News – Page 747
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HSJ LocalMonitor launches investigation into Southend's finances
FINANCE: Monitor has launched an investigation into the financial sustainability of Southend University Hospital Foundation Trust.
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NewsUpdated: Monitor to review consultancy contracts above £50k
Foundation trusts wanting to spend more than £50,000 on a management consultancy contract will have the deal reviewed by Monitor, as part of new measures announced today.
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NewsHealth secretary launches crackdown on NHS executive pay
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has ordered an immediate review of executive pay at every NHS hospital in England.
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HSJ LocalCCG forecasts largest cumulative deficit
FINANCE: Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group is forecasting the largest cumulative deficit of any CCG to date.
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HSJ LocalFourth largest acute trust reveals £50m deficit forecast
One of the largest teaching hospitals in England is forecasting a year-end deficit of almost £50m, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ LocalLondon trust's deficit position slips by over £7m
FINANCE: A London acute and community care trust finished 2014-15 with an unexpected deficit of £7.3m.
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NewsCCGs told to fund more hospital activity
NHS England expects clinical commissioning groups to fund more hospital activity than initially planned this year, prompting concerns that this could undermine non-acute services intended to reduce emergency admissions.
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HSJ LocalTrust with 'sound financial record' forecasts £22m deficit
FINANCE: East Lancashire Hospitals Trust has forecast a deficit of more than £22m for this year.
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NewsExclusive: Vacancies fuel agency overspending by NHS trusts
Two-thirds of the spending on locum doctors employed in NHS trusts is being driven by the need to fill vacancies, analysis shared exclusively with HSJ reveals.
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NewsHunt to intervene on agency spending
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt will today unveil plans to cap agency and management consultancy spending by NHS trusts.
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HSJ LocalOccupational therapists join paramedics on some 999 calls
WORKFORCE: An ambulance service and acute trust in the North West have launched a pilot project in which occupational therapists respond to ‘low level’ 999 calls alongside paramedics.
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HSJ LocalCCG to decommission dementia nursing service
MENTAL HEALTH: A North East clinical commissioning group plans to decommission a specialist dementia nursing service and replace it with a carer support service.
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NewsAnalysis: CQC ratings align with staff satisfaction
Trusts rated well by the Care Quality Commission tend to have better scores in the NHS staff survey, HSJ analysis has found
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NewsSimon Stevens confirms 'collective' NHS action on agency spend
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has said the NHS will take collective action to tackle the high cost of agency spending in the NHS.
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NewsExecutive Summary: Five things to expect from Confed week
NHS top dogs are poised to spring their post-election priorities on the service, while the more lowly exchange anxieties, advice and cynicism. It will all be happening at the NHS Confederation conference. Here are five themes we can expect to feature.
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NewsMonitor sets out plan to enlist 'superbuddies'
Monitor plans to set up a framework agreement to allow high performing trusts to put themselves forward as potential “superbuddies” for failing counterparts, the regulator’s chief executive has revealed.
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NewsRevealed: £690m Staffordshire contract bidders discuss private led consortium
Negotiations are taking place to establish a private provider led consortium to take on a 10 year, £687m contract to integrate cancer services in Staffordshire.