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NewsExclusive: CCG leaders to be assessed on 'aptitude and attitude'
Prospective clinical commissioning group leaders are to be assessed for “aptitude and attitude” in the next two months.
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NewsMost powerful NHS trust chief executive quits
One of the NHS’s most prominent chief executives is leaving to take up a job in Australia.
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NewsExclusive: many experienced commissioners predicted to leave
A significant number of the most senior primary care trust leaders will not join the NHS Commissioning Board, HSJ has been told.
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PCT chair to stand down
WORKFORCE: The chair of NHS Bath and North East Somerset is to stand down at the end of the month when the primary care trust board finally merges with NHS Wiltshire.
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NewsHealth reforms clear latest Lords hurdle
The government’s controversial NHS reforms cleared another major hurdle in the House of Lords on Tuesday night.
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NewsPCTs must not focus on ‘fantastic’ pasts
Handover documents produced by primary care trusts have focused too much on past achievements and not enough on concerns for the future, the official overseeing the transition to the new commissioning system has told HSJ.
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NewsExclusive: commissioning support development falls to PCT staff
Primary care trust directors and junior staff are leading the development of commissioning support services in many areas.
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LeaderExperienced GPs and managers can give CCGs the best start
Commissioning will, at first, need experience at the helm.
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NewsRebel Lib Dem reforms revolt defeated
The government has seen off a rebel Liberal Democrat bid to halt the controversial health reforms.
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Reduced length of stay survey - HSJ readers' views wanted
Trusts and commissioners are increasingly recognising the many potential benefits offered by reduced length of stay.
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Cambs FT heading for £2.2m deficit
FINANCE: Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust is heading for a £2.2m deficit this year - despite delivering more than £40m in cost improvements.
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NewsAcute strain causes hundreds of emergency admission delays
A lack of hospital capacity is being blamed for regular blockages in emergency departments, after data released exclusively to HSJ revealed patients have already spent hundreds of hours stuck outside hospitals in ambulances this year.
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NewsMonitor reports sharp deterioration in foundations' A&E performance
Monitor has reported sharp increases in the numbers of foundation trusts breaching accident and emergency targets or attracting the worst risk ratings for governance.
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Hinchingbrooke 'welcomes' new chief exec
WORKFORCE: Jim O’ Connell is to take over as the new chief executive at Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust, now run by private company Circle.
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NewsNHS annual reporting 'inaccurate or incomplete'
NHS organisations are presenting an “inaccurate or incomplete” picture in their annual reports, with some failing to disclose the key risks they face, according to a review by auditors Grant Thornton.
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Herts trust considers increasing use of bank staff
WORKFORCE: East and North Herts Trust is looking at changing the make up of its workforce to reduce the number of redundancies it may have to make when service changes are completed in 2014.
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NewsRCGP seeks health reform talks
Family doctors’ leaders have offered an olive branch to ministers in their bitter battle over the government’s NHS reforms.
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Worcestershire Acute Hospitals failing four hour A&E target
PERFORMANCE: Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust is set to fail the four hour accident and emergency standard in 2011-12.
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Shrewsbury and Telford's reconfiguration receives £35m of DH cash
FINANCE: Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust is being given £35m from the Department of Health to spend on a planned reconfiguration of services.
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EoE ambulance performance hit by hospital delays
PERFORMANCE: Delays at hospital are causing East of England Ambulance Service Trust to miss performance targets.