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NewsStudent nurses withdrawn from hospital amid CQC concerns
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has withdrawn 100 student nurses from a hospital in Lincolnshire after the Care Quality Commission raised “serious concerns” about the learning environment.
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NewsGovernment's NHS spending pledge 'broken', say Labour
The government’s general election pledge to protect NHS spending has been broken, according to opposition ministers.
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Isle of Wight plans single provider body
STRUCTURE: Proposals have been set out for a single provider organisation for the Isle of Wight, covering acute, community, mental health, ambulance and prison healthcare services.
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NewsHSJ special report: managers' fears over the £20bn 'Nicholson Challenge'
An HSJ survey in conjunction with consultancy BDO has revealed managers’ anxieties over ‘imaginary’ savings, sustaining quality and engaging stakeholders. But, reports Daloni Carlisle, the commitment to innovation remains.
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Imperial has already racked up £3.6m worth of PCT payment challenges
FINANCE: A report from the north west London PCT cluster has revealed by the end of month two there were £3m in claims and £600,000 in mis-attributed payments at the trust.
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Heart of England shuns partnership with Birmingham City Uni
WORKFORCE: Heart of England Foundation Trust has decided against piloting a hospital-based nursing degree with Birmingham City University.
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Money withheld from Heart of England due to stroke performance
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners are holding back 3 per cent of contracted funds from Heart of England Foundation Trust until performance problems relating to stroke and the patient pathway are resolved.
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CCP review of Basingstoke merger delayed
The Co-pperation and Competition Panel have extended the first phase of their review of Basingstoke and North Hampshire NHS Foundation Trust’s planned takeover of Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare.
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Derby picks Morrisons in estate sell-off
COMMERCIAL: Derby Hospitals Foundation Trust has selected Morrisons to develop the first phase of a new mixed use scheme planned for the old Derbyshire Royal Infirmary site.
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NewsCommissioners 'excessively constraining' patient choice
Commissioners are restricting patient choice and choking competition in routine elective care, the Cooperation and Competition Panel has found.
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NewsAcutes target community assets worth almost £3bn
Acute trusts – many of them financially troubled – are set to inherit community service assets worth £2.7bn, creating the possibility property will be offloaded to hit short term savings targets, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHS managers to pay hundreds more a year towards pensions
NHS managers will have to pay hundreds of pounds more towards their pensions from next year under government figures revealed today.
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GPs back specialist nursing post after pressure from charity
WORKFORCE: A specialist Parkinson’s nurse has been secured for West Sussex after an emerging clinical commissioning group previously advised a primary care trust to put recruitment to the post “on hold”.
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Dispute over Leeds children's heart surgery
PERFORMANCE: Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has rejected a charity’s criticism of standards of its children’s heart surgery, as the Care Quality Commission says it will look at the concerns.
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At least half of University Hospitals of Leicester services make a loss
FINANCE: University Hospitals of Leicester Trust makes a loss on at least half of its services and the remainder do not make enough to cover the losses, an analysis has shown.
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NewsGovernment will act as guarantor on PFI
The government will continue to act as a guarantor for private finance initiative schemes, the health secretary has announced.
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NewsLansley's delay to reconfiguration 'risks patient safety'
A London acute trust chair has said “specious” delays to a reconfiguration have increased risks to patient safety.
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NewsEquality initiative thwarted by 'continued discrimination'
The NHS is denying opportunities to non-white managers despite the millions of pounds that have been spent as part of a programme to tackle under-representation in senior posts, according to the scheme’s lead and members.
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NewsPension contributions increase angers unions
The government’s controversial plans to reform public sector pensions have been attacked by a senior union leader, warning that talks aimed at averting strikes were now in “jeopardy”.
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LeaderGetting clinicians to speak up is the real key to fighting poor care
To the list of life’s certainties, Benjamin Franklin might have added the change from strong to light-touch public sector regulation and back again.