Latest news – Page 1064
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NewsHSJ Live: rolling news 11.12.12
How Nottingham uses technology to enhance night-time care and the rest of today’s news
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NewsLamb: Learning disability hospitals should be 'throttled'
Alternative facilities should be commissioned for the majority of people with learning disabilities or autism who live in larger inpatient hospitals, the care services minister has said.
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NewsRegulator's hit squad brands Mid Staffs 'unviable' in current form
The hit squad sent into Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust by regulator Monitor has concluded the troubled trust is unable to achieve long-term financial or clinical sustainability “in its current form”.
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NewsGP contract: DH proposes new funding formula
GP practice income should be more closely linked to deprivation from 2014, the Department of Health has proposed.
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NewsMonitor sends hit squad into Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals
Health sector regulator Monitor is to send a hit squad into Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust to develop a “long-term solution for the financial viability” of the foundation trust.
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NewsGP nominated as new NICE chair
One of the country’s most prominent GPs has been named as the government’s preferred candidate to chair the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.
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NewsMPs call for Royal Commission on drugs
More needs to be done to comprehensively address the drugs problem in the UK, according to a report by the Parliamentary home affairs committee.
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Birmingham and Solihull £14.3m behind on QIPP plan
FINANCE: The Birmingham and Solihull quality, innovation, productivity and prevention plan saved £17.1m at month seven against a plan of £31.4m.
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Peterborough needs ‘external financing’ from January
Debt-laden Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust expects to require ‘external financing’ from next month to help with its huge deficit, according to board papers.
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Birmingham and Solihull overspend on main acute provider rises
FINANCE: The Birmingham and Solihull primary care trust cluster’s acute contract overspend with University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust increased by £2.4m between months six and seven this year.
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NewsHSJ Live: rolling news 10.12.12
Monitor says Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust is likely to be unviable and the rest of HSJ’s free rolling news coverage
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HSJ LocalNorth Staffordshire facing shock £23m deficit
University Hospital of North Staffordshire has revealed a dramatic deterioration in its finances from a predicted surplus of £2m to a £23.8m deficit by the end of 2012-13.
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NewsDuty of candour will cost NHS £130m in 10 years
The introduction of a contractual duty of candour will cost the health service more than £130m over 10 years, according the Department of Health.
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NewsLocal government funding almost halved since 2010, says IFS
Local government faces cumulative cuts of more than 40 per cent following the chancellor’s announcements that he will extend austerity for a further year into 2017-18, according to analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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NewsNHS bed occupancy figures queried
A health minister has said he does not recognise figures on bed occupancy used in an influential report to show NHS hospitals are dangerously full.
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NewsA&E waiting times rising - survey
Accident and emergency waiting times are getting longer, new research suggests.
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NewsPsychological therapy success leads to rising waits
The government’s flagship programme to boost access to psychological therapies has been hailed a success but there are warnings it faces significant challenges ahead.
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'Brave' Bristol presses ahead with mental health tender
COMMERCIAL: NHS Bristol’s plans to put mental health services worth about £40m out to tender and award contracts within a year are “brave”, potential providers have warned.
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NewsLansley adviser criticises friends and family test focus
Andrew Lansley’s former policy adviser has criticised the friends and family patient satisfaction test, saying it is “too narrow and too crude” to be the main focus of the NHS.