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NewsCommissioning board to constrain consortia powers if 'not ready'
The NHS Commissioning Board is likely to place extensive restrictions on the powers of commissioning consortia in cases where it believes they are “not ready” to take on their new role, HSJ understands.
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NewsExclusive: Future Forum to suggest 'pragmatic' solutions to deaneries crisis
The NHS Future Forum is due to recommend that interim measures are put in place quickly to prevent the quality of training from suffering as strategic health authorities wind down.
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South Warwickshire bed closure plan stalls
STRUCTURE: A plan to reduce the number of beds at South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust stalled when it was forced to re-open a ward.
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Warwickshire PCT sets highest PCT QIPP target in region
FINANCE: NHS Warwickshire has set itself the highest QIPP saving for 2011-12 of any primary care trust in the West Midlands.
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University Hospital Birmingham's Monitor risk rating increases
FINANCE: Monitor has dropped University Hospital Birmingham Foundation Trust’s financial risk rating from a four to a three. The lower the number, the higher the risk that Monitor deems a trust to be.
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Wolverhampton City smashes QIPP target by 40 per cent
FINANCE: NHS Wolverhampton City exceeded its 2010-11 QIPP savings target by 40 per cent.
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Stoke on Trent makes less than a third of planned QIPP savings
FINANCE: NHS Stoke-on-Trent achieved just 30 per cent of its planned QIPP savings in 2010-11.
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Shrewsbury and Telford getting SHA support
PERFORMANCE: Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals Trust is being supported by NHS West Midlands having struggled to meet performance standards on a number of fronts.
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Worcestershire Acute chief executive to retire in July
WORKFORCE: John Rostill OBE, who leads Worcester Acute hospitals NHS Trust, announced he will be stepping down at the end of July.
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NewsMonitor duty to support integration of care
Monitor will be given a new duty to consider integration within the NHS and with social care, as part of the government’s changes to the Health Bill.
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NewsExclusive: GP commissioning consortia boards must contain a doctor and nurse
David Cameron has announced a radical reworking of the government’s NHS reform plans which will give hospital doctors and nurses mandated places on GP commissioning consortium boards.
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NewsPM pledge means no change on 18 week target
The Department of Health has confirmed that there will be no reintroduction of national performance management for the 18 week referral to treatment target, after prime minister David Cameron pledged to retain the limit.
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NewsHealth secretary sets sights on improved dementia care
Improving care for older people and support for those with dementia is a “personal priority” for the Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon, she has told a conference.
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NewsCameron to outline 'personal guarantees' on NHS
The prime minister will set out to reassure patients and healthcare professionals that the NHS remains safe in his hands by offering five personal “guarantees” at a keynote speech later today.
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NewsCentral reform principles are 'not controversial'
The principles at the centre of the proposed NHS reforms are not the cause of continued controversy and opposition.
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NewsNeurology care criticised by RCP
The standard of care for UK patients with conditions such as migraines, epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease is inadequate to support patient needs, according to a new report.
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Heart of England failing on handover times
PERFORMANCE: Heart of England Foundation Trust is failing to achieve 30 minute handovers in nearly half of cases.
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NHS Hastings and Rother achieves £4.6m surplus
FINANCE: The primary care trust has reported a surplus of £4.6m in 2010-11.
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Great Yarmouth and Waveney bids for SHA funds
FINANCE: The NHS in Great Yarmouth and Waveney’s bids to the regional health authority for funding have included a coordinated discharge and admissions team, according to board papers.
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Approval for Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent community provider delayed
STRUCTURE: The Department of Health has deferred the approval of a new organisation made up of the provider arms of NHS Stoke on Trent, NHS North Staffordshire, South Staffordshire PCT and adult social services from Staffordshire County Council.