News – Page 976
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Walsall delays FT bid over Mid Staffs
PERFORMANCE: Walsall Healthcare Trust has delayed applying for foundation trust status while it awaits the outcome of decisions over Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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Oxfordshire council and CCG to step up pooled budget
FINANCE: Oxfordshire’s clinical commissioning group and county council are planning to nearly double the size of their pooled budget for older people.
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Nottinghamshire GPs absent at child protection meetings
PERFORMANCE: Nottinghamshire GPs are failing to attend crucial child protection meetings, reveals a report to Rushcliffe CCG.
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Nottingham chairman to stand down
WORKFORCE: Dr Peter Barrett, chair of Nottingham University Hospitals Trust, is to step down on 1 July after seven years.
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Delivery suite revamp complete at Worthing Hospital
STRUCTURE: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust has announced the completion of a £350,000 project to improve the delivery suite at Worthing Hospital, including the opening of a new birthing pool.
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CCG explores dedicated phone line and email for GP complaints
PERFORMANCE: A telephone line and email account could be set up for GPs in Milton Keynes to raise concerns on behalf of their patients.
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NewsNHS England probes 'new urgent care system'
NHS England was today expected to set out the next stage of a review of urgent and emergency care services.
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NewsCQC to begin consultation on new inspection regime
The Care Quality Commission was today due to launch a consultation on a new inspection regime, including a “charter of rights” for patients.
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Bolton FT's financial governance is slammed
Bolton Foundation Trust’s financial governance is “inadequate” in all areas, according to a devastating independent assessment seen by HSJ.
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Guy's and St Thomas' gets £13.1m in Project Diamond funding
FINANCE: Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust received £13.1m in Project Diamond funding in 2012-13, finance papers released under the Freedom of Information Act reveal.
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Foreign exchange rate boosts private work at Guy's and St Thomas'
COMMERCIAL: Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust has seen an upsurge in private work from abroad because of the relatively weak pound on the currency market.
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Fines expected for King's for Lewisham year-plus waiters
PERFORMANCE: Fines are expected for King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust after 11 Lewisham patients waited more than a year for procedures.
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Royal Free will reveal merger case in July
STRUCTURE: The Royal Free London Foundation Trust is due to unveil its outline business case for taking over another trust in July, HSJ has learned.
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Cambridge University Hospitals appoints interim chief nurse
WORKFORCE Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust has appointed a new interim chief nurse, the trust has announced.
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NewsIntegrated care has cross-Whitehall backing
Government departments including the Treasury, the Department for Communities and Local Government and the Department of Health are “committed” to integrating health and social care, a top health official has insisted.
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Central and North West London Foundation Trust chair to step down
WORKFORCE: The chair of Central and North West London Foundation Trust will step down and be replaced by a new chair in November.
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New midwifery-led unit for Bristol
STRUCTURE: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust is opening a new midwifery-led birthing unit at St Michael’s hospital in the city.
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NewsOpt-out doctors 'will be named'
Doctors who decide not to disclose details of their performance will be “named and shamed” by the government, it has emerged.
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NewsOut-of-hours confusion highlighted
More than two in five people have no idea how to contact their GP out-of-hours service, a poll suggests.
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West London Mental Health Trust sicknes rate above average
WORKFORCE: A report to the board of West London Mental Health Trust said the organisation had an “accumulative sickness absence rate [of] 4.9 per cent for 2012-13 [for the year to date].