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NewsExclusive: Lansley says hospitals exempt from 'over-managed' claim
Andrew Lansley has used an exclusive HSJ interview to exempt the acute sector from his criticism that the NHS is over-managed.
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NewsDH publishes full Commissioning Board plans
The Department of Health has published the proposed role and structure of the NHS Commissioning Board.
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NewsEaston: QIPP can provide 'crisis' needed to break hospital dependence
The NHS’s £20bn savings drive can provide the “crisis” it needs to transform physical healthcare in the same way it has transformed mental health services, Jim Easton said yesterday.
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NewsAQP 'bastardised', says Care UK boss
A director of one of England’s leading private sector health care providers has expressed doubts over the government’s “any qualified provider” policy, describing it as “bastardised”.
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St Helens and Knowsley due to submit foundation trust pipeline agreement by end of July
STRUCTURE: The trust has agreed to submit a formal document detailing how it will reach foundation trust status to the Department of Health by the end of July.
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NewsHospital autonomy makes 'no difference' to performance
Giving hospitals more autonomy as foundation trusts has made little difference to how they perform, according to researchers.
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NewsMonitor directors say FTs 'opportunistic' in acquiring community services
The foundation trust regulator has criticised the “opportunistic” approach of trusts to absorbing community services.
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Lewisham Healthcare Trust puts off replacing pathology equipment
FINANCE: The south London trust said there was “uncertainty about the future of pathology services on the University Hospital Lewisham site”
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Royal Liverpool could become foundation trust by 1 November
STRUCTURE: Foundation trust regulator Monitor was due to begin assessment of Royal Liverpool’s FT application at the end of June, NHS North West board papers show.
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Two deprivation of liberty cases substantiated against South London Healthcare Trust
PERFORMANCE: The large acute trust is increasing training on safeguarding after a report to its board said: “Two cases of abuse have been partiallysubstantiated against the Trust in relation to poor discharge planning”.
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'Failure to compete' risk at Northants FT
FINANCE: Northampton Healthcare FT faces a “significant risk” of failing to compete to provide services, according to board papers.
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NewsOverview and scrutiny panel responsible for 'a tragedy', councillor says
The former chair of a county council’s health overview and scrutiny committee has described the delayed reconfiguration of a trust as “a tragedy”, and blamed the local HOSC.
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Pennine Acute categorised as “high risk plus” in NHS North West foundation trust pipeline report
STRUCTURE: The trust is one of four categorised as “high risk plus” in NHS North West’s latest update on the progress towards foundation trust status of the non-FTs in its patch.
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NewsDemand management schemes 'not proven'
Schemes being used to manage demand for hospital care have “limited evidence” and some may increase costs, NHS managers have been told.
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NewsField: clinical senates a 'hand grenade' to GP consultant relations
Clinical senates were designed to act as a “hand grenade” to remove barriers preventing GPs and hospital doctors talking, not “another level of bureaucracy”, Professor Steve Field has said.
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NewsEaston warns some QIPP schemes are just 'red-lining' budget cuts
The man responsible for driving the NHS’s £20bn quality, innovation, productivity and prevention savings plan today warned that some schemes being pursued under its banner had “no semblance of quality in them at all”.
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NewsAspirant FTs to have debt 'restructured'
Aspirant foundation trusts with liquidity or debt problems could have their debt restructured, the Department of Health’s head of provider development has said.
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NewsLansley urges NHS to 'regain momentum' following reform debate
Andrew Lansley has urged the health service to “regain the momentum” lost in the “flux” sparked by the government’s reform plans.
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NewsCommissioning primary care plans still in development
The government has not yet decided whether clinical commissioning groups can take on management of general practice contracts, the responsible Department of Health has said.
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NewsResponsible officers to sit with commissioning board
Primary care responsible officers will probably sit with the NHS Commissioning Board, the Department of Health figure in charge of the policy has confirmed.