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HSJ LocalNorth Staffordshire facing shock £23m deficit
University Hospital of North Staffordshire has revealed a dramatic deterioration in its finances from a predicted surplus of £2m to a £23.8m deficit by the end of 2012-13.
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NewsDuty of candour will cost NHS £130m in 10 years
The introduction of a contractual duty of candour will cost the health service more than £130m over 10 years, according the Department of Health.
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NewsLocal government funding almost halved since 2010, says IFS
Local government faces cumulative cuts of more than 40 per cent following the chancellor’s announcements that he will extend austerity for a further year into 2017-18, according to analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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NewsNHS bed occupancy figures queried
A health minister has said he does not recognise figures on bed occupancy used in an influential report to show NHS hospitals are dangerously full.
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NewsA&E waiting times rising - survey
Accident and emergency waiting times are getting longer, new research suggests.
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NewsPsychological therapy success leads to rising waits
The government’s flagship programme to boost access to psychological therapies has been hailed a success but there are warnings it faces significant challenges ahead.
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'Brave' Bristol presses ahead with mental health tender
COMMERCIAL: NHS Bristol’s plans to put mental health services worth about £40m out to tender and award contracts within a year are “brave”, potential providers have warned.
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NewsLansley adviser criticises friends and family test focus
Andrew Lansley’s former policy adviser has criticised the friends and family patient satisfaction test, saying it is “too narrow and too crude” to be the main focus of the NHS.
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NewsLeague table plan for surgery teams
Teams of medics are to be pitted against each other in league tables.
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NewsNumber of trainee doctors to be cut
The number of trainee doctors in England will be reduced to tackle a growing over-supply of medics, the Department of Health has said.
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NewsNHS Direct begins redundancy consultation
More than 1,400 NHS Direct staff have been notified they could be at risk of redundancy as the organisation looks to cut around a third of its full time posts.
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NewsClash over spending on health
David Cameron and Ed Miliband clashed over health spending on Wednesday following a watchdog’s ruling that government claims were misleading.
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NewsInformation governance blamed for holding up QIPP integration
A “computer says no” attitude to information governance is hampering attempts to draw up a “year of care tariff” by stopping trusts sharing costings data, HSJ has been told.
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Hospital trust chair announces resignation
WORKFORCE: The chair of North Middlesex University Hospital Trust is standing down and has sent a five-page letter to the NHS Trust Development Authority and North Middlesex staff.
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NewsFunding pressure 'may hit NHS care', warns thinktank
Waiting times in emergency wards are rising as unprecedented financial strains on the health service start to bite, a report suggests.
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NewsHSJ Live: rolling news 6.12.12
Ciarán Devane on how the mandate must prioritise the needs of the patient and the rest of HSJ’s free rolling news coverage
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NewsHealth budget ringfence extended to 2015-16
George Osborne today committed to extending the health budget’s relative protection from government spending cuts to 2015-16 – the first year of the next spending review period.
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NewsNext generation of PFI announced by Osborne
“Soft facilities management” services like cleaning and catering will be excluded from future NHS private finance projects, new government guidance reveals.
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NewsChancellor abandons regional pay
George Osborne has abandoned plans to introduce regional pay in the NHS but accepts the need for greater Agenda for Change flexibility