All articles by Ben Clover – Page 76
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CCP calls in London mega-merger for scrutiny
The Co-operation and Competition Panel today called in the merger of Barts and the London, Whipps Cross and Newham hospitals for further scrutiny.
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HSJ Local
District general hospital selects FT as takeover partner
STRUCTURE: Trafford Healthcare Trust, with a turnover of £96m, has selected a takeover partner from bids submitted by two nearby foundation trusts.
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Private hospital spend varies widely, study shows
Significant variations exist in the proportion of work primary care trusts commission from independent sector providers, a study shared with HSJ reveals.
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HSJ Local
Two foundation trusts breach private patient cap
FINANCE: Two trusts breached their private patient caps in 2010-11, Monitor’s annual report on foundation trusts has revealed.
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Health minister calls for pause to 'reckless' reconfiguration of his local trust
Health minister Paul Burstow has said services could be put “at risk” by a hospital merger proposed near his constituency on the Surrey and London border.
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HSJ Local
McKinsey appointed to acute reorganisation contract
STRUCTURE: Management consultancy McKinsey has been contracted to examine the future of two hospital trusts.
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HSJ Local
PCT rapped over skin cancer service standards
COMMERCIAL: A dermatology contract negotiated by a primary care trust did not meet National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence standards and left patients at greater risk of cancer, a report has concluded.
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HSJ Local
Trust pins hopes on merger to avoid referral over deficit
FINANCE: Auditors are considering reporting Whipps Cross University Hospital to the health secretary for failing to break even last year.
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Sir David made colonel in Territorial Army
NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has been made honorary colonel in the 306 Hospital Support Medical Regiment (Volunteers).
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Overview and scrutiny panel responsible for 'a tragedy', councillor says
The former chair of a county council’s health overview and scrutiny committee has described the delayed reconfiguration of a trust as “a tragedy”, and blamed the local HOSC.
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FTN: the DH needs to explain where the money has gone
The Department of Health needs to explain to trusts working on their savings targets where the money has gone, the head of the FTN has said.
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Monitor directors say FTs 'opportunistic' in acquiring community services
The foundation trust regulator has criticised the “opportunistic” approach of trusts to absorbing community services.
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Aspirant FTs to have debt 'restructured'
Aspirant foundation trusts with liquidity or debt problems could have their debt restructured, the Department of Health’s head of provider development has said.
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HSJ Local
Trust sells half its beds to rent them back
FINANCE: A hospital trust has sold half of its beds to a Dutch company for half a million pounds and is leasing them back, HSJ has discovered.
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DH to review FT application process to avoid 'embarrassment'
The Department of Health is overhauling the process for checking whether a trust is ready to apply for foundation status to avoid “embarrassing” the health secretary, HSJ has discovered.
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HSJ Local
London trusts fail ambulance handover targets
PERFORMANCE: Ambulance handover times have deteriorated across the capital since the government relaxed accident and emergency targets last year, a report has said.
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Foundation trusts borrowing over £1bn from DH
Foundation trusts have secured loans worth more than £1bn from the Department of Health, HSJ can reveal, prompting concern about the impact of increased debts on foundation trust independence.
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Seven trusts and two primary care trusts finished 2010-11 in deficit, DH says
Two primary care trusts and seven trusts finished the year in deficit, according to figures released by the Department of Health.
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HSJ Local
District general hospital confirms it is going for independent foundation trust status
A financially-challenged district general hospital has confirmed that it will attempt to get to foundation trust status independently.
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In-house consultancy saves NHS £2.5m
The NHS’s in-house consultancy service says it saved trusts an estimated £2.5m in consultancy fees in 2010-11.