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NewsPlanning, complaints and collaboration are common problems for CCGs
Early feedback from the clinical commissioning group authorisation process has highlighted planning, complaints and collaboration as some of the most difficult issues.
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LeaderWe must resist the siren voices to achieve pay reform
Pay reform in the NHS requires the wisdom of Solomon
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Trusts 'fail on patient openness'
The families of patients who are victim of a “serious incident” at an NHS organisation may be waiting for a year before they are given any explanation, researchers found.
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NewsCuts 'threaten drug abuse progress'
Funding cuts and reforms to public services risk reversing the declining trend in drug abuse among young people, campaigners have warned.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: the future of South London Healthcare Trust
What happens next for South London Healthcare Trust - the first to be placed in the failure regime?
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Capacity ‘crisis’ hits Brighton and Sussex
PERFORMANCE: A state of “business continuity” was declared at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust on 24 September, after it admitted many more patients than were discharged.
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NewsNew FTN chief calls for big cut in commissioner underspends
The new chief executive of the Foundation Trust Network has called for NHS commissioners to significantly cut the proportion of health funding they leave unspent.
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Staff fears prompt nursing investment by FT
WORKFORCE: A Midlands hospital trust has announced plans to recruit dozens more nurses after staff voiced fears over ward shortages.
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EKH’s hat in the ring for South London Healthcare Trust
STRUCTURE: East Kent Hospitals Foundation Trust is one of 39 organisations that have expressed an interest in taking over part of troubled South London Healthcare Trust.
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NewsWarnings after PCT data protection breach
Lawyers have warned of the legal limits on sharing information with private companies when running preventative initiatives after a primary care trust was found to have broken the Data Protection Act.
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NewsCommissioning board to thank staff for work in 'difficult' times
The NHS Commissioning Board has resolved to write to its staff to thank them for their efforts in “extremely difficult” circumstances.
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NewsExclusive: South London Healthcare Trust's suitors revealed
Details have emerged of the plans of many of the 39 bodies that have written to South London Healthcare Trust’s special administrator to express an interest in running trust services.
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Failure regime trust interests Dartford and Gravesham
STRUCTURE: Dartford and Gravesham Trust is one of 39 organisations that have expressed an interest in taking over part of troubled South London Healthcare Trust.
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East Sussex Healthcare £2.7m behind plan
FINANCE: East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has fallen behind on its financial plan in the middle of the second quarter of 2012-13, due to agency spend and unexpected 18-weeks activity.
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Acting chief denies plan to shut A&E
STRUCTURE: The acting chief executive of Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has refuted suggested it is considering downgrading accident and emergency services at one of its sites.
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NewsNHS cuts 'hitting training quality'
Financial pressures on NHS organisations are taking their toll on the training of new doctors, a leading junior doctor has said.
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NewsCancer costs EU £99bn a year
Cancer costs European countries 124 billion euros (£99bn) every year, according to the first estimate of the full economic burden of the disease in the EU.
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Alan Webb made accountable officer designate of three Berkshire East CCGs
STRUCTURE: Alan Webb has been appointed as the designate accountable officer for the Berkshire East CCG Federation - a group of three CCGs.
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Manchester CSU boss appointed
WORKFORCE: Leigh Griffin has been appointed managing director of the Greater Manchester commissioning support unit.
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'Care village' planned for Maidstone area
STRUCTURE: A new private sector care facility has been planned for an area in West Kent.