News – Page 1272
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'Concern' at Nottinghamshire Healthcare's 22 serious incidents
PERFORMANCE: There are 22 serious incidents currently under investigation at Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust.
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Southern Health appoints new chair
WORKFORCE: Governors at Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust have appointed Simon Waugh as the organisation’s new chair.
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New chief executive for Ridgeway Partnernship
WORKFORCE: Andrew Hall has taken over as chief executive at the Oxfordshire Learning Disability NHS Trust, also known as the Ridgeway Partnership.
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Devon hospital trust chair announces departure
WORKFORCE: The chair of Plymouth Hospitals Trust has announced he is stepping down to spend more time on his work as a military strategist.
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NewsDoubts cast over size of topline public health budgets
Warnings have already been sounded that the £2.2bn funding due to be ringfenced for councils to spend on public health will be insufficient for them to achieve better results than primary care trusts.
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Manager kept £150k of health funds in personal bank account
WORKFORCE: A senior NHS finance manager has admitted to wrongly harbouring nearly £150,000 of public money in his own bank account.
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NewsOrgan donation target 'will be missed'
The head of a kidney charity has launched an attack on the government over organ donation, saying it will miss a target to boost donor rates by 50 per cent.
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NewsLansley defends reforms from 'unfair and out-of-date' report
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has defended his reorganisation of the NHS, describing a highly critical report by MPs as “out of date” and “unfair” to the health service.
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NewsHealth committee: NHS could miss savings target from 'salami slicing'
The NHS has been making “short-term” and “salami slicing” spending cuts and will not make required efficiency savings if the current approach continues, the House of Commons health committee has said.
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NewsLess than half of DH staff 'proud' to work there
Fewer than half of Department of Health staff are proud to work there, survey results published today reveal.
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MD of Somerset CCG steps down
WORKFORCE: The managing director of Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group has stood down from her role due to a conflict of interest.
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CCG budget allocations delayed until February
The release of the first set of “shadow budgets” for clinical commissioning groups has been put back to February, HSJ has learnt.
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Two more hospital trusts placed in significant breach by Monitor
Two more foundations trusts have been placed in significant breach of their terms of authorisation, taking the total to 15 of the 78 acute trusts regulated by Monitor.
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NewsFears over hundreds of staff employed without security checks
A Scottish health board has demanded an urgent review after it emerged a private contractor failed to perform necessary checks on employees at a hospital.
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NewsGovernment announces £5.2bn public health spend
The government has announced £5.2bn will be spent on public health next year, and published its first Public Health Outcomes Framework.
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NewsEfficiency savings drive being 'distracted' by reforms
The government’s controversial NHS reforms are a “distraction” from the £20bn savings and long-term care for the elderly challenges, leading healthcare figures have said.
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Western Sussex Hospitals appoints chair
WORKFORCE: Mike Viggers has been appointed chair of Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust.
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South Warwickshire beats surplus target
FINANCE: South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust reported a surplus of more than double its target amount at the end of 2011.
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East Lancs PCT banks an extra £10m with SHA
FINANCE: The primary care trust NHS East Lancashire has increased by £10m the sum it will “lodge” with strategic health authority NHS North West on the basis that it will be returned in 2012-13.
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North East revalidation senior responsible officer appointed
WORKFORCE: Bill Cunliffe, consultant surgeon and NHS North East planned care clinical innovation team lead, has been appointed senior responsible officer for the revalidation process in the North East.