All articles by Nick Renaud-Komiya – Page 15
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Monitor investigates Berkshire acute trust
PERFORMANCE: The regulator Monitor has launched an investigation into Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust following concerns about its waiting time data.
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Specialised services face £5bn gap
CCGs will take on responsibility for commissioning at least two of the six specialised service areas whose growth has placed the greatest strain on the specialised services budget
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CQC hails care improvements at Bournemouth hospital
PERFORMANCE: Regulators have welcomed improvements in the quality of services provided by Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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Yeovil signs estate partnership deal to create 'health campus'
PERFORMANCE: A small South West foundation trust has established a “strategic estate partnership” to fund and manage a new “health campus”, featuring a GP practice and nursing home.
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Community services spin-out agrees new staff terms
WORKFORCE: A community services provider which spun out of the NHS three years ago has announced new terms for all its staff including a 1 per cent pay rise and access to the NHS pension.
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FTs will resist forced expenditure on primary care
Foundations trusts will ‘furiously resist’ any attempt to push them into ploughing their accumulated surpluses into primary care as envisaged by the NHS Five Year Forward View
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GE Healthcare buys governance consultancy
The UK consultancy arm of GE Healthcare, one the world’s largest health technology firms, has acquired governance consultants Foresight Partnership
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NHS bailouts under fire in 'deeply alarming' NAO study
Government bailouts for financially troubled hospitals have come under fire in a report laying bare the deteriorating financial state of the NHS
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South west trusts pay course fees in exchange for contracts
WORKFORCE: A group of five acute south west trusts have agreed to pay the course fees of physician associate trainees in return for two years’ service as part of a drive to ease workforce pressures.
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Exclusive: Private provider admits 'human error' in NHS eye procedures
NHS patients who underwent eye surgery at a private hospital suffered complications because of an overdose of an antibiotic used during their cataract procedures, an investigation has found.
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Many hospital spells wrongly priced, finds official review
Around 7 per cent of acute spells are priced incorrectly due to clinical coding errors, a study has found.
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Somerset trust waiting times prompt Monitor probe
PERFORMANCE: The regulator Monitor has launched an investigation into a south west acute trust due to concerns over the number of patients waiting longer than 18 weeks for elective treatment.
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Stevens considers 'freeing up' funds for 'service change'
Simon Stevens has indicated part of NHS funding could be designated to be spent on investment to ‘kick start service change’
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Tariff consultation delayed
The publication of a consultation document for the 2015-16 national tariff payment system has been delayed by three weeks, officials have confirmed.
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CCG leaders attack ‘unjustifiable’ funding differences
FINANCE: The leaders of three Berkshire clinical commissioning groups have written to MPs to say that the level of variation in the funding of local commissioners “simply cannot be justified”.
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Monitor investigates Wiltshire trust’s finances
FINANCE: The regulator Monitor has opened an investigation into Great Western Hospitals Foundation Trust as a result of the provider’s ongoing financial problems.
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Stevens plans 'much faster progress' to CCG target funding
The NHS England chief executive has said he wants to make “much faster progress” to clinical commissioning groups receiving their target funding allocations.
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Care UK surgery growth 'slower' than expected
A prominent private provider of elective surgery to the NHS has seen a ‘slower’ than expected growth in demand for its services, despite the government’s £250m drive to clear waiting lists.
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Patient groups welcome mental health chief’s departure from review panel
PERFORMANCE: Charities and patient groups have welcomed a mental health trust boss’s decision to withdraw from an expert panel examining patient centred care, arguing she was an inappropriate choice for the role.
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Ambulance service to stay on as out-of-hours provider
COMMERCIAL: South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust is to continue to provide out-of-hours services in Gloucestershire after winning a fresh contract, it has announced.