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Exclusive: Surge in hospitals predicting deficits as total exceeds £200m
NHS trusts are predicting a deficit of more than £200m in this financial year, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsExclusive interview: CQC chair admits mistake over release of Morecambe Bay names
The Care Quality Commission made a mistake in not initially publishing the names of those implicated in the alleged cover up over Morecambe Bay, the chair of the regulator has admitted to HSJ.
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NewsMinister pledged NHS Choices will be re-tendered before March 2014
Lord Howe has given “assurances” to private firms that a procurement exercise to outsource the NHS Choices website will take place before March 2014, HSJ has learned.
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Ambulance handovers fall at Gloucester Hospitals FT
PERFORMANCE: There were 196 delayed ambulance handover delays at Gloucester Hospitals Foundation Trust in April.
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CQC lifts medicines management concern at Gloucestershire Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has found Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust to be compliant with standards on medicines management again after the trust closed the offending ward.
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Plans for Bristol and Bath vascular network
STRUCTURE: North Bristol Trust’s Southmead hospital is likely to be the centre of a new vascular network across Bristol, Bath, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset.
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NewsChanges to role of FT governors spark 'confusion'
Guidance for foundation trust governors which appears to suggest they should go straight to the Care Quality Commission with any concerns is adding to growing confusion over their role, HSJ has been told.
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Budget tops £400m for North West Surrey CCG
FINANCE: North West Surrey Commissioning Group has a budget allocation of £403.2m for the 2013-14 financial year.
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Surrey Downs CCG budget tops £320m
FINANCE: Surrey Downs Clinical Commissioning Group has a total budget of £321m for the 2013-14 financial year.
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Guildford and Waverley CCG sets budget targets
FINANCE: NHS Guildford and Waverley Clinical Commissioning Group has a total budget of around £230m for the 2013-14 financial year.
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Budget of over £230m for NE Hampshire and Farnham CCG
FINANCE: North East Hampshire and Farnham Clinical Commissioning Group has an initial budget of just over £236m for 2013-14.
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Commissioners and providers ‘map’ west Kent services
STRUCTURE: Commissioners and providers in west Kent are attempting to draw up a future picture of the “modern, efficient healthcare system” needed by their population.
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West Kent CCG sets out future ‘vision’ for local services
STRUCTURE: A “vision for health” in west Kent has been produced by the area’s NHS commissioners.
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Mobile blood teams under threat in West Sussex
STRUCTURE: Plans to axe two mobile blood collection units in West Sussex have been criticised by unions.
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NewsConfusion over plans to ease out Morecambe Bay chief nurse
Scandal-hit University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay’s plans to move its chief nurse to another foundation trust were thrown into confusion today when the would-be recipient said it had not agreed to the move.
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Queen Victoria Hospital chair given OBE
WORKFORCE: Peter Griffiths, chair of Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, has been awarded a CBE in recognition of services to healthcare.
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NewsDoctors 'not empowered by reforms'
Almost two-thirds of doctors feel less “empowered” than they did before the government’s controversial health reforms, a new poll suggests.
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NewsPoulter links Morecambe Bay scandal to Mid Staffs
Health minister Dan Poulter has linked the NHS scandal in Morecambe Bay to the previous care scandal in Mid Staffordshire, saying in both cases a “rotten culture” took hold at the hospitals.
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NewsCall for evidence on longer working
Healthcare employers and workers are being asked for views on the impact on staff of working into their 60s as part of a review that could pave the way for employers to make increased contributions for staff in particularly demanding roles.
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Royal Free breaches 2012-13 C Difficile target
PERFORMANCE: The Royal Free London Foundation Trust breached the C Difficile target it had been set for 2012-13.