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Barking set to record more than double expected shortfall
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust’s forecast deficit for the end of the financial year is more than double its planned amount.
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NewsNAO warns over adult social care cuts
Most of the “significant” drop in spending on social care has come from cuts to services, particularly for the elderly, according to the National Audit Office.
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LeaderWhy the NHS must learn to fail successfully
Policymakers are still looking for an effective failure regime
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NewsHSJ Live 13.03.2014: More than a third of hospitals set to end year in the red
More than a third of hospital trusts are predicting deficits at the end of this financial year, HSJ research has found, and the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsExclusive: NHS England will pay departing HR director's salary
NHS England will pay the salary of its departing human resources director for up to two years after she leaves the organisation, HSJ has been told.
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NewsExclusive: Policy director Bill McCarthy leaving NHS England
NHS England policy director Bill McCarthy is to leave to become deputy vice chancellor of Bradford University, HSJ has learned.
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NewsHospital providers may be set different saving targets
Monitor and NHS England are considering setting acute providers different efficiency targets based on their varying potential to achieve savings, the organisations have announced.
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NewsCCGs angered by NHS England instruction to set up £250m risk pool
Clinical commissioning group representatives have condemned a direction from NHS England saying they must contribute £250m to a national fund for “legacy debts” of primary care trusts.
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Hunt backs Mid Yorkshire Hospitals reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: Jeremy Hunt has approved plans to reconfigure hospitals services run by Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust, which were referred to him last year.
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NewsMental health service cuts warning
A “lost generation” of young people could occur if key mental health services are not protected from funding cuts, charities have warned.
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Review prompts trust to outline care strategy
United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust plans to concentrate specialised urgent care on fewer sites and reduce hospital bed numbers as part of a strategy to fix problems identified in a comprehensive review of care in the county.
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New chief executive for Sussex mental health trust
The chief executive of Belfast Health and Social Care Trust has resigned to take over the helm of the Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust.
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'More children' on adult wards
The number of under-18s admitted to adult mental health wards or treated on them is rising, figures show.
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NewsHSJ Live 12.03.2014: Spectacular health images among award winners
Remarkable pictures from the Wellcome Image Awards 2014, which showcases the advances made in health imaging
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NewsExclusive: NHS England challenged over primary care support redundancy plans
NHS England has been warned it could face unfair dismissal claims over plans to make about 900 commissioning staff redundant, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNicholson: CCGs 'encouraged' to protect mental health parity
Clinical commissioning groups have received guidance to “encourage and support” them to deliver parity of esteem for mental health services, Sir David Nicholson has said.
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NewsIn pictures: cancer cells and heart tissue among image award winners
See some of the Wellcome Image Awards winners
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NewsIntegration 'pioneers' issue tender for 10 year contracts
Commissioners in Staffordshire are inviting providers to bid for two ten-year contracts for integrated services worth a total of £1.2bn.
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NewsCancer care guidance 'not checked'
NHS organisations are not being checked to see whether they are adhering to “best practice” guidance issued by health regulators, a charity has warned.
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NewsBurnham warns on patient records
The government is failing to ensure that insurance companies will not be able to buy patient medical records through the controversial NHS data scheme, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has said.