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HSJ Local
NHS Somerset begins personal budget pilot
NHS Somerset has made its first direct payment for a personal health budget, as part of a national pilot programme.
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HSJ Local
Eight SUI investigations exceed time limit at Cumbria Partnership
PERFORMANCE: Eight serious untoward incident investigations (SUIs) at the foundation exceeded their 45 day time limit in 2010, a summary account of its latest board meeting shows.
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HSJ Local
Somerset community care divestment faces three-month delay
STRUCTURE: There is likely to be a three-month delay in authorisation for a new provider of community healthcare in the area because of the volume of referrals to Monitor, NHS Somerset has claimed.
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HSJ Local
Doncaster plans extension of new bariatric service
STRUCTURE: Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals Foundation Trust is planning to extend its bariatric surgery service which opened last year.
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NewsHinchingbrooke failing to protect patients, says CQC
Hinchingbrooke Healthcare Trust is failing to protect patients from “unsafe or inappropriate care, treatment and support”, the Care Quality Commission has ruled
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NewsBMA votes against rejecting entire Health Bill
The British Medical Association has voted not to reject the entire health bill in a secret ballot.
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HSJ Local
East Riding chair to lead Humber PCT cluster
WORKFORCE: East Riding of Yorkshire Primary Care Trust chair Karen Knapton is to be chair of the Humber PCT Cluster, incorporating Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire PCTs, and North East Lincolnshire Care Trust Plus.
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Hull chief executive to run Humber PCT cluster
WORKFORCE: Hull Teaching Primary Care Trust Christopher Long is to be chief executive of the Humber PCT Cluster, incorporating Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire PCTs, and North East Lincolnshire Care Trust Plus.
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Blogs
Prioritising mental health commissioning is brave, but it's also sensible
The decision to focus on mental health care, as Brighton GPs are doing, is indeed a brave one. But it is also one that makes a lot of business sense for any GP consortium, big or small, urban or rural, anywhere in England.
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Blogs
Replacing the 'irreplaceable'
If no one is indispensable, it is still vital an individual’s unique qualities are fully recognised to continue developing a strong staff, and an improving work ethic.
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NewsRejecting Health Bill will weaken doctors' influence, warns BMA chair
The British Medical Association’s council chairman has called for unity among the profession as doctors prepare to vote on their responses to the government’s health reforms
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NewsInfection control 'will be hit by nursing cuts'
Progress made in tackling hospital infections in Scotland could come under threat if nursing numbers are cut, representatives of the profession has warned.
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News'Presumed consent' proposal to Westminster withdrawn
A request to the UK government to introduce presumed consent for organ donation has been withdrawn by the Welsh Assembly.
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NewsMajor supermarket chains back responsibility deal
Seven of the country’s largest food retailers have joined the government’s controversial responsibility deal, which is aimed at improving public health while avoiding regulation.
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NewsPublic sector executives face performance reviewed pay
Executives in the public sector should have 10 per cent of their pay held back and awarded only through good performance at the end of the year, under “radical” proposals by a government-commissioned report.
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HSJ KnowledgeFinding efficient ways to maximise accident and emergency payments
Changes to the payments trusts receive for A&E services have the potential to cause financial difficulties. The Foundation Trust Network’s benchmarking team worked with 17 trusts to pinpoint how A&E departments can stay on the right side of the new rules. FTN director Sue Slipman explains.
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HSJ Local
NHS Surrey opens sexual assault referral centre
Structure: A new Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) has been officially opened in Surrey, which will be run by the private provider Harmoni.
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HSJ Local
Leicester City plans community beds procurement
COMMERCIAL: NHS Leicester City plans to undertake a procurement exercise to add extra beds to its community based provision.
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HSJ Local
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly provider arm seeks to become social enterprise
STRUCTURE: The provider arm of NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly plans to become a social enterprise by October.
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HSJ Local
Western Sussex Hospitals Trust reviews nurse skill mix
WORKFORCE: Western Sussex Hospitals is reviewing the skill mix among its nursing staff, after finding it has higher than average numbers of senior nurses compared to lower grades.