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NewsExclusive: Mental health providers warn of further funding squeeze
Mental health trusts have complained their commissioners are disregarding national guidance requiring them to increase real terms spending on mental health in 2015-16 and help fund the delivery of new targets.
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HSJ LocalTwo Cheshire CCGs propose merger
STRUCTURE: Two clinical commissioning groups in Cheshire are planning to formally merge.
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HSJ LocalSouthern Health rated ‘requires improvement’
PERFORMANCE: The country’s largest mental health and community services trust has been rated ‘requires improvement’ by the Care Quality Commission.
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LeaderAvoiding injustice: why HSJ is not publishing the names of 'unfit' NHS directors
Fit and proper person complaints
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HSJ LocalTrust surplus £250k more than expected after third quarter
FINANCE: Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership had a surplus of £795,000 by the end of December - £251,000 more than planned.
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CCG records surplus of £1.75m after third quarter
FINANCE: Hardwick Clinical Commissioning Group has reported a surplus of £1.75m for the third quarter or 2014-15, board papers show.
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HSJ LocalCCG to investigate postponed operations
PERFORMANCE: North East Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group is to investigate patient concerns about postponed operations.
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HSJ LocalBorder trust looks into English/Welsh waits discrepancy
PERFORMANCE: A trust near the English/Welsh border is investigating why Welsh patients wait significantly longer than English one for treatment.
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HSJ LocalCCG changes IVF policy to meet NICE guidelines
PERFORMANCE: Warrington Clinical Commissioning Group will increase the number of cycles of IVF offered to 23-39 year old women from one to three – bringing its policy into line with national guidelines.
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HSJ LocalDemand for beds stretches pooled budget for learning disability services
FINANCE: Walsall Clinical Commissioning Group is predicting an overspend of almost £400,000 this financial year on its learning disability pooled fund with Walsall Council, largely because of high demand for inpatient beds.
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HSJ Local'Buddy' systems essential for lone workers, CCG says
WORKFORCE: Telford and Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group is urging employees to introduce a buddying system if they work alone.
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NewsManchester health devolution could be 'recipe for disaster', local government source warns
Giving Greater Manchester control over the region’s £6bn health budget could be ‘a recipe for disaster’, a senior local government source in the conurbation has warned.
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Updated: Greater Manchester aims to be new care models 'trailblazer'
The Greater Manchester area will be a ‘trailblazer’ for developing new models of care, and will be one of the first places to access two national transformation funds worth a combined £450m, according to draft proposals that emerged today.
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NewsComplex governance questions remain over Manchester devolution plan
Complex questions of governance and accountability will have to be resolved over the coming year to allow the proposed full delegation of primary care and specialised commissioning budgets to Greater Manchester by April 2016.
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NewsGreater Manchester stakes claim to 'lead regulation' of providers
Greater Manchester has staked a claim to take on responsibility for regulating local providers, under new plans to devolve sweeping powers over health and social care services to the region.
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NewsUpdated: Burnham warns Manchester plans could mean 'another reorganisation'
Shadow secretary Andy Burnham has warned plans to devolve £6bn of health and social care funding to Greater Manchester could mean “another reorganisation”.
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NewsHSJ Live 25.02.2015: Chancellor reacts to Manchester's £6bn devolution deal
George Osborne gives his views on the £6bn Manchester devolution deal, Nigel Keohane of the Social Market Foundation on integrating care, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsExclusive: Raid on DH's capital budget rises to £640m
The Treasury agreed a further £150m transfer from the Department of Health’s capital budget in the early months of 2015 to help the health service cope with ongoing revenue spending pressures, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsHSJ Live 24.02.2015: NHS technology fund cut from £240m to £43m
Ministers raid technology fund to help hospitals struggling with winter pressures, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsOnly two thirds of staff feel secure whistleblowing on poor care
Nearly one third of NHS employees do not agree that they would feel secure raising concerns about unsafe clinical practice, according to the 2014 NHS staff survey.