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NewsReforms face further delay and confusion, concedes Lansley
The health secretary has admitted his NHS reform bill might have to return to committee stage in the Commons – leading to warnings of further delay and uncertainty.
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Safeguarding processes found wanting at Northampton General
PERFORMANCE: An eight month-old baby, who was taken to Northamptonshire General Hospital numerous times with life threatening injuries, was let down by authorities, a serious case review has found.
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London PCTs predicted to miss demand management and decommissioning targets by £77m
FINANCE: NHS London predicted that its primary care trusts would miss their 2010-11 demand management and decommissioning targets by £77m
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Blackpool Teaching Hospitals drafts plan to cut out £1.5m of management costs
WORKFORCE: A document presented to the foundation’s 30 March board meeting outlined draft plans to save £1.5m by “streamlining” its clinical management.
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NewsClegg: 'NHS managers will continue where GPs are not ready'
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has given the clearest signal yet the transition to commissioning consortia will be slowed down, with other structures remaining in place “where GPs are not yet ready” to take over.
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NewsStruggling trusts owe DH quarter of a billion in bailout cash
Trusts owe the Department of Health a quarter of a billion pounds, with most of the debt resulting from mass bailouts made during the financial crisis of 2006, DH figures reveal.
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NewsMental health PbR to be reviewed
The government is to review the much-delayed drive to introduce payment by results to mental healthcare.
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NewsMixed sex ward breaches drop under tougher regime
Mixed sex accommodation breaches have dropped sharply since the launch of a tougher performance regime four months ago
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Cash-strapped PCT escapes budget topslice
FINANCE: One of England’s most financially troubled primary care trusts cannot guarantee it will meet the national requirement to hold 2 per cent of its funding back from routine spending.
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NewsInformation strategy could be delayed by listening exercise - Connelly
The Department of Health’s information chief has told HSJ that her long awaited information strategy could yet be amended if the NHS Future Forum recommends a softer line on transparency to secure the support of clinicians.
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UCLH commits to financial risk rating of at least three for 2011-12
FINANCE: The central London foundation trust pledged to stay in the lowest three categories of financial risk maintained by FT regulator Monitor - despite challenges from commissioners.
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LeaderThe CQC is feeling the pressure as rising uncertainty takes its toll
There has been so much focus on the future role of Monitor that almost no attention has been paid to how the NHS’s other regulator, the Care Quality Commission, is coping with the challenges of reform and tighter budgets.
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NewsSqueezed trusts received £28m in 'sweetener' loans
Three struggling acute providers set to be acquired by other trusts received £28m of “sweetener” loans from the Department of Health, HSJ can disclose.
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Southampton hospital already behind on CIP
FINANCE: Southampton University Hospitals Trust slipped significantly behind its cost improvement plan for April, while its financial indicators were rated red under the Monitor compliance framework.
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NewsPublic health funding cut threatens skilled staff
Valuable health intelligence expertise is facing “fragmentation and dissolution”, following a 30 per cent cut in the core funding of public health observatories, MPs have been warned.
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NewsMore patients waiting longer for diagnostic tests
The number of patients waiting more than six weeks for diagnostic tests has almost tripled in the past year.
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PCTs step up transfer of responsibility to consortia
STRUCTURE: Primary care trusts in the North East are starting to delegate authority to commissioning consortia.
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NewsCQC attacks NHS elderly care levels
Inspections into care standards have raised serious concerns about the way NHS hospitals treat elderly people.
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Kingston Hospital still predicting surplus after April deficit
FINANCE: The south west London trust anticipates making a £2.1m surplus in 2011-12, in spite of the the £1.2 deficit for April.
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NewsApproval for £77m hospital redevelopment
Initial plans for a multimillion-pound redevelopment of a North Wales hospital were approved by the assembly’s health minister Lesley Griffiths.