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NewsUpdated: Provider deficits swell to £930m in three months
The NHS provider sector has reported a combined deficit of £930m for the first three months of 2015-16, which is more than the entire deficit reported last year.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Immigration rules derail major nurse recruitment plans
WORKFORCE: A Manchester trust’s plans to draft in 275 nurses from India have been thrown into doubt due to difficulties securing visas.
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NewsExclusive: Another CCG agrees variation from QOF
A clinical commissioning group in the south of England has agreed a variation to the GP quality and outcomes framework with nearly all its practices, to encourage more community based care.
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HSJ LocalPlanning approval granted for new hospital despite CCGs’ doubts
COMMERCIAL: Planning approval has been granted for a new hospital build in Hampshire, despite local clinical commissioning groups’ doubts about the affordability of the reconfiguration project.
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NewsNMC approves introduction of nurse revalidation in April
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has today approved plans for the introduction of a major new system of competency checks for registered nurses and midwives, with the regulator’s chief executive describing it as a ‘historic’ moment.
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NewsHSJ Live 09.10.15: Provider finances worse than planned - reaction
Rolling coverage of today’s NHS financial announcements and reaction
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NewsExclusive: Investigations launched into Stafford Hospital death 'cover up'
Commissioners and police have launched reviews into events surrounding the death of a three-year-old boy at Stafford Hospital. It comes amid claims that statements from health workers who witnessed his death have been falsified.
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NewsHunt offers BMA ‘unequivocal assurances’ over contract reform
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has written to the British Medical Association to offer ‘unequivocal assurances’ over plans to reform junior doctor contracts.
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NewsUncertainty over agency nurse procurement in South West
Trusts in the South West face uncertainty over their procurement of agency nurses as their plans have still not been approved by regulators.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: 11 patients infected in ‘unsafe’ endoscopy unit
An ‘unsafe’ endoscopy unit at a West Midlands trust has resulted in 11 patients acquiring infections, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsAmbulance response times and elective waiting list grow
Ambulance trusts are struggling to meet the target to get to a patient within eight minutes of an emergency call, the latest data from NHS England shows.
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NewsWebinar: Ask Sir Mike Richards your questions on regulation
Register for the discussion on 28 October
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HSJ LocalGeorge Eliot makes second attempt to recruit chief executive
WORKFORCE: A financially troubled West Midlands trust is looking to recruit a permanent chief executive after a previous attempt failed to attract a suitable candidate.
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HSJ LocalTen patients wait over a year for treatment at Manchester trust
PERFORMANCE: Ten patients have been waiting over a year for treatment at University Hospital of South Manchester Foundation Trust, including one patient who has waited over three years.
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HSJ LocalDevon trust to close hospital beds despite ‘serious concerns’
FINANCE: Northern Devon Healthcare Trust will close beds at two of its community hospitals despite ‘serious concerns’ raised by some of its clinicians.
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HSJ LocalCharitable funds pay for trust’s breast cancer imaging system
FINANCE: A £70,000 imaging system has been installed in operating theatres at Scunthorpe Hospital to allow surgeons to X-ray breast tissue during operations.
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NewsFirst special measures GP practice to close
One of the first GP practices to be placed in special measures by the Care Quality Commission is to close, HSJ has learned.
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NewsFive things we learnt from the Tory party conference
The Conservatives’ autumn conference came to an end this afternoon, the first it has held as the single governing party since 1996. Here are five messages NHS leaders can take from the jamboree in Manchester.
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NewsCarter review timeline slips
The progress of a high profile review into NHS efficiency has slipped against the timeline set by ministers.