All articles by James Illman – Page 56
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Interest in franchise model has 'waned dramatically'
Government interest in the hospital franchise model has ‘waned dramatically’, an HSJ analysis has found, a year after Circle Health took over the running of Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust.
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Analysed: One year of Circle at Hinchingbrooke
This week’s HSJ Local Briefing looks at the performance of Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust a year on from Circle taking on running the hospital
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PwC team appointed to review services in Peterborough
FINANCE: Monitor has appointed accountancy firm PwC to develop a rescue package for debt-laden Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust, it has emerged.
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Circle bags £42m Nottingham contract renewal
Circle has been selected as preferred bidder to provide services from the Nottingham NHS treatment centre for a further five years, the company has announced.
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Nicholson to face MPs over Lorenzo deal
Sir David Nicholson will face questions from MPs following claims anticompetitive deals are being struck between NHS trusts and an IT supplier, HSJ has learned.
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Friends and family test will be ‘opaque and confusing’, says provider
The Friends and Family Test could end up being “opaque, puzzling and confusing”, one of the leading providers of the new patient satisfaction survey has told HSJ.
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Circle chief places emphasis on consolidation
Healthcare operator Circle has said the timing of NHS contracts and the current debt financing environment may delay the expansion plans it outlined last year.
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Circle wins Nottingham contract
Circle has been selected as preferred bidder to provide services from the Nottingham NHS treatment centre for a further five years, the company has announced.
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Basildon faces fresh probe
PERFORMANCE Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust is one of five trusts which will be investigated because of its high death rate, the NHS Commissioning Board has confirmed.
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NHS Midlands and East 'failed', say MPs
The strategic management of health resources across the east of England strategic health authority has “failed”, according to an influential committee of MPs.
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Obama adviser to make ‘zero harm in the NHS a reality’, pledges PM
Don Berwick, the man who advised President Barack Obama on his health reforms, has been appointed to spearhead a “zero harm” agenda in the NHS, David Cameron has revealed.
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Lister Surgicentre still a ‘concern’ despite probe verdict
Three patients who died after routine surgery at a privately-run treatment centre in Hertfordshire were given satisfactory care, an independent probe has concluded.
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Capita faces NHS Choices axe
The future operating model of the website at the centre of the drive to extend choice in the NHS faces fresh uncertainty after the Cabinet Office blocked the renewal of a contract with the existing supplier.
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Private sector and trusts vie for £500m pathology contracts
A radical shake-up of community pathology services which will see NHS trusts compete with private firms for contracts worth £500m has taken a major step forward after commissioners started a procurement process.
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Join tech revolution or face 'serious repercussions', hospitals told
Hospitals face “very serious repercussions” if they do not have electronic patient records systems in place by 2014-15, the NHS Commissioning Board’s national director for patients and information warned last night.
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NHS Surrey yet to quantify costs of Virgin deal
NHS Surrey has yet to quantify the total cost or risk of transferring its community services to Virgin Care, a deal which went live last April, it has emerged.
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Choose and Book faces delays
The new Choose and Book electronic appointment booking system is “very unlikely” to be in place by the NHS Commissioning Board’s December deadline, industry figures told HSJ this week.
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Mid Staffs struggles with patient satisfaction test
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has recorded the third-lowest score in the latest set of results from the midlands and east of England pilot of the friends and family test.
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Hunt admits IT plans are ‘brave’ as report lays bare challenge
A report published alongside Jeremy Hunt’s announcement that the NHS should be paperless by 2018 has underlined the difficulties the NHS faces in hitting the target in just five years.
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Hunt: NHS 'should go' paperless by 2018
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced the NHS “should go paperless” by 2018 as he outlined his digital records vision for the health service.