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HSJ LocalCCG names preferred bidder for Sussex community services contract
COMMERCIAL: Sussex Community Trust has been named as the preferred bidder for a community services contract in East Sussex.
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HSJ LocalTrust with £17m deficit launches resignation scheme
WORKFORCE: St George’s University Hospitals Foundation Trust has started a round of mutually agreed resignations after its finances deteriorated sharply at the beginning of the year.
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NewsRevealed: Third of councils cut Healthwatch budgets
Healthwatch England has demanded explanations from councils that have imposed deep funding cuts on its local groups this year.
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NewsExclusive: Bailouts top £870m as trusts struggle to pay bills
The Department of Health issued £874m in bailouts to trusts in 2014-15, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalBarts medical director resigns
The medical director at Barts Health Trust has become the latest executive director to leave the trust, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalStruggling FT threatened with 'leadership change'
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has threatened a troubled foundation trust with leadership change if it fails to produce robust plans to recover its finances.
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Mental health trust improves safety and quality of services
PERFORMANCE: Southern Health Foundation Trust has improved the quality and safety of its services, regulators have found.
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News£2bn acute deficit may mean ‘real trouble’ for frontline services
Experts have warned that patients could end up waiting longer for treatment as acute trusts try to tackle an expected overall deficit of more than £2bn this year.
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HSJ LocalNHS 111 procurement abandoned in West Midlands
COMMERCIAL: The procurement of a new NHS 111 service to span 16 clinical commissioning groups in the West Midlands has been abandoned after no ‘acceptable’ bids were put forward.
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NewsCall to extend hepatitis C drugs access after £190m funding boost
A charity has called for NHS England to allow all hepatitis C patients to access new treatments. It comes after the arm’s length body announced a much delayed commissioning policy for cirrhosis.
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NewsNHS England: Digital plans 'could save £10bn'
Plans to roll out the use of digital technology in the health service could result in efficiency savings up to £10bn by 2020, work conducted for NHS England has estimated.
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HSJ LocalRoyal Free considers joint venture with specialist trust
STRUCTURE: The Royal Free London Foundation Trust is considering a joint venture with a specialist orthopaedic hospital trust.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Special measures trust faces group legal action by patients
A trust in special measures is facing collective legal action from more than a dozen patients and families. It comes amid allegations of systemic failure which contributed to poor care, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHS England admits 'rush' to spend GP premises fund
NHS England has signalled it will adopt a ‘strategic approach’ in its use of a £1bn fund for primary care premises, admitting that the first year of investment had been a ‘rush’.
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NewsDH considers cap on legal costs for negligence claims
The Department of Health is considering a cap on legal costs for clinical negligence claims against NHS organisations.
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NewsEverington: 'Equal number' of consultants as GPs should sit on CCGs
As many medical consultants as GPs should sit on the governing bodies of their local clinical commissioning groups, a member on HSJ’s Future of NHS Leadership inquiry has said.
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HSJ LocalBarts interim finance director replaced
WORKFORCE: Barts Health Trust has appointed a new interim finance director, to replace a departing interim.