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NewsHealth expert 'can appear before MPs' - DH
The Department of Health has denied stopping the expert leading a review of the controversial NHS reforms from appearing in front of a Commons committee.
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NewsCQC boss set to warn DH over GP registration
The Care Quality Commission could ask the government to reduce its remit if it finds it cannot cope with registering all of the country’s GPs and dentists, the regulator’s chief executive has admitted.
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NewsFoundation trusts give out £5.7m in severance pay-outs
Foundation trusts have spent more than £5.7m on pay-offs to departing staff over the past three years, figures made public today for the first time show.
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Withdrawn document lists amounts paid out by London's Challenged Trust Board
FINANCE: A report, now taken off the North Central London primary care trust cluster’s website, lists the pay-outs made to the capital’s challenged trusts - but indicated remaining debts of £422m
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GWAS launches estate review as it looks to run NHS 111
COMMERCIAL: Great Western Ambulance Service has launched a review of its ageing estate in a bid to tackle the £2m maintenance backlog.
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NewsNHS waste costing millions of pounds annually
The NHS can save millions of pounds a year on the products it buys by making a concerted effort to tackle waste, MPs have said.
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London's acute trusts achieving 82 per cent of their CIPs in Feb
FINANCE: A document submitted to NHS London’s delivery group in April itemises each trust against its savings target and found a capital-wide variance of £69m against plan - some trusts achieving less than half their target.
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South Tyneside FT records surplus despite £3.1m loss on emergency tariff
FINANCE: South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust lost £3.1m in 2010-11 because of the marginal rate payment for emergency admissions, but finished the year with a small surplus.
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Kirklees PCT developing community services social enterprise 'at pace'
STRUCTURE: Kirklees is working on establishing its community services as a social enterprise “at pace”, according to board papers.
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IRP review recommends against reopening Portsmouth ward
STRUCTURE: The Independent Reconfiguration Panel has recommended that a hospital in Portsmouth should not reverse its decision to close an end of life care ward.
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NewsHSJ Efficiency Awards extends deadline for finance entries
The inaugural HSJ Efficiency Awards aim to promote organisations who demonstrate strategies and initiatives that have tangibly improved efficiency and cost savings, whilst maintaining the highest levels of patient care and staff morale.
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NewsOnline seminar: driving standards up and costs down
With the advent of commissioning consortia and competition in the NHS, how will standards be improved and costs be driven down? Watch HSJ’s free online seminar now to find out
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NewsProviders warn over dangers of PCT ‘war chest’
NHS commissioners are building a “war chest” to fund service reorganisation and deal with financial emergencies. But providers are warning the move risks “unnecessary cuts to jobs and services”.
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South East London cluster breaching Data Protection Act and Information Commissioner rules
PERFORMANCE: The six-PCT cluster reported it was working to develop an “information sharing agreement” between it and its constituent primary care trusts.
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Surrey consortium petitions Lansley over handover legal hurdles
COMMERCIAL: A commissioning consortium last week pulled health secretary Andrew Lansley into its struggle to take on commissioning powers from primary care trust NHS Surrey.
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Data transparency letter to Treasury reveals fraud fears
Public organisations are at an increased risk of fraud because of the government’s requirement for them to publish detailed spending data online, HSJ has learned.
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NewsBirmingham council loses care judicial review
Judge says disability legislation must be followed
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SE London cluster has 22 red-rated 'issues of concern' with independent contractors
PERFORMANCE: A South East London cluster has 22 red-rated “issues of concern” with independent contractors, according to its latest risk register.
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Wolverhampton practice-based commissioners run up £7.84m overspend
FINANCE: Practice-based commissioners overseen by NHS Wolverhampton City have run up a recurrent overspend of £7.84m.
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Solent trust overshoots on agency staff
WORKFORCE: Solent Healtcare NHS Trust used more than double its target rate of agency staff in March.