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Mental health FT set to become London's largest community service provider
STRUCTURE: A mental health trust is set to become the largest provider of community services in the capital following the takeover of a primary care trust provider arm.
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Young patients oppose child cardiac changes
STRUCTURE: Young patients who have been battling heart and lung conditions have come together to oppose plans to end children’s heart surgery at a hospital.
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NewsWe will block reforms without concessions - Clegg
Liberal Democrats will block the government’s NHS reforms unless they secure significant concessions, deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has said.
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Plymouth Hospitals chief to take up health board post in Wales
WORKFORCE: Chief executive of Plymouth Hospitals Trust Paul Roberts has announced he is leaving to take up a new post in the Welsh NHS.
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South West clusters draw up new specialised commissioning agreement
STRUCTURE: A new agreement has been drawn up for the South West Specialised Commisioning Group (SWSCG) in light of primary care trust clustering arrangements.
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NewsPublic sector pay deals 'outstrip private rises'
Workers in the public sector have enjoyed bigger pay rises than those in private firms despite the government’s attempt to restrain pay, a new report has claimed.
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Coventry and Warwickshire acute overperformed on contract
FINANCE: Univerity Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire Trust overperformed by nearly 3 per cent on its contract with NHS Warwickshire last year.
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'Tough year' ahead for Suffolk mental health trust
PERFORMANCE: Suffolk Partnership trust has predicted a “tough year” ahead due to a challenging savings target and the tendering of talking therapies services in the year.
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North Somerset enters joint commissioning agreement with local council
COMMERCIAL: The board of NHS North Somerset has approved funding for six services commissioned jointly with North Somerset Council.
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Hertfordshire contract offer 'unacceptable'
FINANCE: West Hertfordshire Hospitals’ has said a contract offer from the local primary care trust was “not acceptable”.
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North East Ambulance to press managers on safeguarding training
WORKFORCE: North East Ambulance Service Trust is planning to press managers more firmly on providing safeguarding training to staff this year, after missing its target in 2010-11.
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HSJ Local'Troubling' DH delay stalls Mid Staffs inquiry
The public inquiry into Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has been held up by the Department of Health’s failure to disclose relevant documents until last month, despite being asked for them last July.
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HSJ LocalHospital chief executive steps down after board delays FT application
STRUCTURE: A London hospital trust chief executive has stepped down, saying the trust board’s decision to delay its foundation application “has led me to consider my position”.
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Confidential report sets out quality issues for every provider in the region
PERFORMANCE: A confidential report commissioned by NHS London has listed the strategic health authority’s quality concerns about the capital’s provider bodies.
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Minister announces merger option for non-FT acute
STRUCTURE: A merger or independent franchise are among the options for a hospital trust which has a private finance deal preventing it from achieving foundation status.
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Five commissioning consortia in North Yorks
STRUCTURE: There are five emerging commissioning consortia in North Yorkshire, and a small number of practices which have joined a neighbouring Bradford and Airedale group.
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NewsLib Dems to demand coalition concessions on NHS
Liberal Democrat deputy leader Simon Hughes has indicated that the party will demand concessions on issues like NHS reform and immigration in retaliation for the Conservative conduct of the campaign against electoral reform.
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Assura to bid for Surrey community services contract
STRUCTURE: A private provider and a well known social enterprise are among the bidders hoping to take over the running of Surrey Community Health.
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NewsHow good is the NHS at improving quality?
HSJ is conducting a survey of healthcare managers, senior professionals and decision makers in the sector to understand the application of, and barriers to, quality systems in the NHS.
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Historic debts threaten West Herts FT application
FINANCE: Debt and liquidity issues at West Hertfordshire Hospitals are listed as factors in an agreement about the trust’s foundation trust application.