive
WORKFORCE: The Christie Foundation Trust has appointed a new chief executive.
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HSJ LocalNorthern Devon Healthcare makes new board appointments
WORKFORCE: Northern Devon Healthcare Trust has announced the appointment of Robert Down as a non-executive director
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Trusts mull legal challenge against CQUIN cut, sources say
A number of trusts are taking legal advice about the potential to challenge Monitor and NHS England’s decision to withhold their commissioning for quality and innovation payments.
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HSJ Live 06.03.2015: Reaction to trusts' decision on 'voluntary' tariff
Reaction and full analysis of the news that the majority of NHS providers have opted for the “voluntary” tariff offer, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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HSJ LocalNew chief executive for beleaguered acute trust
WORKFORCE: Medway Foundation Trust has appointed a new chief executive.
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NewsMarket role 'hugely limited' in NHS, says CQC chair
The role of the market is ‘hugely limited’ in health and social care partly because its users often ‘have no power’, the Care Quality Commission chair has said.
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NewsTrusts told to halve the number of ‘green to go’ patients
A number of trusts were told to reduce the number of medically fit patients who were delayed in being discharged from hospital by 50 per cent in a month, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalMonitor investigates major London trust
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has launched an investigation into King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust because of ‘long standing problems’ at Princess Royal University Hospital.