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Demand managment 'adrift' in Portsmouth
FINANCE: Demand management schemes in Portsmouth are £3.4m “adrift” of plan, partly due to extra work undertaken to cut waiting lists.
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Taunton and Somerset FT gets additional £5m
FINANCE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust has received additional funding of £5m from NHS Somerset.
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Stroke performance improves at Taunton and Somerset
PERFORMANCE: During December 84 per cent of stroke patients at Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust spent 90 per cent of their time on a stroke unit against a required standard of 80 per cent.
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AWP reaches agreement in council tendering row
COMMERCIAL: Avon and Wiltshire Partnership Trust has agreed to settle a legal action bought against North Somerset District Council over a recent tender exercise.
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NewsExclusive: FT pipeline delays threaten boards with the sack
Board members are being replaced and organisational autonomy is at risk at trusts lagging behind in the drive to reach foundation trust status.
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HSJ LocalSecond CCG condemns health bill and 'bureaucratic' authorisation process
City and Hackney clinical commissioning group has become the second to urge the prime minister to drop the Health Bill.
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NewsFT faces 'absolutely enormous' £56m loss
A foundation trust with a turnover of just over £200m a year expects to make a loss this year of more than £56m.
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Exclusive: national commissioning leads CCG to merge
STRUCTURE: GPs in the Wirral have agreed to merge their three proposed commissioning groups into one, after the strategic health authority said they were too small and would not be authorised.
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NewsCommissioning board could take ownership of LIFT assets
The NHS Commissioning Board is expected to take ownership of the public stakes in many buildings built under a public-private partnership scheme, HSJ has learnt.
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NewsCCG performance framework missing key quality indicators
Priority areas for care quality improvement are underrepresented – and sometimes completely left out – of the proposed accountability regime for clinical commissioners.
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Bristol and Somerset to work together on commissioning support
STRUCTURE: The NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire primary care trust cluster is working with NHS Somerset on developing a commissioning support service.
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NewsHealth regulators face legal overhaul
Provisional plans have been drawn up that would give the Nursing and Midwifery Council and other professional regulators increased flexibility to use their powers while also making them more accountable.
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NewsLansley praises Lib Dems for strengthening bill
The Liberal Democrats were fundamental in helping to make controversial reforms of the NHS “stronger”, the health secretary has said.
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London GPs off the pace on exercise programmes
WORKFORCE: GPs in the capital are cynical about a major campaign to encourage physical activity in patients with long terms conditions, reflecting a wider lack of enthusiasm about exercise programmes, a study suggests.
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Private heart clinic refers FT to competition panel
COMMERCIAL: A foundation trust has been referred to the Cooperation and Competition Panel by a private heart clinic.
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NewsPatients restrained at hospital - CQC
The Care Quality Commission has published 20 reports into the level of care offered to people at hospitals and care homes.
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LeaderFailure to limit expectations is blighting NHS regulation
Did Cynthia Bower fail to control the expectations of her commission?
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FT consultation starts in Leicestershire
STRUCTURE: Leicestershire Partnership Trust has embarked on a 12 week consultation about gaining foundation trust status.
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NewsVirgin rebrand for care provider Assura Medical
Community and primary care provider Assura Medical is to rebrand as Virgin Care, two years after Virgin bought a controlling stake in the company.
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GWAS performance falls
PERFORMANCE: There were no areas of “good or improved performance” to note at Great Western Ambulance Service during December, a report to the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Board said.