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Health action party targets coalition seats
A new political party dedicated to opposing the government’s reforms of the NHS has said it will target the seats of high-profile Tories, including prime minister David Cameron, at the next general election.
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Devon Partnership delays FT application
STRUCTURE: A South West mental health trust has deferred its foundation trust application amid concerns about quality governance.
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Unions call for Peterborough inquiry
FINANCE: Unison is calling for a full inquiry into why the Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust board signed up to a private finance initiative scheme which has left the trust under substantial financial pressure.
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Northumbria appoints two emergency consultants
WORKFORCE: Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust has appointed a consultant intensivist and a consultant anaesthetist, which it says is part of preparations for its planned new specialist emergency hospital.
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Hospital exhibits 'healing' art works
A collection of works by renowned photographer Jorge Lewinski are to be exhibited at London’s Charing Cross Hospital.
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Lincolnshire trust invests in eye surgery
United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust has invested £150,000 in eye surgery at County Hospital in Louth.
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Seaham primary care centre opens
STRUCTURE: A £10m new primary care centre has been formally opened in Seaham, County Durham.
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Ipswich launches cleaning probe
Ipswich Hospital Trust has launched an investigation after finding mouldy cleaning bottles, the hospital has announced.
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NewsExclusive: Lamb signals new wave of integration experiments
Ministers are planning to support a series of large-scale integrated care “experiments”, which could result in a movement away from payment by results, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsMinister seeks to defend lack of GPs in CCG lead role
Health minister Lord Howe has attempted to defend the health reforms against HSJ’s finding that fewer than a quarter of clinical commissioning groups will have a GP as their accountable officer.
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NewsCCGs reconsider staffing after running-cost funds reviewed
The NHS Commissioning Board has recalculated clinical commissioning groups’ allowances for running costs, prompting claims some may have to consider sacking staff they have just employed.
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NewsBig Society mutuals scheme underwhelms NHS staff
A flagship Big Society programme to set up a new wave of NHS mutuals has yielded just 19 proposals, less than half the figure set up under the transforming community services programme in 2010 and 2011.
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NewsReport: NHS slipping on Innovation, Health and Wealth targets
There has been a “disappointing” lack of local engagement with the government’s plan to improve the spread of innovation in the NHS, new research has concluded.
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NewsWinterbourne whistleblower given job by CQC
The whistleblowing nurse who exposed poor care at the Winterbourne View Hospital has been given a job by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsMandate aims to spark a 'revolution in transparency'
The NHS will be required to measure and publish outcomes data for all major services by 2015, to enable commissioners and patients to make more informed choices about care providers.
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NewsAnti-NHS reforms party launched
A group of healthcare professionals is today launching a new political party dedicated to opposing the government’s reforms of the NHS.
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New chief executive for the Homerton revealed
WORKFORCE: Homerton University Hospital Foundation Trust has appointed its chief operating officer Tracey Fletcher as its new chief executive.
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Health minister meets campaigners
STRUCTURE: Campaigners fighting plans to review acute services in Worcestershire have had a 45-minute meeting with health minister Dan Poulter.
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Salisbury brings in consultants to find savings
FINANCE: Salisbury Foundation Trust has contracted with a consultancy firm to identify schemes to help achieve its £9.6m of cost improvements.