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Sheffield Children's chief executive retiring
WORKFORCE: Sheffield Children’s Foundation Trust chief executive Chris Sharratt is to retire from his post as chief executive.
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Hull seeking one commissioning consortium
STRUCTURE: A group of practices in Hull are seeking to create a single commissioning consortium for the primary care trust’s area.
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East Riding of Yorkshire behind on QIPP
FINANCE: East Riding of Yorkshire PCT is £2.8m behind on its quality, innovation, productivity and prevention plan.
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Activity rise at North Essex mental health FT
PERFORMANCE: The mental health trust’s board heard that activity had risen by 7.7 per cent year on year to October.
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NewsMonitor may pay private providers more
Private providers could be paid 14 per cent more than NHS competitors to encourage a fairer playing field, under changes in the Health Bill.
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NewsThe provider's essential guide to the Health Bill
As with commissioning consortia, the bill presented providers with a mixture of new freedoms and potential restraints.
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Watch: Andrew Lansley at HSJ's 'Delivering a New Approach to Public Health' conference
On the day the government’s radical reforms for the NHS were laid out in full in the Health and Social Care Bill, health secretary Andrew Lansley spoke to the audience at HSJ and LGC’s Public Health Congress about what the changes mean for the health service and the people who ...
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NewsBill may open up bank lending market to NHS hospitals
Government plans to make it easier for foundation trusts to use their property as loan security may open up a market for private sector lending to NHS hospitals, lawyers say.
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NewsDementia patients 'need more home care'
About 50,000 people with dementia will be forced into care homes early because of a lack of support in their own homes, experts warn.
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NewsRow over ambulance staff wage cut claim
Up to £5,000 a year could be lost from frontline ambulance staff wages as part of a drive to cut costs, union officials have claimed.
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NewsTrust ordered to pay £6.4m negligence claim
A boy who suffered severe brain damage during his delivery at an NHS birth centre in Hertfordshire has been awarded £6.4m in settlement of his medical negligence claim.
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Peterborough PCT establishes GP Commissioning Board
STRUCTURE: NHS Peterborough’s board agreed on Wednesday 5 January to establish a “GP Commissioning Board” which will take the lead for commissioning specific areas covering over a third of the primary care trust’s budget.
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Bedfordshire PCT pays out almost £1m on MARS
WORKFORCE: Fifty-four members of staff at NHS Bedfordshire and its provider arm have taken up the offer of the mutually agreed resignation scheme (MARS) at a total cost of £980,000.
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Oral surgery problems threaten South Warwickshire FT waiting times
PERFORMANCE: Oral surgery at South Warwickshire Foundation Trust is performing well below the 18 weeks standard, with performance deteriorating further from last month.
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Three bidders left for Papworth Hospital PFI
COMMERCIAL: A private finance initiative contract for a new hospital for Papworth Hospital Foundation Trust is down to three bidders.
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Heatherwood and Wexham Park behind on CQUIN for VTE
PERFORMANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park FT admits that “significant improvement will be required for the foundation trust to achieve its CQUIN payment for venous thromboembolism risk assessment”.
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Luton PCT's estates committee looking for projects
FINANCE: Current estimates indicate a forecast underspend of around £2m on NHS Luton’s capital budget, following cost reduction on two key schemes
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Non-elective income below plan for Cambridge University FT
FINANCE: The foundation trust reports that its largest single variance in income is in non-elective income, which is £1.9m below plan to date.
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High agency levels at Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust
WORKFORCE: Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust is overspending on nursing staff due to agency expenditure.
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Norfolk PCT behind schedule on QIPP plan
FINANCE: Norfolk primary care trust’s overall performance on internal QIPP (quality, innovation, productivity and prevention) savings plans has dipped significantly.