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NewsMonitor could be asked to examine £350m contract
A decision by NHS England to hand more than half of the country’s PET-CT imaging services to one company could be the subject of a formal complaint to market regulator Monitor, HSJ has learned.
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NewsOther areas consider mayors in exchange for devolution
The leaders of two combined authorities have revealed that they would be prepared to consider introducing elected mayors in exchange for the devolution of health and social care budgets.
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NewsNew health chief to oversee Manchester’s devolved budget
A new health and social care chief executive will be accountable for Greater Manchester’s £6bn devolved health and care budget, Manchester City Council chief executive Sir Howard Bernstein has said.
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NewsExclusive: NHS reorganisations ‘contribute’ to poor care, says Kirkup
NHS reorganisations are a ‘contributory factor’ in poor patient care, the chair of the independent inquiry into failings at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust has said.
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NewsKirkup calls for NHS trusts to face new openness duties
The Kirkup inquiry into care failures in Morecambe Bay has called for a new duty to be placed on NHS trust boards requiring them to publish the findings of any external investigations into their clinical services, governance or operations.
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HSJ LocalTrust revises infection control after suspected Ebola case
PERFORMANCE: Warrington and Halton Hospitals Foundation Trust has bolstered its infection control policies following the treatment of a suspected Ebola patient.
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HSJ LocalConstruction of new mental health facility underway
STRUCTURE: Building work has begun on a mental health facility in Leigh as part of 5 Boroughs Partnership Foundation Trust.
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HSJ LocalDischarge procedures under the microscope at Arrowe Park
QUALITY: Wirral University Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust is to review its discharge procedures next month in response to patient concerns that prompted a Care Quality Commission inspection.
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HSJ LocalWirral submits five-year plan as part of FT status bid
STRUCUTRE: Wirral Community Trust has moved a step closer to foundation status after giving the NHS Trust Development Authority a five-year integrated business plan.
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NewsExclusive: Manchester deal criticised for lack of GP involvement
Greater Manchester’s £6bn devolution deal has been criticised for excluding GPs from consultation about the new arrangements.
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NewsManchester NHS calls for regulation shake-up after devolution deal
NHS providers across Greater Manchester have called for a ‘new set of relationships’ with health regulators to underpin the newly agreed £6bn devolution of commissioning responsibilities to the conurbation.
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HSJ LocalCCG restructure to create four streams of work
STUCTURE: South Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group plans to restructure of its ways of working to achieve more efficient delivery of ‘commissioning intentions and transformation projects’.
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NewsOsborne: Manchester's health deal sets trail for other areas
The chancellor has said the signing of the £6bn deal to bring together health and social care budgets in Greater Manchester, overseen by an elected mayor, has ‘set a trail for the rest of the country to follow’.
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NewsManchester health devolution could be 'recipe for disaster', local government source warns
Giving Greater Manchester control over the region’s £6bn health budget could be ‘a recipe for disaster’, a senior local government source in the conurbation has warned.
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Updated: Greater Manchester aims to be new care models 'trailblazer'
The Greater Manchester area will be a ‘trailblazer’ for developing new models of care, and will be one of the first places to access two national transformation funds worth a combined £450m, according to draft proposals that emerged today.
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NewsComplex governance questions remain over Manchester devolution plan
Complex questions of governance and accountability will have to be resolved over the coming year to allow the proposed full delegation of primary care and specialised commissioning budgets to Greater Manchester by April 2016.
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NewsGreater Manchester stakes claim to 'lead regulation' of providers
Greater Manchester has staked a claim to take on responsibility for regulating local providers, under new plans to devolve sweeping powers over health and social care services to the region.
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NewsUpdated: Burnham warns Manchester plans could mean 'another reorganisation'
Shadow secretary Andy Burnham has warned plans to devolve £6bn of health and social care funding to Greater Manchester could mean “another reorganisation”.
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NewsRevealed: Details of £6bn Manchester health devolution plan
Radical plans for Greater Manchester to take control of £6bn of health and social care spending will be overseen by a new statutory body from April 2016, according to draft plans obtained by HSJ.