All articles by Will Hazell – Page 19
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Heart of England chief executive secondment 'in line' with Dalton review
STRUCTURE: The chief executive being seconded to turn around Heart of England Foundation Trust has said his appointment is an example of the recommendations of the Dalton review into the provider sector being put into practice.
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CQC rejects accusations of Hinchingbrooke bias
The leaders of the Care Quality Commission team that rated Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust ‘inadequate’ today issued a strong rejection of claims that their inspection was biased.
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Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh chief seconded to lead Heart of England
WORKFORCE: Andrew Foster, the chief executive of Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Foundation Trust, is to be seconded to Heart of England Foundation Trust as interim chief executive.
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Circle to challenge 'inadequate' Hinchingbrooke rating
Circle is to challenge the ‘inadequate’ rating Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust was given by the Care Quality Commission.
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Midlands trust chief executive to retire
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust has announced she will retire later this year.
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Relations between Devon health organisations 'strained', TDA chief admits
COMMERCIAL: Relations between a Devon trust and its local clinical commissioning group are ‘strained’, the chief executive of the NHS Trust Development Authority has said.
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Mid Cheshire rated 'good' by CQC
Mid Cheshire Hospitals Foundation Trust has been rated “good” by the Care Quality Commission.
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Co-commissioning specialised services will lead to 'poorer access', group claims
Plans for NHS England to co-commission specialised services with clinical commissioning groups will lead to ‘poorer access’ because the ‘vast majority’ of services will be exposed to ‘competing local pressures’, a group representing patient organisations has claimed.
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Exclusive: 'Deeply troubling' emails sent from Healthwatch England to CQC during tender
The chief executive of Healthwatch England emailed the Care Quality Commission during a live tender, enquiring whether the regulator’s procurement process could be flexed to help local Healthwatch bidders, HSJ has learned.
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Updated: Hinchingbrooke in special measures after care judged 'inadequate'
Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust has been placed in special measures after the Care Quality Commission rated it ‘inadequate’ on the questions of whether it is caring, safe and well led.
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Monitor proposes lower threshold for investigations into FT finances
Monitor is consulting on lowering the threshold at which investigations into foundation trusts’ finances can be triggered.
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Single trust responsible for over half of national 12 hour waits
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust had 100 patients waiting over 12 hours in accident and emergency, accounting for more than half of such waiters nationally, figures for the last three months of 2014 reveal.
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North East trust to shed payroll jobs by outsourcing service
COMMERCIAL: A North East trust has announced it is outsourcing payroll services to a trust in Lancashire, affecting up to 37 members of staff.
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Exclusive: Trust launches first self-funded nursing course to tackle shortage
WORKFORCE: A North West trust has partnered with a local university to launch the first degree course to offer student nursing places not commissioned by Health Education England.
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CCGs must set targets for reducing health inequalities
Clinical commissioning groups will have to set targets for reducing health inequalities and improving outcomes for health and wellbeing, under the 2015-16 planning guidance.
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Clatterbridge to reconfigure cancer care after ‘resounding’ public support
STRUCTURE: A specialist cancer trust in Merseyside is pressing ahead with plans to build a new centre in Liverpool.
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NHS England drops treatments scorecard following legal threat
NHS England has dropped a controversial scorecard that was supposed to help it make decisions about whether to fund treatments for a number of rare conditions
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CQC needs to increase inspection workforce by 66pc in one year
The Care Quality Commission is still 559 inspectors short of the total number it thinks it needs by the end of next year.
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Shelford Group trust rated 'requires improvement' by CQC
Imperial College Healthcare Trust has become the first Shelford Group trust to be rated ‘requires improvement’ by the Care Quality Commission.
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NEW Devon drops plans to restrict surgery for smokers and obese patients
Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group has dropped controversial ‘rationing’ plans that would have restricted elective surgery to smokers and obese patients.