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NewsCommissioning board shouldn’t become ‘greatest quango’ – Nicholson
Sir David Nicholson says he will prevent the NHS Commissioning Board becoming “the greatest quango in the sky” by maintaining an “ambition” for the whole country to be covered by active clinical commissioning groups.
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NewsNicholson: I feared Lansley’s competition rules
NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has confirmed he was against the government’s original proposal for a regulator promoting competition in the NHS, which was dropped this week.
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Acute trust announces its potential merger partners
STRUCTURE: Epsom and St Helier University Hospital Trust on the Surrey/London border has announced Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals Foundation Trust and the Royal Surrey County Hospital FT are interested in merging with Epsom Hospital, with St George’s Healthcare Trust interested in St Helier Hospital.
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Commissioners to investigate 'disproportionate' activity rise
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners in west London ordered a report into short stay emergency admissions at their main hospital after becoming suspicious about an activity rise in the run-up to the trust’s Monitor application.
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NewsTrusts face readmissions penalties totalling £600m
Trusts stand to lose an average of 3 per cent of tariff income as a result of penalties for emergency readmissions, analysis gathered exclusively for HSJ reveals.
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NewsLower qualified pathology workforce ‘could make 25 per cent savings’
The government’s pathology tsar has said the discipline could save 15-25 per cent of its costs by reducing the proportion of highly qualified staff it uses to perform junior tasks.
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SE London cluster seeks QIPP savings worth £126m from providers
FINANCE: The South Eeast London primary care trust cluster is to take £126m out of its providers in quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) savings over the next four years.
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Calderstones reports 36 incidents to Health and Safety Executive
PERFORMANCE: The foundation reported 36 incidents leading to injuries which lasted more than three days to the Health and Safety Executive in 2010-11, board papers show.
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NewsLansley: 'We want to take people with us'
Concessions in the NHS reforms were made under pressure from the medical professions, health secretary Andrew Lansley admitted in a speech to GPs yesterday.
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NewsRare cancer drugs budget underspent by nearly half
Only 56 per cent of the money allocated for cancer drugs normally unavailable on the NHS was spent in the first six months of a high profile fund, a report has found.
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NewsPFI rethink stalls hospital building plans
Plans to build a number of new hospitals have stalled as trusts await a ministerial decision on whether the government will underwrite private finance initiative deals.
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NewsConsortia rebrand required to 'clearly link' with locality
The creative names chosen by many shadow commissioning consortia – now rebranded clinical commissioning groups – are to disappear under the amendments to the Health Bill.
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Lincolnshire Partnership FT finds £1.3m gap in efficiency plan
FINANCE: Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust’s efficiency plan for 2011-12 has a gap of £1.3m.
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18 week waiting target breached at Pennine Acute
PERFORMANCE: The trust breached its key Care Quality Commission waiting target in 2010-11, a review of its performance against business plan shows.
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South Devon Healthcare assets fall in value
FINANCE: South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust’s assets have declined in value by almost a £1m, contributing to a year end surplus almost £500,000 behind plan.
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CQUIN cash risk at Durham and Darlington
FINANCE: County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust has rated “amber/red” its performance against commissioning for quality and innovation pay-for performance measures.
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Contractual problems cause Bexley to record worst chlamydia screening rate in cluster
PERFORMANCE: The south east London borough had a screening rate of 12.3 per cent, less than half most of its neighbouring boroughs.
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Royal Devon takes stroke nursing care into the home
PERFORMANCE: The Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust’s specialist stroke service has launched a scheme to treat recovering patients in their own homes.
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South Devon Healthcare looks to lead on workforce development
WORKFORCE: The board of South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust has agreed to seek to become a host for a Provider Skills Network in the South West.
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Lewisham Healthcare Trust to lose £16m on QIPP over next four years
FINANCE: The south London acute faces a disinvestment worth £16m due to the local commissioning cluster’s quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) plans up to 2015.