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Sir David will 'press on' with reform details
The Department of Health will publish key details on the emerging NHS structures in coming weeks, despite significant uncertainty about the government’s reforms.
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Variation in surgery rates hints at savings potential
There is a “persistent and widespread” variation in the proportion of NHS patients undergoing operations in different areas in England, a King’s Fund report has found.
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Milton backs increments freeze deal amid congress heckles
Health minister Anne Milton drew heckles at the Royal College of Nursing congress after insisting a national pay increments freeze rejected by the union would remain on the table at local level.
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Competition panel okays seven provider trusts to run GPs
STRUCTURE: The Cooperation and Competition Panel has approved seven acute and mental health providers to take over GP practices, but says Monitor should review the arrangements in the future.
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Foundation trust advised to 'run down' hospital
Lawyers advised a cash-strapped foundation trust wanting to close a community hospital that it could bypass public consultation by “running down” the service on “efficiency” grounds.
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Planned funding changes for training risk underskilled staff, warn SHAs
Giving part of the £5bn education budget directly to trusts could leave staff underskilled and create conflicts of interests, strategic health authorities have warned.
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Andrew Lansley: an enemy of reform?
HSJ’s increasingly unfashionable, strained and conditional support for Andrew Lansley continuing as health secretary is predicated on two beliefs.
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Private providers to share training costs - Lansley
The health secretary has said the private sector should be subject to the “same obligations” regarding education and training as NHS providers.
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NHS 'college' to boost GPs' leadership skills
The NHS Leadership Council is to be scrapped and replaced with a “think tank” that will run accredited courses for clinicians and GP consortia, HSJ understands.
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Patients 'isolated' by hotel style wards
“Hotel style” hospital environments can leave patients feeling isolated and nurses unable to prioritise care, the public inquiry into care failings at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has heard.
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Lincs PCT chosen to pilot PbR for drug and alcohol treatment
FINANCE: The area has been chosen as a pilot scheme for introducing payment by results for drug and alcohol services.
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Lord Hunt becomes chair of Heart of England FT
WORKFORCE: Heart of England Foundation Trust has appointed Lord Philip Hunt as its new chair following a formal governors’ consultative council meeting last month.
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Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals FT smartcard system wins award
PERFORMANCE: A single sign-on IT system has been introduced to give clinical staff quick access and increased security to computer networks.
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DH pharmacy consultation put on hold
A consultation on whether pharmacies should be allowed to set up services that primary care trusts do not believe are needed has been shelved.
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Pressure on local authority funds raising risk of legal action
The financial pressures facing local authorities are increasing legal disputes with the NHS, say healthcare lawyers.
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Salford boss to take top job at greater Manchester cluster
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust’s chief executive, Mike Burrows, will take the CEO role at the Greater Manchester PCT cluster.
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NHS Bassetlaw identifies £5.7m of disinvestments
NHS Bassetlaw has identified £5.7m of “disinvestment opportunities” but says these will require £3.7m of one-off costs, including money for a GP incentive scheme.
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Mid staffs inquiry told "name and shame" approach of Dr Foster unhelpful
Publishing hospital standardised mortality ratios into league tables without establishing how much of the variation between trusts could be blamed on poor care was “irresponsible”, the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry has heard.
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Pennine Care pulls out of NPfIT
The mental health trust lined up to lead the way in adopting National Programme for IT software has pulled out of the programme after failing to go live almost two years after its due date.
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Six Mersey Care patients abscond on escorted leave from medium secure services
PERFORMANCE: Six of the mental health trust’s patients absconded while on escorted leave from medium secure facilities between April 2010 and February 2011, its latest performance report states.