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New risk emerges for Cambridgeshire Community Services
PERFORMANCE: The risk that Cambridgeshire Community Services Trust will not be able to realise change from the “multiple important initiatives” it is engaged in has been added to the board assurance framework.
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North Essex consultant designs anti-anxiety app
SERVICES: An iPhone app to help people cope with anxiety and panic attacks has been designed by a consultant from North Essex Partnership Foundation Trust.
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Trust criticised over new Pembury bus deal
FINANCE: A Kent NHS trust has come under fire for reneging on a deal to fund buses bringing patients to its new hospital, saying it needed the money for frontline services.
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CCGs face temporary limits on authorisation
Dozens of clinical commissioning groups are expected to have “temporary” restrictions placed on them when they are authorised, HSJ understands.
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Exclusive: Private franchise not ruled out as trust seeks merger
STRUCTURE: West Middlesex University Hospital Trust has become the latest district general hospital to say it cannot make foundation trust status on its own and seek a merger partner. It has not ruled out a private franchise management deal.
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CSUs urged to delay private sector deals
Leading market figures now believe it is unlikely commissioning support units will enter long-term partnerships with private sector firms before 2014.
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Final sign-off for CCG authorisation to be put back a month
Clinical commissioning groups will be authorised a month later than previously planned, the NHS Commissioning Board has announced.
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Regional pay plans short-sighted - BMA
A group of NHS trusts has been accused of making “short-sighted” plans to introduce regional pay and conditions which would “undermine the national ethos of the NHS”.
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RCP: Hospitals are overcrowded and short-staffed
Hospitals are so full that elderly patients are being discharged in the middle of the night and routine blood tests are being conducted at 3am, the Royal College of Physicians has warned.
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Stop gag on NHS whitleblowers - MP
NHS lawyers should not be able to gag whistleblowers from revealing damning information in the public interest, an MP has said.
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Smaller FTs face viability reviews
Monitor has ordered a review of the financial viability of a number of small and medium-sized foundation trusts, in a process described by one chief executive as “cloak and dagger”, HSJ can reveal.
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Children's inpatient services taken out of George Eliot
STRUCTURE: The Arden primary care trust cluster has decided to transfer children’s inpatient services from George Eliot Hospital Trust to Coventry University Hospital.
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Independent review to look at CQC handling of Morecambe Bay
The Care Quality Commission has ordered an independent review into its involvement with troubled University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust.
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Dame Jo apologises for personal comments
Care Quality Commission chair Dame Jo Williams has apologised for sharing personal information about the alleged mental health of a board colleague during her evidence to the health select committee yesterday.
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Children's heart surgery decision faces judicial review
A charity fighting the removal of children’s heart surgery from Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust intends to mount a judicial review of the decision, it has emerged.
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Trusts ‘stop the clock’ to hit targets
Concerns have been raised that some trusts have excessively used “clock pauses” in order to achieve the 18 week referral to treatment target.
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Rise in number of hospital admissions for stress
The number of people admitted to hospital as a result of stress is on the rise, figures show.
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Unison in warning over regional pay
Health workers believe that plans to introduce regional pay and conditions would have a “devastating” impact on their lives, according to a report.
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Cuts in jobs and pay loom in savings proposals
Service redesign, headcount reduction and a lower average wage will be the three biggest contributors to trusts’ savings plans this year, a survey reveals.
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Chair says she didn’t resign over Sheldon
Dame Jo Williams has denied that she decided to resign as CQC chair as a result of difficulties in her relationship with a board member.