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Flory highlights 'unacceptable' waiting times
Improvement is expected after “unacceptable” waiting times this winter, the NHS deputy chief executive has said.
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Dilnot commission confirms cap on care contributions
Andrew Dilnot has confirmed expectations that his commission on funding social care would propose a cap of £35,000 on individual contributions for their care today.
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Southern Health faces 7.5 per cent CIP
FINANCE: Southern Health, the community and mental health services provider in Hampshire, is planning to save £23.7m – or 7.5 per cent of its turnover – in 2011-12 through its cost improvement plan.
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GPs pocketing millions in buildings payments, investigation finds
Doctors are receiving six-figure windfalls in surgery rent and sale payments, an investigation has found.
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Andrew Taylor to leave competition panel
Andrew Taylor has announced he will leave his role as director of the Cooperation and Competition Panel at the end of August.
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Yorkshire trusts pulled up on elective waiting times
PERFORMANCE: Several Yorkshire hospital trusts have been pulled up by the Department of Health for failing to meet waiting times standards for elective care.
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Flu pandemic could cost UK nearly £50bn
The knock-on effects of a flu pandemic could be worse for the economy than originally thought, according to a new study.
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Winchester and Eastleigh misses waiting times targets
PERFORMANCE: Winchester and Eastleigh NHS Trust has reported several target breaches around waiting times both for elective treatment and in its emergency department.
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Bradford FT finishes year with £3.7m surplus
FINANCE: Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust recorded a £3.73m surplus.
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Birmingham's PCTs face £44m financial shortfall
FINANCE: Birmingham’s PCTs face a £44m shortfall in their QIPP plans in 2011-12 and an underlying recurrent deficit of at least £53m in 2012-13.
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Treasury review of NHS charities sparks 'nationalisation' fear
Treasury plans to place charitable assets worth £500m on the public balance sheet for the first time will have the effect of “nationalising” NHS charities, critics of the move have warned.
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Qualified view of 'financial resilience' for Mid Yorks hospitals
FINANCE: Auditors have issued a qualified opinion on the financial resilience of Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust.
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Lansley meeting Future Forum to discuss its future
Members of the NHS Future Forum - set up to review the government’s controversial reform plans - are to meet to discuss whether and how the group should continue.
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End-of-life funding change would be 'fairer' on patients
Changing the way end-of-life care is funded across the country would save millions of pounds and help focus on individual patient needs, according to a government-ordered review.
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Poole and Royal Bournemouth press ahead with joint working
STRUCTURE: The chairs of Poole Hospital Foundation Trust and the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals Foundation Trust have signed a joint statement of intent, setting out details of how they will work more closely together.
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Monitor downgrades Somerset Partnership on governance
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has downgraded Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust’s governance risk rating from amber-green to amber red.
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Taunton and Somerset FT downgraded due to C diff failure
PERFORMANCE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust has been downgraded by Monitor after breaching the Clostridium difficile target for the third consecutive quarter.
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Southern Health misses performance targets and reports overspend
PERFORMANCE: Southern Health’s adult mental health and learning disability directorate is falling behind on a number of compliance targets, and is reporting an overspend for the first month of 2011-12.
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Monitor downgrades Royal Devon
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has downgraded the Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust’s governance risk rating for quarter four.
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Mid Yorks trust 'alerted to inaccurate finance assumption'
FINANCE: Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust end of year statement of internal control reveals it “was alerted to inaccurate financial assumptions” in November last year, and is planning to save £60m in the next two years.