All Strategic health authorities (SHAs) articles – Page 2
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PCTs begin new wave of redundancies
Eight hundred primary care trust staff are likely to lose their jobs in the West Midlands and Greater Manchester, HSJ has learned, heralding the start of a final round of job cuts in the transition to the new NHS structure.
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Spending on mental health falls for first time in 10 years
Overall spending on adult mental health services has fallen in real terms for the first time in a decade.
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Would-be candidates excluded from top commissioning board clinical posts
National clinical directors and other likely candidates are being excluded from applying to key posts in the NHS Commissioning Board.
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Decision due on Leicester maternity plans
A £3.5m plan to relieve pressure on maternity services in Leicester is to be put before strategic health authority bosses next month.
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HSJ Local
Cash problems scupper Wye Valley FT bid
FINANCE: Wye Valley Trust has paused its application for foundation trust status amid growing financial problems it has emerged.
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HSJ Local
Coventry and Warwickshire gets FT support from SHA
PERFORMANCE: The Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust has told HSJ it has secured the backing of the Midlands SHA to go through to the next step of its bid to become a foundation trust.
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Exclusive: commissioning board offices 'to match old SHAs'
There are set to be 27 local arms of the NHS Commissioning Board, it has been confirmed.
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HSJ Local
Royal college criticises SHA for moving mental health funds
FINANCE: The president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists has said she is “deeply concerned” by a strategic health authority’s decision to cut a mental health budget in favour of cancer spending.
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HSJ Local
£300m contract out for Midlands pathology services
STRUCTURE: Community pathology services across the Midlands could undergo a major reorganisation, the publication of a £300m tender document has revealed.
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HSJ Local
Ipswich's chief executive heads for SHA cluster
WORKFORCE: Ipswich Hospital Trust’s chief executive has announced his departure.
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HSJ Knowledge
What are the alternatives to foundation trust status?
Jeremy Roper looks at the options facing NHS trusts if they fail to meet the Department of Health’s foundation status deadline.
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HSJ Local
SHA launches video to 'stop the pressure'
PERFORMANCE: NHS Midlands and East has launched a new computer generated video on social website YouTube to highlight its campaign to prevent avoidable pressure ulcers.
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Paul Zollinger-Read to join Bupa
Paul Zollinger-Read, a key figure in the world of commissioning, will leave the NHS after more than 20 years to join Bupa as its group medical director, it was announced today.
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PCTs must not focus on ‘fantastic’ pasts
Handover documents produced by primary care trusts have focused too much on past achievements and not enough on concerns for the future, the official overseeing the transition to the new commissioning system has told HSJ.
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National NHS surplus rises by £329m
The NHS is on course to finish the year with a surplus of more than £1.5bn - £300m more than originally planned - HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ Local
Independent probe underway of Pennine Acute FT bid
PERFORMANCE: An independent review has been commissioned of the trust’s progress towards foundation status, the NHS North of England finance director reported.
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HSJ Local
Southern NHS trusts undershoot financial plan
FINANCE: NHS trusts in the South of England are forecasting a combined surplus nearly 10 per cent lower than target.
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Letters on PCT and SHA staff transfers sent today
Primary care trust and strategic health authority staff across England are today being sent letters explaining where their function is to be transferred to in the restructured NHS.
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PCT staff letters to omit passage on clarity
Official letters to be sent to primary care trust staff about the future of their jobs this month have undergone a change in wording, with passages discussing an ongoing lack of clarity removed from the text.
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Exclusive: DH letters to staff admit 'no clarity' on jobs
The Department of Health has given NHS managers a choice of two letters to send staff this month on the future of their roles – one of which is to be used in cases where there is still “no clarity” on what will happen to their jobs.