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Foundation trusts: a history
HSJ charts the major events from the creation of foundation trusts to their current form today.
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NewsCorporate skills required for foundation trust governance
Boards require the skills of blue-chip firms to deal with the risks that come with foundation status. Alison Moore examines how trusts have adapted to make the most of their freedoms
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NewsFoundation trusts challenged to use freedoms
The foundation trust sector is celebrating its achievements in the five years since its creation - but NHS chief executive David Nicholson has said the trusts have much more to do.
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PCTs demand end to community foundation trust pilot
Primary care trust provider arms are calling on the Department of Health to drop the community foundation trust pilot scheme and allow them to apply for foundation status on a level playing field.
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London PCT and council to share chief executive
Hammersmith and Fulham primary care trust and the London borough of Hammersmith and Fulham are to begin operating with a joint chief executive and integrated management team.
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Accountancy change means LIFT schemes could be squeezed
The Audit Commission has ruled that most primary care buildings funded by private finance initiative-style schemes, worth £1.34bn in total, should be moved onto NHS balance sheets this April.
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Super trusts to join up acute and primary care
Academic health science centres should lead to better integration of primary and secondary care, leaders of two of London’s centres believe.
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Integrated care will be tested by only 16 organisations
Just 16 organisations have made it onto the Department of Health’s integrated care pilot scheme.
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Bullying 'permeating' patient care, warns Healthcare Commission
A bullying culture in the NHS is “permeating the delivery of care”, Healthcare Commission chair Sir Ian Kennedy has told HSJ.
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NewsInfections fines may put Leeds trust at risk of financial deficit
Leeds Teaching Hospitals could be the first trust to fall into deficit because of fines levied by the primary care trust for failure to bring hospital infections under control.
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Care Quality Commission officially launched
The NHS Confederation has welcomed the launch of the Care Quality Commission on the day of its official launch.
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National quality board to study standards warning system
The national quality board is investigating how the NHS identifies potential failings in light of the serious problems at Mid Staffordshire foundation trust linked to up to 1,200 deaths.
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NewsPay award creates them and us culture, say NHS managers
The government’s decision to impose a 1.5 per cent pay rise on NHS board directors is divisive and “wrong”, managers are arguing.
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NewsHealthcare Commission criticises older people's mental healthcare
Older people with mental health concerns are often denied the full range of services offered to the young
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NewsPatient outcomes linked to nursing staff levels
The more nurses that a trust employs per bed the fewer of its patients are likely to die or to experience long hospital stays.
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Failed asylum seekers have no right to free healthcare
Failed asylum seekers are not entitled to free treatment on the NHS, but trusts can decide to treat people if they cannot afford to pay for it, Appeal Court judges have ruled.
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NHS told to help staff get healthier
NHS organisations have been told to follow private companies’ example to help their staff get fitter - and save the health service an estimated £1bn a year.
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London unveils diabetes strategy
Healthcare for London has unveiled a three year strategy to transform diabetes care in the capital.
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NewsWeak pound triggers pharmaceutical supply shortages
Pharmacists could ask the Department of Health to reopen negotiations on their contract following supply shortages triggered by the pound’s low value.
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NHS failing in duty to help tackle knife crime
Less than one in five hospital trusts are sharing information with the police on stabbings, the Liberal Democrats have claimed.