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CCGs told to set aside more than £2bn of budgets
Clinical commissioning groups are being told to set aside more than £2bn of their budgets in their first year of operation.
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Lamb plans to support new wave of integrated care 'experiments'
Ministers are planning to support a series of large-scale, locally led “experiments” in integrated care that could enable commissioners to move away from the payment by results tariff system.
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Commissioning board struggles to improve diversity
The NHS Commissioning Board has been told to consider diversity as important as experience when determining who gets management jobs. This comes amid new evidence of its failure to recruit staff from diverse backgrounds.
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Liver disease on the rise in England
The number of people suffering from liver disease is on the increase in England while other European countries it is decreasing, health experts said.
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Serco plans to cut 137 community posts in Suffolk
WORKFORCE: Private healthcare firm Serco has announced proposals to cut 137 jobs at Suffolk Community Healthcare a month after taking over its management.
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Hakin: bear with managers 'trying to do two jobs'
The national lead for commissioning development has urged clinical commissioning group leaders to bear with managers while they try “to do two jobs” during the rest of the transition to the new system.
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Emergency cancer care 'fragmented'
Hospitals must improve the emergency care offered to cancer patients, according to a new report.
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Royal Berkshire risk rating belies deficit
FINANCE: The Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust has a reported financial risk rating of three, despite capital overspends, a revenue deficit and a shortfall in cost savings.
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Concerns raised about ageing practice nurse workforce
WORKFORCE: Practice nursing is facing a future workforce crisis in the East of England, the Royal College of Nursing has warned.
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Berkshire system hopes to relieve acute pressure with 50 community beds
STRUCTURE: The Royal Berkshire Hospitals Foundation Trust is working with commissioners to establish 50 new community beds, in a bid to deal with rising demand for services.
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Rising bed occupancy causes £2.3m savings risk at Oxford trust
WORKFORCE: Staff costs due to a “high levels of bed occupancy” at Oxford University Hospitals Trust could lead to a £2.3m shortfall in the organisation’s savings target.
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East Sussex board backs reconfiguration plans
STRUCTURE: East Sussex Healthcare Trust’s board has agreed recommendations that will see three key service areas reconfigured between its two main hospital sites.
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George Eliot death rate drops
PERFORMANCE: George Eliot Hospital Trust’s mortality rate has dropped, latest figures show, although it remains “higher than expected”.
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Maternity inspection at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals
WORKFORCE: Care Quality Commission inspectors have identified Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust to be in breach of essential standards relating to ratios of midwives to mothers.
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Final business case submitted for north Kent merger
STRUCTURE: Dartford and Gravesham Trust and Medway Foundation Trust have published a final business case for their proposed merger.
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Princess Alexandra £4.2m behind plan
FINANCE: Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust is £4.2m behind its financial plan at the halfway stage of 2012-13.
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Royal Berkshire blames complaints on Cerner
PERFORMANCE: The Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust’s nursing director has suggested that a high level of complaints about staff is in part down to the implementation of the Cerner Millennium electronic patient record system.
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East Kent Hospitals pioneers new nursing tool
PERFORMANCE: East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust has introduced “red mats” to alert all staff to nutritional needs 24/7.
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Delayed transfers remain a 'major concern' in Oxford
PERFORMANCE: Delayed transfers of care have again been identified as a “major cause of concern” at Oxford University Hospitals Trust.
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Crucial FT meeting for Surrey and Sussex delayed
STRUCTURE: A key meeting regarding the future of Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust’s bid for foundation trust status has been postponed.