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SHA tells Monitor to push Suffolk and Norfolk mental health merger through
STRUCTURE: NHS East of England has asked Monitor to reject recommendations by the Cooperation and Competition Panel and “expedite” the merger of two mental health providers in the region on patient safety grounds.
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News250 Southern Cross homes to be rescued
Southern Cross’ largest landlord has announced plans to run 249 of the care homes operated by the collapsed provider.
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Lewisham Healthcare warns CIP performance is 'not good'
FINANCE: Lewisham Healthcare has reported a £419,000 shortfall on its savings programme for the first two months of the financial year.
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Hinchingbrooke under 'increased' PCT and SHA scrutiny
PERFORMANCE: Hinchingbrooke Hospital is coming under “increased” oversight from its primary care trust and strategic health authority after the Care Quality Commission raised “major concerns” in relation to adult safeguarding.
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St George's faces 'quality of data' issues with Cerner system
PERFORMANCE: The London teaching hospital went live with the Cerner Millenium system in March and its chief executive last month reported it is “facing issues with a large volume of data with no pathway ID and the quality of data”.
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NewsNew talks to begin on NHS pension contributions
Health service unions are to enter into discussions with Department of Health officials on increasing public sector pension contributions, ministers have announced today.
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NewsGovernment launches new COPD strategy
Plans have been announced to transform the lives of millions of people with respiratory diseases.
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MPs urged to step in over children's heart unit closure
Plans to close a children’s heart surgery unit must be looked at by MPs, a charity has urged.
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NewsValue based pricing not 'feasible' by 2014
Concerns have been raised that the new “value based pricing” regime for medicines may not be ready in time to replace the existing system.
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Medway goes public with possible Dartford merger
STRUCTURE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust and Medway NHS Foundation Trust have announced they are exploring the possibility of coming together to form one organisation.
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Whipp's Cross behind plan on cost improvement programme
FINANCE: Whipp’s Cross is already behind plan on its 12.4 per cent cost improvement programme for this year, board papers reveal.
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Seven compulsory redundancies at St George's, including one £100k settlement
WORKFORCE: The south London teaching hosital’s annual accounts showed seven compulsory redundancies in 2010-11.
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Unions and commissioners hail South Tyneside community services change
STRUCTURE: The transfer of community services to South Tyneside Foundation Trust has been completed and welcomed by commissioners and the Royal College of Nursing.
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Aylesbury GP premises plan will endanger QIPP savings
FINANCE: A plan to redevelop a number of GP practices in Aylesbury has been recommended to NHS Buckinghamshire, even though it puts the primary care trust’s savings plans at risk.
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Work starts on midwife-led birth unit in Medway
STRUCTURE: Work has begun on a new midwifery-led unit at Medway Maritime Hospital.
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First patients attend new Medway neuroscience unit
STRUCTURE: A new neuroscience unit has opened at Medway Maritime Hospital.
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Kent trust failed to reach information governance minimum
PERFORMANCE: An internal control report from Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells said the trust had failed last year to reach the minimum requirement for information governance set out in the NHS operating framework.
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No judicial review request over Maidstone reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: Councillors have opted not to request a judicial review against the trust over its plans to reconfigure services for women and children, according to board papers.
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Doncaster FT hires new lead cancer medic
WORKFORCE: Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has appointed a new lead cancer clinician.
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Oxfordshire PCT devolves two thirds of its budget to shadow CCGs
FINANCE: Shadow clinical commissioning groups in Oxfordshire have been given responsibility for more than two thirds of the county’s total commissioning budget for 2011-12.