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Heatherwood FT runs at £1.3m deficit in November
FINANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park NHS Foundation Trust ran at a £1.3m deficit in November, latest figures show.
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Southampton FT urges visitors to stay away amid sickness outbreak
PERFORMANCE: An outbreak of winter vomiting bugs has prompted Southampton hospital managers to close wards and urge visitors to stay away.
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NewsWarning for trusts planning to water down pay and conditions
Trusts should be “wary” of withholding pay increments from staff with poor attendance records, one of the country’s most senior industrial relations figures has told HSJ.
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Two Croydon GP groups merge
STRUCTURE: The two emerging clinical commissioning groups under Croydon PCT have decided to merge.
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Sutton and Merton to have one CCG per borough
STRUCTURE: Sutton and Merton GPs have decided to move to two emerging clinical commissioning groups, each matching one of the London boroughs, with “close working in the future where the two CCGs’ agendas overlap”.
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NewsUnions consult on pensions deal
Unions are warning their members they will need to be prepared for a sustained period of industrial action if they reject the government’s latest and “final” offer on the NHS pension scheme, HSJ understands.
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NewsAmended private patient income cap 'will have little impact'
A government proposal to cap the amount of private income foundation trusts can earn at 49 per cent will have little practical impact on the health reforms, experts have claimed.
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NewsNHS pensions deal to be offered to private sector
The government has offered to extend the NHS pensions scheme to staff transferred out of the service to make it easier for private firms to bid for NHS contracts.
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NewsExclusive: contractual penalties to combat ‘hidden waits’ will not take effect until 2013-14
The government has said new contractual penalties to tackle “hidden” waits for elective procedures will not be introduced nationally for 15 months, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHS market could fragment further, warns Supply Chain CEO
The “fragmented” way the NHS is developing could make it harder for it to make savings on procurement, the chief executive of NHS Supply Chain has warned.
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NewsClinical data regulation not robust, say experts
Leading doctors have called for an end to “incomplete data disclosure” and more robust regulation of information in clinical trials.
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NewsNHS Confederation home care call backed
The NHS Confederation’s call to prioritise treating people in their home rather than hospital has been backed by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.
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Barts plastic surgery nurse given MBE
WORKFORCE: Daren Edwards, clinical nurse specialist in plastic surgery at Barts and the London, has been awarded an MBE for services to nursing.
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Gong for CUH estates director
WORKFORCE: Richard Howe, former executive director of estates and facilities at Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust, has been awarded an OBE for services to the NHS.
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Former Sheffield chief exec handed OBE
WORKFORCE: Chris Sharratt, the former chief executive of Sheffield Children’s Foundation Trust, has been awarded an OBE for services to child health.
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Former Kingston chair gets CBE
WORKFORCE: Former NHS Kingston chair Neslyn Watson-Druée has been awarded a CBE for services to healthcare.
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East Lancs midwife gets OBE
WORKFORCE: Sheena Byrom, a consultant midwife at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, has been awarded an OBE for services to midwifery.
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Liverpool PCT chair gets OBE
WORKFORCE: NHS Liverpool chair Gideon Ben-Tovim has been awarded an OBE for services to health.
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NHS Bury forecasts breakeven after £3m additional allocation
FINANCE: The primary care trust was forecasting it would break even for 2011-12 at the end of October after receiving an additional £3m in-year allocation, its latest finance report shows.
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Education changes will lead to £3m training income loss at Nottingham
FINANCE: Proposed changes to education funding will lead to a future loss of education and training income of £7.7m over a three year period.