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NewsGovernment will appeal risk register decision
The government is to appeal against a ruling that it should release confidential risk assessments of its controversial health reforms, it has been announced.
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Ridgeway partnership has lowest financial risk rating
FINANCE: The Ridgeway Partnership reported a year to date deficit before adjustment of £858,000 at the end of October, £1.1m worse than planned.
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IT launch delayed at Oxford trust
PERFORMANCE: The implementation of the Cerner Millennium electronic patient record system at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust has been delayed.
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LeaderAn unflinching framework in the face of relentless pressure
Today’s autumn statement painted a gloomy picture of the economy in 2012. By the time the Chancellor rose, NHS leaders had already begun to come to terms with an operating framework that sent a similarly grim message.
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New chief executive for Chesterfield Royal
WORKFORCE: Gavin Boyle is to take up the top post at the East Midlands trust in March.
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NHS South West exceeds planned surplus
FINANCE: NHS South West delivered a surplus for NHS organisations in the region £10m higher than planned.
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Imperial hits A&E target
PERFORMANCE: The west London acute exceeded the 95 per cent four-hour accident and emergency target, hitting 98.2 per cent.
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Poole and Royal Bournemouth agree next step towards merger
STRUCTURE: The boards of Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals and Poole Hospital foundation trusts have agreed to pursue a merger in order to ensure the retention of “sustainable local services”.
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Heatherwood trust plans special finance committee
FINANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park NHS Foundation Trust has considered setting up a special finance committee to provide more detailed scrutiny of its financial performance, cost improvement programmes and contracting arrangements.
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NewsCQC's strategy is reactive, board member tells inquiry
The Care Quality Commission’s strategy is “reactive” and driven by “reputation management and personal survival”, a board member has told the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry.
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NewsExclusive: Government to link GP and hospital data
The relationship between the quality of GP and hospital care is set to be revealed for the first time by the publication of data which will detail the complete patient pathway.
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NewsExclusive: weekend hospital arrivals up to 16pc more likely to die - DH
Patients admitted to NHS hospitals at the weekend are up to 16 per cent more likely to die than those admitted during the week, according to research for the Department of Health.
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NewsCQC inspector: regulator would not necessarily 'spot a Mid Staffs'
A Care Quality Commission inspector has told the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry the regulator would not necessarily “spot another Mid Staffordshire”, contradicting earlier evidence given to the inquiry by CQC chair Dame Jo Williams.
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NewsDr Foster: weekend A&E admissions '10pc more likely to die'
NHS hospital patients admitted for emergency treatment at weekends are almost 10 per cent more likely to die than those admitted during the week, according to the Dr Foster Hospital Guide 2011.
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Outer NE london cluster gets new chief executive
WORKFORCE: Alwen Williams has been appointed as the new chief executive of the Outer North East London primary care trust cluster.
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NewsNHS given another year to reduce use of 'killer' drugs
The NHS has been given an extra 16 months to hit a target to prescribe fewer antipsychotic drugs which are said by health minister Paul Burstow to “kill” dementia patients.
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NewsBMA: GPs want CCGs big enough to avoid outsourcing of commissioning
The British Medical Association has said clinical commissioning groups should “urgently review and where necessary change their structures” so they are big enough to host their own support staff.
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Bucks trust draws up financial recovery plan
FINANCE: Buckinghamshire Healthcare has drawn up a recovery plan after falling behind on its surplus target for the first time this year at the end of August.
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East Sussex chief exec calls for ‘open mind’ on future service provision
STRUCTURE: East Sussex Healthcare Trust chief executive Darren Grayson has highlighted the need to reconfigure services across his trust’s two main hospitals.
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Derbyshire Community's FT bid not supported by Chesterfield Royal
STRUCTURE: The board of Chesterfield Royal Hospital Foundation Trust has expressed a wide range of concerns over Derbyshire Community Health Service Trust’s foundation trust bid.