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NHS TDA reappoints Maidstone chair
WORKFORCE: The NHS Trust Development Authority has re-appointed Tony Jones as chair of the trust for the next four years.
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Bedford £400k behind plan
Bedford Hospital Trust is £400,000 behind plan at the half-way point of the 2012-13 financial year, according to strategic health authority board papers.
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Moorfields settles £3.4m legal dispute with contractor
COMMERCIAL: Moorfield Eye Hospital Foundation Trust has agreed a £3.4m settlement and payment with construction firm BWI over work at Northwick Park Hospital.
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Sussex town gets “dementia friendly” grant
FINANCE: Crawley is set to become a “dementia friendly town” after securing national funding of £125,000.
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Suffolk hits 18-week referral to treatment target
Suffolk primary care trust achieved its overall 18 weeks referral to treatment targets in September.
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Preferred provider named for new urgent care centre
West Leicestershire Clinical Commissioning Group has named Central Nottinghamshire Clinical Services as preferred provider to run an urgent care centre, scheduled to open at Loughborough Hospital in April 2013.
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Warning after seriously ill patients attend minor injuries unit
A hospital trust has been forced to issue a plea to patients not to turn up at its minor injury unit with serious and life-threatening conditions.
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Midlands and East raises 'concerns' with 14 trusts
NHS Midlands and East’s provider development committee has raised “principle concerns” with 14 trusts.
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CCG launches hard-hitting A&E campaign
A hard-hitting campaign has been launched across Nottingham to warn people of the consequences of turning up at Queen’s Medical Centre’s emergency department for non-emergency ailments.
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Surgery equipment accolade for Mid Staffs
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has been awarded a gold standard by the Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons in its second National Audit of Theatre Equipment.
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NewsHSJ Live: rolling news 21.11.12
Operating model launched for specialised commissioning and the rest of today’s news
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News'Prime contractors' could run pathways for decade
Commissioners could be freed to award work to a “prime contractor” over five to 10 years from 2014-15, the Department of Health has indicated.
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NewsAnalysed: The London FT pipeline and its hotspots
HSJ Local Briefing is our in-depth analysis of key issues facing the NHS or major health economies. This week we examine the foundation trust pipeline before the capital’s strategic health authority disappears next year
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NewsCQC may fail to meet annual inspections targets
The Care Quality Commission has just over four months to complete more than half of its annual inspections and is considering informing the Department of Health it will not meet the target.
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NewsShortage of lung cancer specialists revealed
The lives of lung cancer patients are being put at risk by a shortage of specialists and outdated views on possible outcomes, a report warns.
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LeaderA turning point in health policy?
Will we remember November 2012 as the month health policy began to forge a different path?
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NewsMPs warned about public health shortfalls
Councils’ public health budgets will fall well short of what is required to meet need in their areas, an influential committee of MPs has been told.
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NewsUPDATED: Basildon children's services slammed by CQC
The Care Quality Commission has raised “serious concerns” about children’s services at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust, branding them “completely unacceptable”.
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NewsHospitals overpaying for supplies
New research has revealed that some hospitals are paying hundreds of pounds more than others for certain standard medical supplies.
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NewsBidders for DGH takeover revealed
One of England’s biggest hospital trusts and one of its highest performing foundation trusts are battling to take over a district general hospital, HSJ can reveal.