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Six Cornwall CCGs merge to become two - including one of the largest in England
STRUCTURE: Cornwall and Isles of Scilly PCT GPs are now proposing two clinical commissioning groups, down from an initial six practice based commissioning groups.
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Surrey has 10 emerging CCGs
STRUCTURE: There are currently 10 clinical commissioning groups emerging in Surrey, according to primary are trust documents.
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Dudley rejects 'one hot meal a day' savings plan
FINANCE: The trust has rejected plans to reduce the number of hot meals provided to patients each day from two to one a day despite the £400,000 savings that could have been made.
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NewsMacmillan chief appointed non exec for commissioning board
Macmillian Cancer Support chief executive Ciarán Devane has been confirmed as a non executive director of the NHS Commissioning Board.
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Great Western looks to NHS 111 opportunity
COMMERCIAL: Great Western Ambulance Service has expressed an interest in providing the NHS 111 service in the South West.
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Leicester City boosts Health Check funding
FINANCE: Extra funding is being made available in Leicester over the next two years to increase the number of patients being offered a free Health Check at GP practices across the city.
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Sheffield FT tenders for overdraft and bank branch
COMMERCIAL: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust is tendering for a new working capital facility.
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South Western Ambulance fails target in Somerset
PERFORMANCE: South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust is reaching fewer life threatening calls within the eight minute target in Somerset than any of the other four counties it covers.
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NewsPCT and SHA staff to be told their 'expected destination' on 31 January
All primary care trust and strategic health authority staff should receive a personal letter telling them “the expected destination (or destinations) of their current function” in the new commissioning system, the Department of Health has said.
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Dorset County Hospitals to cut services in the community
COMMERCIAL: Dorset County Hospitals Foundation Trust is to stop providing services in community hospitals operated by Dorset Healthcare Univeristy Foundation Trust.
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'Race split' Milton Keynes CCGs agree to merge
STRUCTURE: Two emerging clinical commissioning groups in Milton Keynes - one of which was dominated by doctors with an Asian background - have agreed to merge.
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NewsFirst funds announced for GP Extraction Service
The NHS Information Centre has announced it will receive around £40m of funding to enable clinical data to be extracted from GP practices.
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Contract penalty could cost Birmingham Community nearly £100,000
FINANCE: In October there were six contractual key performance indicators which breached targets at Birmingham Community Healthcare Trust.
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NewsOutpatient appointments increase by 4.5pc
The number of outpatient appointments increased by 4.5 per cent last year, according to NHS Information Centre figures.
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NewsNursing care standards report unveiled
A report by Birmingham University’s Health Services Management Centre has urged for senior nurses to be given greater leadership responsibility in order to improve acute nursing care standards.
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Birmingham and Solihull decide on five CCGs but not exact membership
STRUCTURE: The Birmingham and Solihull PCTs had said there are five emerging clinical commissioning groups in their area - down from a previous 12 hopeful groups.
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NewsCharity report paints 'bleak picture' of homeless health
Homeless people can expect to die 30 years before the average person, research for a charity has found.
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Significant risks to CIPs flagged by Royal Wolverhampton
FINANCE: More than a fifth of Royal Wolverhampton’s cost improvement programme faces “significant delay/risk”.
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Savings surplus predicted by Dudley and Walsall
FINANCE: Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Trust is predicting to exceed its savings plans by £15,925.
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Royal Wolverhampton breaching C difficile target
PERFORMANCE: The trust is predicting 144 clostridium difficile cases by the end of the year - 60 over target.