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NewsOrthopaedic hospital PFI a step closer after affordable housing rollback
A London trust’s private finance initiative rebuild has moved a step closer after it secured permission to sell off some of its land with a smaller proportion than usual earmarked for affordable housing.
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Morecambe Bay inquiry can begin before police investigation finishes
PERFORMANCE: Cumbria police have given the go ahead for an independent inquiry into care failings at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay’s maternity services to begin without waiting for the on-going police investigation into the same failures to be completed, the foundation trust has announced.
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NewsSome cancer drugs taken off fast track funding list, NHS England admits
NHS England today confirmed that it had taken some cancer treatments off its “fast track” list following changes to the cancer drugs fund announced yesterday.
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NewsCare Integration and Patient Safety Awards shortlists announced
Winners to be announced in London on 9 July
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West Cumberland Hospital in manslaughter probe
A Cumbrian hospital is at the centre of a manslaughter investigation after a 40-year-old patient died while in its care.
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NewsCommissioners barred from using patient data
The new NHS commissioners are unable to carry out analysis of sensitive patient information because they have not yet received urgently requested legal permission to do so, HSJ has learned.
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Almost 900 consultants receive excellence awards
Almost 900 medical consultants in England and Wales have been awarded clinical excellence awards for 2012, it has been announced.
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NewsBowel cancer drug funding in danger
As many as 6,500 bowel cancer patients could be denied access to life-extending drugs when a cash pot to pay for them ceases to exist at the end of the year, a charity has warned.
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NewsHSJ Live 4.4.2013: Leeds trust responds to mortality rate row
Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust claim their mortality is in line with all other children’s heart surgery centres, and the rest of today’s news.
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Software and staffing pressure cause problems for Warrington Out of Hours service
PERFORMANCE: Implementation of a new software system and staffing pressures are causing problems with the delivery of out of hours services for Bridgewater Community Healthcare Trust.
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NewsExclusive: Monitor chief executive says it would be 'mad' to force unnecessary tendering
The chief executive of healthcare sector regulator Monitor has rejected claims that controversial new competition regulations could lead to a sharp increase in competitive tendering for NHS services.
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NewsBurnham issues A&E warning after tent erected outside hospital
The NHS has missed its national accident and emergency target every week for six months, Labour has warned.
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HSJ Live 3.4.2013: Monitor on new competition regulations
NHS misses A&E targets for dealing with patients within four hours and the rest of today’s news
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NewsNHS satisfaction rates stabilise
Public satisfaction with the NHS stabilised last year after a record fall in 2011, suggesting concern about the spending squeeze and the government’s reforms has not grown stronger.
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Tameside FT forced to cancel 147 elective operations
PERFORMANCE: Sustained pressure on Tameside Hospital Foundation Trust saw 147 elective operations cancelled in January and an endoscopy unit used to provide temporary accommodation for non-elective patients.
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Labour warns over 'unfair' public health budget split
The handover of responsibility for public health from primary care trusts to local authorities could be a “car crash”, the Labour party has warned.
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NewsHSJ Live: First working day of the post-PCT world
All the latest news on the day that local area teams and clinical commissioning groups officially take over from strategic health authorities and primary care trusts.
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Bridgewater on course for £1.7m surplus
FINANCE: Bridgewater Community Healthcare Trust has made a surplus of £1.4M to the end of January this year and is on track to make its planned year end surplus of £1.7m, board papers state.
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NewsStockport FT obtains injunction to retrieve financial data
COMMERCIAL: A foundation trust had to go to court to retrieve some of its financial records when a sub-contractor went into administration.