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NewsWaiting time standards toughened up under contract proposals
Tougher financial penalties will be imposed on trusts that fail to meet waiting time standards and commissioners’ freedom to waive penalties will be curbed under NHS England’s draft standard contract for 2015-16, which was published this week.
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NewsExclusive: CCGs criticise NHS England co-commissioning 'confusion'
The leaders of six clinical commissioning groups have written to NHS England criticising “apparent confusion and lack of clarity” in its proposals for primary care co-commissioning, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ PartnersNew CQC rating system: Regulating for success not failure?
When to challenge the CQC’s hospital ratings and why
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HSJ LocalMental health hospital stops accepting new patients following CQC concerns
A mental health hospital in Sussex has stopped accepting new routine patients following concerns raised by the Care Quality Commission during a recent inspection
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HSJ LocalProposed merger between Kent CCGs dropped
STRUCTURE: A proposed merger between two clinical commissioning groups in Kent has been dropped following indications from NHS England that CCG mergers will not be supported.
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HSJ LocalStrict conditions imposed on Medway following multiple inspections
PERFORMANCE: Stringent conditions have been placed on Medway Maritime Hospital following a third CQC inspection of its struggling accident and emergency department.
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NewsDeficit for NHS providers swells to £630m
The NHS provider sector has plunged further into the red, the latest figures from Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority show
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NewsHospital inspections in marginal seats could swing general election
Hospital inspections could play a role in deciding the outcome of next year’s general election, according to analysis shared exclusively with HSJ.
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NewsAspirant FTs could have option to become a mutual
NHS trusts could in future choose between becoming a foundation trust or an independent mutually owned company as the provider sector becomes increasingly ‘fluid and uncertain’, HSJ has been told.
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NewsPatients 'denied treatments' because of 'Kafkaesque' commissioning regime
Patients are being denied access to life changing treatments because parts of NHS England’s “Kafkaesque” commissioning regime appear to have ground to a halt, clinicians and charities have warned
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NewsUKIP candidate hits out at Medway chair
The UKIP parliamentary candidate criticised for using a picture of a hospital chief executive in election material has attacked the “extraordinary” intervention of the chair of Medway Foundation Trust
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HSJ Local
Kent organisations step in to relieve pressure on Medway
STRUCTURE: Medway Foundation Trust could see some of its work moved to a neighbouring trust to relieve pressure on the struggling organisation.
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CommentEnd Game: Homeopathy invasion
Simon Stevens fends off Commons quizzing on alternative medicine
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HSJ LocalControversial MSK contract award to be checked
FINANCE: A controversial £235m musculoskeletal contract awarded to private provider Bupa as part of a joint venture is to be independently scrutinised following concerns from Western Sussex Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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HSJ LocalFurther senior leadership changes at Medway
WORKFORCE: A member of University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust’s senior leadership team has taken a permanent post at Medway Foundation Trust in one of several changes to the troubled trust’s management.
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NewsFirst foundation trust authorisations in more than a year
Three NHS providers have been authorised as foundation trusts – the first time the status has been conferred in more than a year
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HSJ LocalVirgin clinic probed over 'large number' of waiting time breaches
PERFORMANCE: A Surrey breast screening centre run by Virgin Care Services is being investigated following a ‘large number’ of waiting times breaches.
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NewsCare 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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HSJ LocalEast Sussex CCG puts community contract out to tender
COMMERCIAL: High Weald Lewes Havens Clinical Commissioning has put its community services out to tender after serving notice on its part of a block contract.
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HSJ LocalCCGs ditch merger proposal
STRUCTURE: Four clinical commissioning groups in west Berkshire have dropped proposals to merge into one organisation, HSJ has learned.