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HSJ LocalTeaching trust raises concerns over tie up with smaller hospitals
Concerns have been raised by a teaching trust that consolidating its back office with two smaller local trusts may not deliver direct savings for the larger provider, HSJ has learned.
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NewsSTP to consider ACS plans after regulators intervene
Leaders in Leicestershire will decide this month how to establish a new accountable care system after receiving a “clear message” in favour of the proposal from regulators.
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NewsNHSI investigates trust over financial governance concerns
NHS Improvement is investigating financial governance at a London hospital trust after management consultants raised concerns over how it produced its 2017-18 plan.
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NewsNMC: All graduate nurses should be ready to prescribe
Nurses could be able to prescribe medication “much sooner” in their careers than they currently can under plans being consulted on by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
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NewsFirst national procurement contract aims for four per cent savings
The architects of the NHS’s new national procurement drive have suggested that the first element scheme should deliver savings of around four per cent.
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NewsNHS England urged to improve physical healthcare in mental health units
A coroner has urged NHS England to improve physical healthcare support for patients in mental health units following the death of a new mother with post-partum psychosis in an inpatient unit.
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CCGs to stunt GP spending growth in national savings drive
Commissioners in Cheshire are set to cut the growth in their primary care budgets in response to the national capped expenditure process, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsSouthern Health may lose community services as CCGs prepare to procure
Southern Health Foundation Trust has confirmed it is considering divesting itself of its community services provision – which accounts for a third of its turnover – ahead of a procurement for a new integrated model of care.
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NewsLondon hospital trust names new chief executive
A London hospital and community trust has today announced the appointment of new chief executive.
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HSJ LocalNHS Improvement appoints 'buddy' for special measures trust
A provider in both financial and quality special measures has been given a “buddy” trust by NHS Improvement to improve its position.
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NewsFormer London trust chief executive to lead troubled STP
The chief executive of a London acute trust has agreed to head a troubled sustainability and transformation partnership.
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NewsWorkforce shortage delays mental health safety checks
The Care Quality Commission has increased pay for doctors carrying out essential safeguarding visits for mental health patients after a workforce shortage resulted in waiting time targets being missed.
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NewsExclusive: Mounting aftercare costs eat into mental health budgets
The mounting cost of caring for people after they have been detained under the Mental Health Act is eating up an increasing proportion of mental health budgets for more than two thirds of commissioners, HSJ analysis suggests.
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NewsExclusive: Former DH director leaves Google DeepMind
A former Department of Health director is leaving his lead role at Google’s British artificial intelligence venture after less than 12 months with the company.
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NewsHow to cut the cost of diabetes: an in-depth guide
Read HSJ’s digital guide on improving compliance by patients and providing services that better serve their needs, in association with Roche Diabetes Care
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NewsExclusive: Third trust reveals large neurology backlog
A trust in the East Midlands has become the latest to reveal it has hundreds of neurology patients overdue follow up appointments due to a lack of capacity.
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HSJ LocalFormer Southern Health director takes up new executive role
A former regional adviser for the Care Quality Commission has been appointed executive medical director at a community and mental health trust.
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NewsMackey calls for 'urgent' action over winter beds as DTOCs rise
Regulators have warned that urgent action is needed to ensure enough hospital beds are available over winter, saying that the government’s extra investment in social care failed to reduce the number of delayed discharges.
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NewsSupreme Court decision forces NHS pension rule change
NHS trusts are to be asked for help in tracking down unmarried former partners of deceased NHS staff who were wrongly denied pension benefits, HSJ has learned.
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NewsDH puts £730m NHS logistics contract on the market
Organisations are set to bid for a contract worth nearly three quarters of a billion pounds after the Department of Health published a tender as part of its new national procurement model.