News – Page 963
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Pay bill up at North Middlesex after A&E pressures
WORKFORCE: The paybill and spending on temporary staff is a “significant concern” after pressures on A&E at North Middlesex University Hospital Trust.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Consultancy faces conflict allegation over CQC report
The consultancy which found no evidence of an improper relationship between two regulators implicated in the Morecambe Bay care scandal has been accused of a conflict of interest.
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Epsom and St Helier miss Friends and Family Test data collection target
PERFORMANCE: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust has missed its friends and family test data collection target.
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Epsom and St Helier misses readmission target for 2012-13
PERFORMANCE: Epsom and St Helier has missed its readmission target for 2012-13, board papers reveal.
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Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals Trust plans landsale
FINANCE: Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals Trust is planning to sell off land at Elmbank.
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Three Birmingham trusts consider co-location
STRUCTURE: A specialist trust in Birmingham is considering moving onto the site of a major local acute hospital as part of a programme of closer working between providers in the city.
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York Teaching Hospital launches service for patients with learning disabilities
STRUCTURE: York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has launched a new service at Scarborough Hospital to help adults with learning disabilities receive support when they need hospital care.
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County Durham FT 'struggles' to hit A&E target
PERFORMANCE: Recent board papers from North Durham CCG warn that County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust is continuing to “struggle” to achieve performance in recent months against its A&E four hour target, with performance “significantly below 95 per cent”.
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NewsKelsey: NHS faces £30bn funding gap by 2020
The health service faces a £30bn funding gap by 2020, a major NHS England report due to be published next week will reveal.
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Basildon and Southend attempt to salvage pathology labs
FINANCE Two foundation trusts in Essex which face their pathology laboratories becoming financially unviable after a regional reconfiguration are looking for partners to form a commercial pathology venture.
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NewsMinisters give NHS new priorities in 'refreshed' mandate
Ministers have proposed a series of new priorities and targets for the NHS, and said they will press for the reform of GP and other out of hospital services.
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News'Courageous action' required to ensure NHS makes 75th birthday
As the NHS celebrates its 65th birthday, a study has warned it might not make it to its next milestone unless officials to take “courageous action” to transform the service.
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NewsExperts challenge data publication
Publishing surgeons’ performance data is “unlikely” to correctly identify poorly performing medics in some specialities, researchers have said.
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NewsLast chance to join HSJ's debate on 24/7 working
As HSJ’s ongoing conversation on how the NHS can deliver 24/7 working draws to a close, we are asking our readers to help us prioritise the more than 3,300 contributions already made.
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HSJ LocalCouncil goes to judicial review over minor injuries unit move
STRUCTURE: A council is at loggerheads with local NHS bodies after applying for a judicial review to block a plan to move a minor injuries unit to a new facility just two miles away.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England and CCG managers dodge fit and proper person test
Plans for a fit and proper person test for senior NHS managers will not apply to NHS England or clinical commissioning group staff, HSJ has been told.
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Barnsley Hospital has interim chief executive
WORKFORCE: Barnsley Hospital has appointed an interim chief executive to replace chief executive Paul O’Connor.
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Fareham and Gosport overspends on Portsmouth trust
FINANCE: Fareham and Gosport clinical commissioning group’s contract with Portsmouth Hospitals Trust was £1.5m over plan at the end of 2012-13.
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Barnet and Chase Farm predicts £16.4m deficit
FINANCE: Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals Trust is predicting ending this financial year with a £16.4m deficit.
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NewsHospital trust loses two chairs in eight days
A hospital trust is on its third chair in nine days after an interim chairman appointed by the NHS Trust Development Authority resigned three days into the job.