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HSJ LocalCommissioners U-turn on controversial 12 week minimum waits
One of the NHS’s largest clinical commissioning groups is set to ditch a controversial policy enforcing 12 week minimum waiting times for adults needing “non-urgent” treatment – just two months after setting out the plan.
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NewsHopson: NHS leaders' careers at risk over 'impossible targets'
NHS leaders are being held to “unjust and unfair” standards by the centre, with careers put at risk over “impossible” performance targets, NHS Providers chief executive Chris Hopson has said.
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NewsRevealed: FT redundancy pay outs fall by more than a quarter
The amount spent on redundancy payments by foundation trusts has fallen significantly over the past three financial years, HSJ analysis reveals.
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HSJ LocalHospital trust runs one in five GP practices on its patch
An acute trust in the West Midlands is now running nearly a fifth of GP practices in its area after integrating with its eighth practice.
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NewsManagers having 'suicidal thoughts' due to pressure, union boss warns
NHS managers are experiencing depression and suicidal thoughts because of the pressure they are working under, the chief executive of the Managers in Partnership union has warned.
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NewsSeven more CCGs approved to merge in nationwide shake-up
NHS England has approved clinical commissioning mergers in a further two areas, bringing together seven more CCGs.
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NewsConfed: 'Precarious' NHS needs extra £4bn just to sustain services
The health service needs a minimum of £4bn additional revenue just to sustain day to day services, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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HSJ LocalCCGs to share leader in move towards 'alliance'
Four clinical commissioning groups in Sussex are to share a single accountable officer as they start working as a “commissioning alliance”.
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HSJ LocalCCGs appoint joint accountable officer to cover entire county
The six clinical commissioning groups covering Staffordshire have appointed a single accountable officer.
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NewsClinical director loses employment tribunal over private work
A former clinical director has lost his employment tribunal case after a judge ruled he quit his trust over the impact a reconfiguration would have had on his private work, not over patient safety.
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NewsPeople with learning disabilities 'less likely to have care errors picked up'
An investigation into the deaths of people with learning disabilities has revealed they were “less likely” to have mistakes in their care “picked up”.
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NewsCQC to expand number of providers it registers
The Care Quality Commission intends to expand the number of providers it registers.
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NewsExclusive: Mergers involving 11 CCGs get green light
NHS England has approved unprecedented changes to clinical commissioning groups across the country, consolidating 11 CCGs into four, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsTrust chiefs given new instructions to tackle winter DTOCs
NHS Improvement has written to the chief executives of all trusts providing community services setting out actions they must implement to reduce delayed transfers of care over winter.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Investigation into financial management of large acute trust
An investigation has been launched into the financial management of a large acute trust after external suppliers began threatening legal action over unpaid bills, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Non-execs resign after citing lack of scrutiny for 'hospital group' board
Two non-executive directors resigned after raising concerns around the governance of an NHS hospital trust involved in a new ‘group model’, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalTeaching trust to exit special measures after four years
An NHS hospital trust in special measures for the last four years – longer than any other provider – has finally made sufficient improvement to be lifted out of the regime.
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NewsPrivate provider shuts children's unit after regulators intervene
An independent provider is to stop providing children and adolescents’ mental health services at one of its units after NHS England and the Care Quality Commission said further action was needed to safeguard the “health and welfare” of patients.
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HSJ LocalFinance director leaves teaching hospital trust
The finance director of a Shelford Group trust has resigned, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalTrust cuts nurse numbers to make way for nursing associates
The board of a hospital trust in the West Midlands has agreed to reduce the numbers of registered nurses on its wards replacing them with nursing associates.