News – Page 722
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HSJ LocalLeading North West FTs to create 'foundation chain'
STRUCTURE: Work has started to create a ‘foundation chain’ between two leading hospital trusts in the North West, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ LocalLondon and Kent trusts team up for vanguard bid
STRUCTURE: Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust has put forward an acute care vanguard bid in partnership with Dartford and Gravesham Trust. It would see the London teaching hospital become a ‘system leader’.
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NewsExecutive Summary: Redrawing the lines
HSJ’s roundup of the day’s key stories and talking points
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NewsExclusive: Public thinks seven day services needed for convenience not safety, survey shows
The public’s main interest in NHS seven day working is convenience rather than safety, a new poll indicates.
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NewsMonitor: Out of hospital care ‘no panacea’ for demand pressure
Monitor has warned providers that schemes to move care out of hospital are not guaranteed to reduce costs or demand pressure.
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NewsExclusive Hunt interview: CQC ratings have replaced FT status as ‘definition of success’
The mark of quality for an NHS provider is no longer foundation trust status, but the award of a ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ rating by the Care Quality Commission, the health secretary has said.
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NewsThe NHS has 'too many trusts', says Hunt
Jeremy Hunt has said there are ‘too many trusts’ in the NHS and the health service needs to ‘up the pace’ of work on hospital chains and other provider reforms.
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NewsHunt to give 2015 HSJ annual lecture
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt will give the second HSJ annual lecture in October.
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NewsExecutive Summary: 'We are taking this case very seriously'
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NewsExclusive: Hunt orders investigation of 'regulatory gap' baby death case
The health secretary has promised an independent investigation of the death of a baby whose ‘incredibly distressing’ case highlighted a regulatory ‘gap’ in the NHS’s ability to probe historic complaints.
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NewsVanguards reveal transformation plans and barriers to change
The urgent and emergency care vanguards are overhauling 111 systems and moving activity out of hospital, but the constraints of finance and workforce shortages are a concern, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ LocalKeogh trust to exit special measures after two years
QUALITY: The Care Quality Commission has recommended that Tameside Hospital Foundation Trust comes out of special measures.
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NewsExecutive Summary: Manchester's test for the market
HSJ’s roundup of the day’s essential news and comment
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NewsExclusive: Norman Lamb to chair mental health commission
Norman Lamb will chair a commission looking at the links between poor mental health, public services and the economy, set up by local authorities in the West Midlands, they have confirmed to HSJ.
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NewsUpdated: Greater Manchester CCGs set up shared support service
Clinical commissioning groups in Greater Manchester have established a shared support service function.
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HSJ LocalShelford Group chief takes on new role with tech firm
WORKFORCE: The departing chief executive of Oxford University Hospitals Trust, Sir Jonathan Michael, is to move to an IT software firm.
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NewsHigh profile treatments cut from cancer drugs fund
High profile cancer treatments including Roche’s Kadcyla and Avastin are to be removed from the cancer drugs fund.
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NewsExecutive Summary: Not a bad stint for a 'caretaker'
HSJ’s daily digest of the top stories and talking points
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HSJ LocalLondon devo bid targets more control over primary care
FINANCE: A London-wide proposal to take on devolved powers for health and social care will be submitted to the Treasury today.