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Barking, Havering and Redbridge gets £25.8m in bailout
FINANCE: Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust received a £25.8m bailout in April, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsManagers 'will escape prosecution' under Berwick's law
Members of the Berwick review group have played down the impact of its proposed new criminal offence of neglect or wilful misconduct.
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NewsUPDATED: Treasury to divert £250m a year to high risk A&Es
The Department of Health is planning to spend £500m propping up urgent care services in the most pressured health economies between now and the next general election.
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United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust gets £6m bailout
FINANCE: United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust has been given a £6m bailout, HSJ can reveal.
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Complaints rise at Worcester Royal Hospital
PERFORMANCE: The number of complaints about Worcester Royal Hospital have almost doubled over five years according to the latest annual complaint report.
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Portsmouth Hospitals given £6m bailout by DH
FINANCE: Portsmouth Hospitals Trust has been given a £6m bailout by the Department of Health.
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Social enterprise wins £65m community services contract
COMMERCIAL: Commissioners have awarded the contract to run South Gloucestershire’s community services to a social enterprise based in Bath.
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NewsStudy backs GP melanoma biopsies
GPs should routinely perform initial biopsies to test for melanoma, a new study claims.
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NewsNHS Choices rapped over call costs
The NHS Choices website misled users by failing to state the costs of higher-rate 0844 numbers, the advertising watchdog has ruled.
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New unit at Worcester Royal to help A&E
Work has been completed on a new unit at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust which is aimed at relieving pressure on the trust’s accident and emergency department.
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HSJ LocalMarginal tariff money to support seven day working in Bath
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners in Bath and Wiltshire have agreed a plan to spend cash withheld from their local acute trust following a rise in emergency activity on helping it move towards seven day working.
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Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals FT appoint new deputy chair
WORKFORCE: Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust have appointed non-executive director Allan Arnott as its senior independent director and deputy chairman.
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NewsHSJ Live 07.08.13 Struggling trusts receive combined £42m in bailouts
Leadership culture in the NHS, reactions to Berwick report plus the rest of today’s latest news and comment
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NewsBerwick dashes hopes on minimum staffing levels
The Berwick review into patient safety has stopped short of recommending a minimum safe staffing level for NHS hospital wards.
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NewsBerwick: Staff responsible for neglect should face jail
NHS staff should face jail in cases of “neglect or wilful misconduct”, the high profile review tasked with making zero harm care a reality in the NHS has recommended.
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NewsFrancis calls for rethink on minimum nurse staffing
The chair of the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust Public Inquiry has called for a rethink on minimum nurse staffing levels – less than six months after deciding not to recommend mandatory ratios in his landmark report.
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Mid Staffs A&E closed due to fire
PERFORMANCE: A fault in an extractor fan caused the temporary closure of the accident and emergency department at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust yesterday.
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NewsChief nurse says major problems now harder to hide
England’s chief nursing officer Jane Cummings has said it is now much harder for an NHS hospital to “hide” poor staffing on the scale seen at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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'Intensive action plan' for Ealing older people's ward with care problems
PERFORMANCE: West London Mental Health Trust is putting in place an “intensive action plan” for an older people’s ward in Ealing, after problems were reported with care, training and bullying.
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NewsHealth providers face break-up call
Major private healthcare providers are facing calls to be broken up as they await the findings of a Competition Commission investigation into the £5bn sector.