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    Large teaching trust ended year with £118m deficit

    2016-09-22T07:00:00Z

    FINANCE: King’s College Hospitals Foundation Trust ended the 2015-16 financial year with an underlying deficit of £118m.

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    Exclusive: Frontrunners for elective centres revealed

    2016-09-22T07:00:00Z

    Commissioners have revealed the frontrunners to host elective centres in south east London.

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    Trust's mortality concerns persist despite multiple improvement drives

    2016-09-22T07:00:00Z

    East and North Hertfordshire Trust had outlier SHMI rates in five out of the eight reporting periods since 2014 “Large difference” between HSMR and SHMI rates due to palliative care coding Latest quality account report raised concerns over information governance, lower rate of incident reporting and never events ...

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    Gloucestershire finance director got six months' pay on resignation

    2016-09-21T18:02:00Z

    Helen Simpson received at least £72,500 as six months’ pay in lieu of notice Finance director resigned from Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust after £13.4m downward revision in trust’s finances Chief executive pledges to make referral to professional bodies if review finds wrongdoing at trust A finance director at ...

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    IT crash causes 'critical incident' at major teaching hospital

    2016-09-21T14:00:00Z

    Operations and appointments have been cancelled after a “critical” fault with Leeds Teaching Hospitals’ pathology IT system Test results are having to be hand delivered to clinical teams with significant impact on patient flow Fault is also affecting Bradford Teaching Hospitals and local GPs who use the trust’s pathology ...

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    Leaders of CCG trio commit to merger by April

    2016-09-20T13:58:00Z

    CCG leaders in Manchester committed to merger in 2017 Formal arrangement to be struck with Manchester City Council Plans mirror the merger of city’s hospitals The leaders of the three clinical commissioning groups for Manchester have committed to a formal merger by April 2017, according to an independent ...

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    Chair reappointed at major acute trust

    2016-09-20T10:48:00Z

    WORKFORCE: The chair of London North West Healthcare Trust has been reappointed for another two years.

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    Updated: Trust heading for unexpected deficit after governance failings

    2016-09-20T00:01:00Z

    Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust had planned for £5.3m year-end surplus but had deficit of £11.1m by August Review conducted into finances after “concerns raised at a number of levels within the trust” “Changes” to planning assumptions “offset an underlying loss of financial control and a failure to fully deliver ...

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    Southern Health chair resigns

    2016-09-19T15:58:00Z

    Tim Smart stands down as interim chair of Southern Health Foundation Trust Trust says resignation is for “personal reasons” Mr Smart had received criticism for the terms of Katrina Percy’s resignation as chief executive Tim Smart has resigned as interim chair of Southern Health Foundation Trust after less ...

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    Long-serving hospital chief to stand down

    2016-09-16T12:43:00Z

    Mary Edwards, the chief executive of Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust for more than a decade, has announced she will stand down at the end of the year.

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    Second South West social enterprise to close next month

    2016-09-16T07:00:00Z

    Swindon based social enterprise SEQOL to close next month after losing main contract to Great Western Hospitals FT Adult community services due to be transferred in February 2017 but process brought forward because of SEQOL’s “challenging financial position” It is the second social enterprise in the South West to ...

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    Specialist hospital rated 'one of the best trusts in England'

    2016-09-16T00:01:00Z

    Liverpool Heart and Chest hospital is the first specialist acute hospital to be rated outstanding One of only eight English trusts to receive highest quality rating Specialist acute hospital trusts currently outperforming non-specialists, with 78 per cent rated good or outstanding Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital Foundation Trust ...

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    Chief of 'inadequate' CCG resigns

    2016-09-15T12:10:00Z

    The accountable officer of a troubled clinical commissioning group in the North West has resigned

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    Sir Howard Bernstein to retire

    2016-09-15T10:49:00Z

    Long-serving Manchester chief executive to leave next spring

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    South West trust takes action following mortality concerns

    2016-09-15T10:46:00Z

    Weston Area Health has second highest summary hospital level mortality indicator in England “Further increase” expected in data to be published this month Trust has launched two reviews to investigate the mortality concerns Weston Area Health Trust has launched two external reviews into its mortality rates, after it ...

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    Trust makes controversial pension offer to reduce vacancies

    2016-09-14T12:25:00Z

    East and North Herts Trust to offer a higher salary to new nurses if they opt out of NHS pension NHS Pension Board previously raised concerns that similar scheme at Oxleas FT “induced” staff to choose pension opt-out NHS Improvement aware of ENHT’s decision for “some time” A ...

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    Trust to receive millions as mental health research centre

    2016-09-14T00:01:00Z

    Oxford Health FT and Oxford University named second mental health biomedical research centre Announcement part of £816m investment in medical research by DH Cash will be split between 20 research centres with Oxford set to receive £12.8m A foundation trust has been named the country’s second mental health ...

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    Exclusive: Hinchingbrooke names private partner for £150m building project

    2016-09-13T12:29:00Z

    Plan says “strategic estates partnership” could secure £5m of recurrent income by letting property and managing land use Trust is seeking approval from Treasury and NHS Improvement Strategic estates partnerships are being closely watched by ministers as means for delivering NHS capital project A district general hospital has ...

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    Top trust to greatly expand PACS programme across STP

    2016-09-13T10:30:00Z

    Frimley Health FT plans to expand its integrated model across its patch Chief executive said the vanguard work “had arguably been on too small scale” Plans creation of 17 new integrated hubs Frimley Health Foundation Trust has submitted plans to triple the size of its developing primary and ...

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    Well regarded trust rated 'requires improvement'

    2016-09-13T00:02:00Z

    Patients obliged to sleep on sofas or mattresses because of pressure on services “Surge beds” used daily - for up to a week at a time Community learning disabilities services rated ‘outstanding’ Oxleas Foundation Trust, a well regarded mental health and community provider, has been rated as “requires ...