All Health Service Journal articles in 7 October 2015
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HSJ LocalLeading London trust told to improve by CQC
PERFORMANCE: King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust has been rated ‘requires improvement’ after the Care Quality Commission found overcrowding in emergency departments and patients waiting for long periods.
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HSJ LocalOxfordshire's £175m mental health deal finally agreed
COMMERCIAL: Oxfordshire leaders have agreed the terms of a £175m outcomes based contract encompassing most adult mental health services in the county.
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HSJ LocalMental health contract could land CCGs with extra costs
COMMERCIAL: A controversial mental health procurement could land commissioners with added expense by leaving the existing provider, which bid unsuccessfully for the contract, with stranded costs, according to an external review.
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HSJ LocalRoyal Cornwall chief leaves for 'personal reasons'
WORKFORCE: Bill Shields, interim chief executive of Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust, has said he will step down at the end of the month for ‘personal and family reasons’.
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HSJ LocalMonitor: Heart of England £30m deficit ‘not acceptable’
FINANCE: Monitor has launched an investigation into the finances of one of the country’s largest acute trusts after it reported a £29.5m deficit in the first five months of the financial year.
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HSJ LocalDevon integrated care organisation goes live following merger
STRUCTURE: Two NHS trusts have merged to create an ‘integrated care organisation’ in Devon.
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NewsExecutive Summary: The beginning of the end of an era
HSJ’s roundup of the day’s must read stories
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Vanguards: More transformation funding 'critical' to success
Vanguard sites have warned that further rounds of transformation funding will be needed for next year and beyond to implement the Five Year Forward View. It comes despite there being no extra cash confirmed for the new care models project beyond March.
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NewsMapped: Every NHS England vanguard project
HSJ has mapped all 50 vanguards that will introduce new care models across the country. Explore the map to see what changes each vanguard intends to make.
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SupplementsSupplement: Think on your feet for the best diabetes care
Give medicines optimisation a chance
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SupplementsExcellent care supplement: Taking NHS standards to the next level
Effective management and evidence based care
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SupplementsSupplement: It's time to heal wound management
Rising numbers call for better management
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NewsExclusive: Treasury could replace free nursing education to boost workforce
Ministers could end free university education for student nurses in a bid to boost the numbers joining the NHS workforce, under proposals put forward by national education bodies.
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HSJ LocalVale of York to divert better care fund money
FINANCE: Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group has said that funding directed to the region’s better care fund from social care must be ploughed back into health providers to stop the local health economy deteriorating further.
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HSJ LocalFT chief executive appointment delayed amid Monitor investigation
WORKFORCE: A troubled foundation trust has delayed appointing a chief executive after Monitor launched an investigation into its finances.
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NewsExecutive Summary: Tear up the BCF
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NewsChief executive chosen for new provider sector regulator
Jim Mackey is to become the first chief executive of the new NHS provider regulator, NHS Improvement.
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NewsPrime minister announces new contract for large GP providers
The government will introduce a new contract for large scale extended primary care providers, the prime minister announced today.