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HSJ LocalCCG to start specialist perinatal service for 'desperate' mothers
COMMISSIONING: A London clinical commissioning group will start to fund a specialist community perinatal mental health service after mothers described how they only received help ‘at the point of desperation’.
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NewsCQC would ‘love’ to rate whole health systems, says chief inspector
The chief inspector of hospitals said he would ‘love’ the Care Quality Commission to rate local health systems, rather than specific providers, but suggested there were potential obstacles to inspecting clinical commissioning groups.
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NewsEnglish trust to take hard line on payments for Scottish, Welsh and Irish patients
One of England’s largest specialist providers is to take a stricter approach to accepting patients from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, after struggling to secure payments from commissioners.
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NewsFirst three troubled areas to be put into 'success regime'
Simon Stevens has confirmed the three areas to be the first put into a new whole health economy ‘success regime’.
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NewsStevens promises tougher line on struggling CCGs
The responsibilities of severely struggling clinical commissioning groups could be passed to other CCGs, local authorities or “integrated providers”, Simon Stevens has said.
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NewsStevens interview: Dealing with agency staff is NHS’s ‘biggest operational risk’
NHS trusts will ‘undoubtedly’ struggle to employ the doctors and nurses they need as the service clamps down on the cost of temporary staff from next month, NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalMonitor launches investigation into Southend's finances
FINANCE: Monitor has launched an investigation into the financial sustainability of Southend University Hospital Foundation Trust.
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HSJ LocalCCG forecasts largest cumulative deficit
FINANCE: Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group is forecasting the largest cumulative deficit of any CCG to date.
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HSJ LocalLondon trust's deficit position slips by over £7m
FINANCE: A London acute and community care trust finished 2014-15 with an unexpected deficit of £7.3m.
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NewsExclusive: Vacancies fuel agency overspending by NHS trusts
Two-thirds of the spending on locum doctors employed in NHS trusts is being driven by the need to fill vacancies, analysis shared exclusively with HSJ reveals.
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CommentHigh temp costs: A competition issue or held back NHS wages?
Competition issue or NHS wages being held down?
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HSJ LocalCCG to decommission dementia nursing service
MENTAL HEALTH: A North East clinical commissioning group plans to decommission a specialist dementia nursing service and replace it with a carer support service.
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NewsGovernment considers cap on 'egregious' agency spend
A cap on the cost of agency staff supplied to NHS trusts is being explored by the Cabinet Office and Department of Health in an attempt to tackle the ballooning agency spend in the NHS, it has emerged.
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NewsExclusive: HRA moves to stave off judicial review in clinical trial row
The Health Research Authority has moved to stave off a judicial review by a pharmaceutical company with links to the NHS in a dispute over transparency in clinical trials, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local‘Financially distressed’ CCG brings in new service restrictions
FINANCE: A clinical commissioning group will introduce clinical thresholds for surgery and significantly restrict access to services to cope with its ‘financially distressed position’.
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NewsUpdated: Rollover tariff trusts expect massive deficits
Several large hospital trusts that rejected the voluntary tariff agreement have predicted huge swings in their financial position for 2015-16.
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NewsPathology joint venture records growth but restructuring hits profits
A public-private pathology provider part owned by two London trusts increased its revenues last year, but a substantial restructure prompted by changes to tax rules resulted in a small drop in profits.
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NewsAnalysis: Hospitals will struggle to reach new 12pm discharge goal
Trusts have been told to try to carry out at least 35 per cent of discharges before midday, in a new NHS England directive aimed at preventing delayed discharges.
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NewsUpdated: NHS provider sector reports £822m deficit
NHS providers have reported a deficit of £822m for 2014-15, with foundation trusts ending the year in the red for first time ever. HSJ analysis suggests that without bailouts the net deficit was closer to £1bn.
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CommentThe future will be tough, whoever's in power
Michael White assesses Cameron’s victory and Labour’s next move