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NewsCarter review: the 15 recommendations
The 15 core recommendations of the Carter Review on hospital productivity at a glance.
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NewsExecutive Summary: St George's needs some marvellous medicine
Today’s must read health stories and debate
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NewsDepartment of Health to slash up to 650 jobs
Department of Health to cut up to 650 jobs DH will relocate staff from three London offices, including Richmond House, to new premises at 39 Victoria Street Job cuts and estate consolidation designed to help DH reduce its costs by 30 per cent The Department of Health is ...
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NewsMonitor: ‘No breakdown’ in FT approval process
Report criticises Monitor, FT and audit firm Monitor claims “no evidence of a breakdown in its provider appraisal process” Monitor accepts recommendations to approve key assurance processes for new FTs A report into how a large hospital provider was authorised as a foundation trust shortly before declaring a ...
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HSJ LocalFT’s deficit slide remains a mystery after damning leadership report
Extracts of report make serious criticisms of trust’s financial management Report said “it was difficult to understand” why governance issues were not picked up earlier Trust refuses to release full 350 page review into how it ended up with £17m deficit FINANCE: St George’s University Hospitals Foundation Trust ...
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NewsDalton 'disappointed' BMA has 'refused to negotiate' on Saturday working
Sir David Dalton has written directly to junior doctors ahead of next week’s 24 hour strike, revealing more details from the government’s negotiations with the British Medical Association.
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HSJ LocalLoser of £126m tender challenges commissioners
COMMERCIAL: One of the losers in a £126m community services tender has written to commissioners to query their methodology.
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HSJ LocalWorcestershire CCGs ink three year commissioning support deal
Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit wins contract to provide services to Worcestershire’s CCGs Three year contract worth £5.6m Tender awarded through NHS England’s lead provider framework COMMERCIAL: Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit has been named as the preferred provider of support services to Worcestershire’s three clinical ...
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NewsExclusive: Spike in NHS block contracts raises private sector concerns
Data shows 37 per cent increase in value of block contracts for planned care over past three years Growth in block contracts mainly in public sector providers, London and the South King’s College Hospital, Guys’ and St Thomas’, and Cambridge University Hospitals among those seeing steepest growth in block ...
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NewsExecutive Summary: HSJ readers sniff out Hunt's red herring
Today’s must read health policy stories and debate
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HSJ LocalMorecambe Bay vanguard sets out ‘accountable care’ ambition
Better Care Together project is part of the national vanguard programme Work seen as crucial to future of University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay FT Current system “trapped in annual contracting cycles” and payment models with the wrong incentives STRUCTURE: Health leaders in Morecambe Bay will look to establish ...
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NewsCPS to review handling of NHS corporate manslaughter case
First ever corporate manslaughter case against an NHS trust collapsed last week Prosecution related to the death of primary school teacher Frances Cappuccini, who died in October 2012 after giving birth by emergency caesarean section Trust has accepted some shortcomings in care and a clinical negligence claim was made ...
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HSJ LocalPharma companies banned from sponsoring CCG's events
South Warwickshire CCG leaders will no longer allow drug companies to sponsor its events Change driven by recent media reports and staff concerns that pharma representatives at events had “little benefit” COMMERCIAL: Pharmaceutical companies will no longer be allowed to sponsor events organised by South Warwickshire Clinical Commissioning ...
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NewsFifteen trusts asked to pay executives more than prime minister
Fifteen trusts applied for permission to pay an executive more than the prime minister Providers must get Treasury approval for salaries above £142,500 NHS Improvement leaders say finding the right managers is biggest problem facing providers Fifteen trusts have applied for permission to pay at least one board ...
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NewsHEE chief: Spending review cuts led to fewer nurse places
Ian Cumming says Health Education England would have “almost certainly” commissioned more nurse training places for 2016-17 Failure to tackle poor staff retention is biggest risk factor to delivering HEE’s planned workforce growth HEE fears NHS employers’ workforce predictions are not in line with new care models Health ...
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News'Clear objectives' needed before health devolution
Areas should shun health devolution if integration initiatives with social care are working well.
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News£1.2bn contracts tender paused following Cambridgeshire fiasco
Staffordshire CCGs pause awards of outcomes based contracts Controversial cancer and end of life care deals worth £1.2bn combined NHS England instructed local leaders to wait for Cambridgeshire review The largest outcomes based contracting tender exercise in the country has been paused in response to the collapse of ...
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HSJ LocalHealth on the back burner in southern devolution bid
Complex integration left to later stage by Surrey, East and West Sussex
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HSJ LocalThousands of patients adrift on specialist trust waiting lists
Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt FT has identified 14,500 follow-up patients beyond their due date More than 1,200 planned patients had no date or a date that had been missed Monitor to appoint improvement director to oversee recovery plan PATIENT SAFETY: Thousands of patients at a specialist acute ...