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NewsEXCLUSIVE: NHS Employers backs pay freeze
Patient care will suffer unless the NHS pay freeze is extended into a third year, the body representing all major NHS employers is to warn.
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Trust bosses call for pay deal changes
HSJ’s disclosure of NHS Employers’ move to extend the pay freeze coincided with a warning from the acute sector that existing pay agreements were unsustainable.
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NewsDH abandons plan to stop 'cherry picking' through tariff change
The Department of Health has abandoned plans to prevent the “cherry picking” of straightforward patients and cases by independent sector providers by making further changes to the payment by results tariff, it has emerged.
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NewsWolverhampton FT bid fails as CQC finds failings
The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust’s bid for foundation trust status has been deferred by Monitor after a recent Care Quality Commission inspection found essential standards were not being met, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Worst performing London boroughs for GP outcomes revealed
An internal report on the quality of GP practices in London has found one cluster performing significantly worse than the other five.
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NewsPlanning, complaints and collaboration are common problems for CCGs
Early feedback from the clinical commissioning group authorisation process has highlighted planning, complaints and collaboration as some of the most difficult issues.
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LeaderWe must resist the siren voices to achieve pay reform
Pay reform in the NHS requires the wisdom of Solomon
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Trusts 'fail on patient openness'
The families of patients who are victim of a “serious incident” at an NHS organisation may be waiting for a year before they are given any explanation, researchers found.
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NewsCuts 'threaten drug abuse progress'
Funding cuts and reforms to public services risk reversing the declining trend in drug abuse among young people, campaigners have warned.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: the future of South London Healthcare Trust
What happens next for South London Healthcare Trust - the first to be placed in the failure regime?
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HSJ Local
Capacity ‘crisis’ hits Brighton and Sussex
PERFORMANCE: A state of “business continuity” was declared at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust on 24 September, after it admitted many more patients than were discharged.
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NewsNew FTN chief calls for big cut in commissioner underspends
The new chief executive of the Foundation Trust Network has called for NHS commissioners to significantly cut the proportion of health funding they leave unspent.
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HSJ Local
Staff fears prompt nursing investment by FT
WORKFORCE: A Midlands hospital trust has announced plans to recruit dozens more nurses after staff voiced fears over ward shortages.
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HSJ Local
EKH’s hat in the ring for South London Healthcare Trust
STRUCTURE: East Kent Hospitals Foundation Trust is one of 39 organisations that have expressed an interest in taking over part of troubled South London Healthcare Trust.
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NewsWarnings after PCT data protection breach
Lawyers have warned of the legal limits on sharing information with private companies when running preventative initiatives after a primary care trust was found to have broken the Data Protection Act.
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NewsCommissioning board to thank staff for work in 'difficult' times
The NHS Commissioning Board has resolved to write to its staff to thank them for their efforts in “extremely difficult” circumstances.
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NewsExclusive: South London Healthcare Trust's suitors revealed
Details have emerged of the plans of many of the 39 bodies that have written to South London Healthcare Trust’s special administrator to express an interest in running trust services.
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HSJ Local
Failure regime trust interests Dartford and Gravesham
STRUCTURE: Dartford and Gravesham Trust is one of 39 organisations that have expressed an interest in taking over part of troubled South London Healthcare Trust.
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HSJ Local
East Sussex Healthcare £2.7m behind plan
FINANCE: East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has fallen behind on its financial plan in the middle of the second quarter of 2012-13, due to agency spend and unexpected 18-weeks activity.
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Acting chief denies plan to shut A&E
STRUCTURE: The acting chief executive of Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has refuted suggested it is considering downgrading accident and emergency services at one of its sites.