All Foundation Trust Network (NHS Providers) articles – Page 26
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NewsUK low in hospital beds league
Britain has fewer hospital beds per head of population than most other European countries, a report has found.
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NewsPoor leadership to trigger special measures
Poor leadership will become one of the chief reasons for recommending that trusts are placed in “special measures”, the health and social care regulator has proposed.
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NewsMilburn: 'Scrap TDA and make all providers foundation trusts'
The architect of the foundation trust model has called for the scrapping of the NHS Trust Development Authority and the imposition of an all-foundation trust sector.
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NewsExclusive: More than a third of hospitals set to end year in the red
More than a third of hospital trusts are predicting deficits at the end of this financial year, HSJ research has found.
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NewsHospital providers may be set different saving targets
Monitor and NHS England are considering setting acute providers different efficiency targets based on their varying potential to achieve savings, the organisations have announced.
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NewsArea teams told tariff deflator is non-negotiable
NHS England has told its local area teams they must impose a lower tariff price for mental health and community providers than for their acute counterparts. This is despite it previously indicating that clinical commissioning groups had the freedom to devise their own tariff level.
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NewsIncrease in NHS land designated for housing
Proposals to sell hospital sites contributed to an 11 per cent rise in the area of land being designated for sale for housing by English NHS organisations in 2012.
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NewsExclusive: Mental health trust threatens legal challenge over tariff
A mental health trust has told HSJ it is considering a legal challenge against the decision by NHS England and Monitor to impose 20 per cent higher cuts for mental health and community providers than for their acute counterparts.
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SupplementsRegulators rule... but is that OK?
A forthright roundtable debate on the dangers of over-regulation
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NewsGroups raise concerns about fundamental standards
A body representing health charities has warned that draft “fundamental standards” being consulted on by the Department of Health could be “a backward step” for person centred care.
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NewsExclusive: Monitor interventions double in response to Francis
The number of regulatory actions taken by Monitor against foundation trusts so far in 2013-14 is already more than double the level of the whole of last year, HSJ analysis reveals.
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NewsTariff talks fail to reverse 'negligent' policy
Talks over plans to impose 20 per cent higher efficiency targets on mental health and community trusts have ended without agreement, HSJ has learned.
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CommentNo NHS hospital is an island when it fails financially
TSAs might be able to close hospitals without consultation
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NewsConfederation and FTN set out distinct roles
The NHS Confederation and Foundation Trust Network have reached an agreement on how to make the roles of the two organisations clear to avoid duplicating work.
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CommentChris Hopson: Nine ways to make the NHS fit for 2014
The next planning round is crucial to the NHS’s future
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: A&Es to receive extra £150m to ease winter pressures
A second wave of winter pressure funding is to be made available for all accident and emergency departments, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsMaternity services 'run deficit'
Many of England’s maternity services run at a deficit and have to be subsidised by other departments, the Foundation Trust Network has told MPs.
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NewsConfederation and FTN fill top posts
The two main NHS organisation representative bodies have announced senior appointments today.