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NewsNHS North West faces fresh probe over Morecambe Bay scandal
PERFORMANCE: NHS North West is facing formal investigation over allegations that it failed to respond adequately to a series of infant and maternal deaths at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust, HSJ understands.
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Portsmouth system plans integrated provider
STRUCTURE: NHS leaders in Portsmouth have agreed in principle to set up an integrated care organisation to provide services for frail elderly patients across primary, community and acute care.
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Troubled Barnsley CCG set to get delegated powers
STRUCTURE: The emerging single clinical commissioning group in Barnsley - which is significantly behind development in most of the country - looks set to be handed delegated budgets and responsibility.
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NewsNHS Commissioning Board admits recruitment diversity problem
The NHS Commissioning Board has admitted problems recruiting a diverse workforce, and said it will try to ensure the trend stops.
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HSJ LocalSerco admits staff falsified records
COMMERCIAL: A private sector provider has admitted that staff working on its GP out-of-hours service in Cornwall altered performance data.
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Mid Cheshire plans £6.9m cost reductions
FINANCE: The £168m turnover foundation trust has planned for £6.9m of cost reductions this year and £0.7m of income growth, its latest three year plan shows.
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Joint MD appointed to Cheshire and Merseyside CSUs
WORKFORCE: Tim Andrews has been announced as managing director of the Merseyside Commissioning Support Unit.
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Ambulance service revises controversial savings plan
FINANCE: Controversial planned cost-saving changes to ambulance services in the East of England are being revised after an unexpected rise in demand.
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Leicester Trust to spend £2m to fill staff shortages
WORKFORCE: The University Hospitals of Leicester Trust is to spend approximately £2m recruiting extra nursing staff after a review identified a shortage across the trust.
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NewsJeremy Hunt not reviewing reconfiguration plans
The incoming health secretary is not carrying out a review of hospital reconfiguration plans, contrary to a report, HSJ understands.
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NewsBurstow admits to budget cuts
Former health minister Paul Burstow has admitted there were cuts to mental health services under his watch at the Department of Health.
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NewsPatient data may give NHS an unfair edge
Powerful patient-level costing systems may give NHS hospital providers an unfair advantage in contract negotiations unless they are required to share their data with commissioners.
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NewsCommunity trusts in FT delay
More than half of the community trusts hoping to achieve foundation status have had their authorisation applications delayed, HSJ analysis reveals.
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Growing gap between rich and poor trusts
An audit of NHS organisations’ 2011-12 accounts has found a widening gap between the trusts with healthy finances and those that are struggling.
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Hospitals' superbug death payouts revealed
Families of people who died after contracting superbugs in Scottish hospitals have been awarded £660,000 by NHS boards.
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NewsUnions issue ultimatum over ‘pay cartel’
Unions have threatened to walk away from national talks on changes to pay and terms and conditions unless employers stop the South West “pay cartel”.
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NewsMinister opposes reconfiguration plans
A government minister has criticised East Sussex Healthcare Trust’s service restructuring plans..
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NewsMid Staffs inquiry report delayed until January
The completion of the report of the public inquiry into care failings at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has been delayed until January, it was confirmed today.
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NewsCommissioning board to 'lift and shift' staff
The NHS Commissioning Board is likely to delay some management cuts until 2013-14 and take on interim staff under emergency measures sparked by delays in the transition to new NHS structures.
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NewsSelbie: NHS has not 'done much good'
The new chief executive of Public Health England has said the NHS’s effort to improve health and reduce illness over the past four decades “hasn’t worked and has not been sufficient”.