Latest news – Page 1381
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Multimillion pound commissioning support tender suspended
FINANCE: A multi-million pound tender process for development support for commissioning consortia across London has been “suspended indefinitely”.
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NHS Ashton, Leigh and Wigan outlines £13.4m savings plans for 2011-12
FINANCE: The primary care trust has identified £13.4m of “firm savings” it can make to bridge its 2011-12 “funding gap”, board papers show.
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Derby City 'sharing' QIPP savings with consortia
FINANCE: Shadow commissioning budgets in Derbyshire for 2011-12 will allocate quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) savings to GP practices along primary care trust boundaries.
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Sheffield's four consortia seek joint accountable officer
STRUCTURE: The four emerging commissioning consortia in Sheffield are forming an overarching committee, which will have an accountable officer.
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Clinical networks to respond to competition fears
Clinical networks could be given a more prominent role to address fears that greater NHS competition will lead to service fragmentation and greater variations in standards of care.
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'Disappointing' DH delays Mid Staffs inquiry
The public inquiry into Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has been held up by the Department of Health’s failure to disclose relevant documents.
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Exclusive: care quality variations revealed in Dr Foster data
Large disparities in key patient care indicators across trusts in England have been revealed in data shared exclusively with HSJ.
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HSJ Local
RNOH presses ahead with PFI project
FINANCE: The north London specialist trust has shortlisted three bidders for its proposed rebuild.
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Outer North East London cluster anticipates 'assigning' PCT staff to consortia in July
STRUCUTRE: A timeline produced by the cluster said it hoped to have “Pathfinder Commissioning Support Units” in place by January 2012
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Commissioners put £166.4m contract offer on table for Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh FT
FINANCE: In March NHS Ashton, Wigan and Leigh was assuming it would spend £166.4m with the foundation in 2011-12, board papers show.
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HSJ Local
Derby Hospitals takes £0.7m CQUIN hit
FINANCE: NHS Derbyshire County has deducted commissioning for quality and innovation income (CQUIN) from Derby Hospitals Foundation Trust worth £699,000.
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HSJ Local
Patients warned they could be turned away from Weston Area Health Trust
STRUCTURE: Weston Area Health Trust has reopened its accident and emergency department as an urgent care centre and is warning patients they could be turned away if they don’t require uregent treatment.
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HSJ Local
Mental unit investigation ends
PERFORMANCE: A major investigation into an occupational therapy unit in Staffordshire has concluded.
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Government public health response held until July
A government response to the public health white paper consultation will not be published until July, Department of Health officials have told MPs.
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Senior medical figures criticise post-discharge care
Senior medical figures have attacked the quality of care for patients coming out of hospital following an operation.
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Leader
Service sweats over plans B, C and D as pause takes its toll
The NHS is paying a heavy, although largely unseen, price for the “pause” in the government’s health reforms.
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HSJ Local
Sherwood Forest receives £4.28m more income than planned
FINANCE: Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust received £4.28m more income than planned last year due to overactivity.
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Infection target 'unachievable' under new tests
Trusts that have failed to meet their C difficile infection targets because of changes in how patient tests are carried out are challenging the “achievability” of even tougher measures.
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PCTs withholding consortia funding, claims NAPC
Primary care trusts could be setting commissioning consortia up to fail by denying them development funding, the National Association of Primary Care has claimed.
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General healthcare boss backs price competition
The head of the UK’s largest private healthcare group has insisted he does want to compete on price with NHS hospitals, and it would be “madness” to prohibit price competition.