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HSJ Local
Bournemouth trust misses cancer target
PERFORMANCE: The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals Foundation Trust has missed a national target to admit cancer patients for their first treatment within 62 days.
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NewsHospitals 'failing' dying patients
Hospitals are “falling short” on caring for dying people in their final days and hours, a new review has found.
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NewsGovernment advisory group criticises migrant NHS rule changes
The government’s repeated reforms of rules governing migrants’ access to NHS services have caused confusion among healthcare staff with “tragic consequences”, a new report has found.
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NewsNHS Twitterati: How we engage staff and communicate with the public
The most active chief executives on Twitter reveal why they use the platform
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HSJ Local
New chair for Taunton and Somerset
WORKFORCE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust has appointed a new chair who previously held board level positions at the Bank of England and Boston Consulting Group.
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NewsHSJ Live: 15.05.2014: NHS Twitterati - How we engage staff and communicate with the public
Tweeting NHS leaders explain what they get from the social media platform, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsNHS England warns of tough financial challenge ahead
NHS England has warned of an “even more challenging” financial year than 2013-14 in an overview of the sector’s finances that revealed only one in four clinical commissioning groups have balanced plans.
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NewsCQC concludes re-inspection of Keogh special measures trusts
The Care Quality Commission has completed its inspection of the “Keogh trusts”, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHS to keep health visitor funding until after general election
More than £650m a year of public health funding will be withheld from local authorities until after next year’s general election, it has emerged.
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NewsBurnham: Health Act brings NHS under ‘full glare’ of competition rules
Andy Burnham believes repealing the Health Act 2012 would insulate the NHS from the effect of EU procurement and competition law, he has told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalHeatherwood and Frimley Park merger is given go ahead
The proposed acquisition of Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals Foundation Trust by Frimley Park Hospital Foundation Trust has been cleared by the Competition and Markets Authority, the watchdog has announced.
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NewsCelebrate your successes at the HSJ Awards 2014
Entries open for the most sought-after accolades in healthcare
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NewsNorth west London CCGs to bring services in-house
A group of clinical commissioning groups have agreed to bring their commissioning support services in-house, in a move they claim could save them £5m by 2015-16.
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NewsNHS technology funding faces £60m shortfall
A £500m technology fund set up by NHS England to help hospitals move away from paper based systems appears to have been slashed by £60m, official documents suggest.
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NewsNICE ruling on prostate cancer drug questioned
Scientists have expressed their disappointment over a preliminary decision by the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence not to offer a life-extending drug to prostate cancer patients until after they have received chemotherapy.
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NewsHSJ Live 14.05.14: CQC concludes re-inspection of Keogh special measures trusts
The Care Quality Commission has completed its inspection of the “Keogh trusts”, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.
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NewsCare Bill 'will reform health and care'
Reforms to the health and social care system cleared the Commons yesterday , with ministers claiming they would lead to the most significant changes in more than 60 years.
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NewsNHS England told: revive HR transition scheme
NHS England has been urged to centrally manage NHS redundancies again amid widespread expectations of cost-saving layoffs over the next two years.
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HSJ Local
Yorkshire trust deficit trebles in one month
PERFORMANCE: A Yorkshire trust which is under investigation for concerns about its finances has seen its deficit treble in a month- and is braced for a further increase.