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NewsMore CCGs tendering services due to fear over competition rules
More than 40 per cent of commissioners say their organisations are inviting competition for NHS services due solely to their concerns about controversial competition rules, an HSJ survey has found.
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NewsSurvey: Third of CCGs consider limiting access amid cash squeeze
More than a third of clinical commissioning groups are considering introducing limits on access or eligibility for services this year amid huge financial pressures, the latest HSJ survey of CCG leaders suggests.
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HSJ Local
Community trust enjoys high friends and family score
PERFORMANCE: Derbyshire Community Health Services Foundation Trust has scored highly for patient satisfaction in its first friends and family test responses since the survey was rolled out to community trusts in January.
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HSJ LocalSpecialist West Midlands trust plans for 'unprecedented' deficit
FINANCE: The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation Trust is planning for a financial deficit for the first time in its history.
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NewsAnalysis: CQC hospital ratings could swing 'must win' election battles
The general election could be decided by Care Quality Commission ratings of seven hospital trusts, analysis by HSJ reveals.
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HSJ LocalCCG to develop community teams based around GP lists
STRUCTURE: Herefordshire Clinical Commissioning Group is devising a new service model for community healthcare based around GP practice populations.
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HSJ LocalScunthorpe acute ward reopens after norovirus outbreak
PERFORMANCE: A ward at Scunthorpe General Hospital has reopened to new admissions after being hit with an outbreak of norovirus on 2 April.
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HSJ LocalEast Midlands trust launches drive for 140 nurses
WORKFORCE: Sherwood Forest Hospitals has announced plans to recruit 140 nurses to help improve patient care and reduce its use of agency staff.
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HSJ KnowledgeHit or miss: Lessons from the best and worst A&E performers
The overall picture shows some economies excelled, others struggled
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HSJ LocalNew £1.3m unit opened at Cannock Hospital
ACUTE CARE: A new £1.3m endoscopy unit is due to open at Cannock Chase Hospital today after investment from The Royal Wolverhampton Trust.
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HSJ LocalDoctor accountability helps trust bring down sepsis mortality
QUALITY: One of England’s largest teaching hospitals has achieved a dramatic turnaround in the care and survival of patients with sepsis after developing a tool to hold individual clinicians to account for their care.
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HSJ LocalWest Midlands trust misses backlog clearance deadline
PERFORMANCE: Walsall Healthcare Trust has missed its target to clear an elective care backlog by the end of March, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentThe 18 week target success will only be short lived
Using short term measures means it won’t last
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SupplementsIntegration supplement: Seamless synergy takes the right skills
Assembling the skillset for integrated care
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HSJ LocalKettering FT blames NHS England for stall in seven day plans
PERFORMANCE: A senior figure at Kettering General Hospital Foundation Trust has blamed the trust’s slow progress with its seven day service planning on a lack of engagement from NHS England and local commissioners.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhat the NHS can learn from engineering to improve doctor education
Essential non-technical skills all doctors need
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NewsGMC to review decision making in Dame Barbara Hakin investigation
The General Medical Council is to review a decision made during its investigation into complaints against NHS England national director Dame Barbara Hakin.
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HSJ LocalLincolnshire trust requests emergency DH bailout
FINANCE: Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals Foundation Trust has asked for one-off emergency loan from the Department of Health to help it deal with ‘unprecedented pressure’ on its finances.
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HSJ LocalTrust scraps patient parking fees after petitions
STRUCTURE: East Cheshire Trust has bowed to patient pressure and announced it will maintain free parking for visitors for up to four hours at its hospitals in Knutsford and Congleton.
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HSJ LocalChief executive of special measures trust resigns
The chief executive of one of the five trusts in special measures since 2013 has resigned.