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NewsMid Staffs placed in special administration
Scandal-hit Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has been put into special administration by health sector regulator Monitor, it was announced this afternoon.
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NewsGovernment backs liabilities of national NHS property firm
The Department of Health has announced it will fund any income shortfalls of its newly created NHS property company, in a move widely interpreted as aiming to assure private sector investors about their assets.
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Public wedded to NHS funding model
The public remain firmly committed to a free at the point of delivery NHS, but could potentially back charging patients in certain circumstances, according to a survey for the King’s Fund.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: mental health providers for the South East Coast
This week’s HSJ Local Briefing investigates the changing picture of mental health services across the South East Coast region
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HSJ Local
Midlands CCGs agree risk-sharing deal
FINANCE: Three clinical commissioning groups in the West Midlands have agreed to a plan to help them mitigate potential risks for the year ahead.
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HSJ Local
Bristol trusts respond to service change 'anti-competitive' claim
COMMERCIAL: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust and North Bristol Trust are to start work to demonstrate the benefits to patients of their swapping services after the Co-operation and Competition Panel concluded it could be anti-competitive.
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NewsHealthwatch chief admits delayed start for some areas
The chief executive of Healthwatch England has admitted some local branches are not yet established but said it will help resolve problems as “quickly as possible”, in an interview with HSJ.
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NewsChild heart op death rates released
Mortality rates for all children’s heart surgery centres in England have been released following the temporary suspension of operations in Leeds.
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HSJ Local
Higher than planned surplus for Norfolk community trust
FINANCE: Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust made a surplus of £2.6 for the first 11 months of 2012-13 – nearly twice what it had originally forecast. The trust expects the final surplus for the year to be around the same figure.
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HSJ Local
Hillingdon Hospitals sees readmissions up five per cent year-on-year
PERFORMANCE: Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust has seen a 5.4 per cent increase in readmissions year-on-year, a report to the board said.
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HSJ Local
West Suffolk cuts surplus forecast by £0.5m
FINANCE: West Suffolk Foundation Trust has cut its year end surplus forecast for 2012-13 to £1.5m. It had previously expected to make a £2m surplus.
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HSJ Local
Sheffield begins recruitment drive for major trauma centre
WORKFORCE: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust has been recruiting extra staff as it becomes a major trauma centre. Four extra whole time equivalent consultants will allow for a consultant presence in accident and emergency for 16 hours a day.
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NewsHSJ Live 15.4.2013
Grant warns on NHS user charges, administrators sent into Mid Staffs and the rest of today’s news
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NewsNHS 111 failures have 'let patients down', NHS England admits
Patients have been “let down” by the “unacceptable” failure of some NHS 111 services, NHS England directors have admitted.
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NewsKeogh criticises poor data in NHS following Leeds row
NHS England medical director Sir Bruce Keogh has criticised clinicians and organisations which do not gather or report quality data in the wake of the Leeds children’s heart surgery controversy.
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HSJ Local
Private sector brought in to cut West Herts elective backlog
PERFORMANCE: Operations are being outsourced to the independent sector at West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust as it attempts to meet the 90 per cent target for referral to treatment across all specialties.
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HSJ Local
GP receptionist abused access to love rival records
PERFORMANCE: A former GP receptionist has been fined by the Information Commissioner’s Office for obtaining medical information on her ex-husband’s new wife.
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HSJ Local
Emergency pressures drag down ambulance turnarounds at West Herts
PERFORMANCE: Only a third of ambulances are able to leave West Hertfordshire Hospitals within the target time of 15 minutes.
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HSJ Local
Dudley CCG reports risk on activity transferred to NHS England
FINANCE: Dudley CCG has identified a financial risk over the level of commissioning activity which is transferred to NHS England.
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HSJ Local
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals to miss A&E target for 2012-13
PERFORMANCE: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust will miss the four hour accident and emergency target for 2012-13 after performance in January was only just above 90 per cent, board papers state.