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HSJ LocalBarts medical director resigns
The medical director at Barts Health Trust has become the latest executive director to leave the trust, HSJ has learned.
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News£2bn acute deficit may mean ‘real trouble’ for frontline services
Experts have warned that patients could end up waiting longer for treatment as acute trusts try to tackle an expected overall deficit of more than £2bn this year.
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CommentCap locum pay to stop the NHS's primary care bedrock eroding
Demand for GPs has never been higher
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HSJ LocalRoyal Free considers joint venture with specialist trust
STRUCTURE: The Royal Free London Foundation Trust is considering a joint venture with a specialist orthopaedic hospital trust.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Special measures trust faces group legal action by patients
A trust in special measures is facing collective legal action from more than a dozen patients and families. It comes amid allegations of systemic failure which contributed to poor care, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalBarts interim finance director replaced
WORKFORCE: Barts Health Trust has appointed a new interim finance director, to replace a departing interim.
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HSJ LocalBarts’ problem waiting times data will take 18 months to fix
PERFORMANCE: Barts Health Trust has revealed it will take 18 months to sort out problems with its waiting times data.
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NewsNaylor: The NHS has failed clinical leaders
The NHS has ‘failed’ to encourage clinicians to take up leadership positions, the chair of HSJ’s inquiry into NHS leadership has said.
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SupplementsSupplement case studies: The ways and means of new care pathways
Two CCGs are breaking new grounds in IBD care
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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 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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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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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.