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NewsHospital chain trust expects nearly £100m deficit
The founder trust of a hospital group has declared its “underlying deficit” is likely to be more than £95m this financial year.
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HSJ LocalTrust cancels operations until Easter to 'reset' health economy
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has cancelled all elective operations until 29 March to try to “reset” its health economy after the region declared a system wide black alert.
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HSJ LocalRevealed: Acute and mental health trusts plan landmark merger
Two trusts have begun planning a merger to bring together acute, community, and mental health services into a single trust, HSJ can reveal.
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Deal to reform clinical excellence awards agreed
Clinical excellence awards made by NHS trusts will no longer be pensionable and limited to between one and three years as part of a deal agreed between NHS Employers and the British Medical Association.
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HSJ LocalAspiring ACO will not 'fully integrate' vast majority of its GPs
The “vast majority” of GPs are expected to choose “partial” rather than “full” integration with the accountable care organisation being pursued by Dudley Clinical Commissioning Group, its chief has said.
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NewsUpdated: CCG mergers and shared leadership map
This map shows which CCGs have merged, are in talks to join together or share a leader – which can be an indicator of plans to merge in future.
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HSJ LocalChief executive of struggling ambulance trust to retire
The chief executive of the struggling North West Ambulance Trust has announced his retirement.
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NewsMinisters and unions agree Agenda for Change pay and reform deal
More than 1 million NHS staff are set to be offered an average 6 per cent pay rise spread over three years from next April, after ministers and trade unions agreed a deal to reform the Agenda for Change pay framework, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ LocalTrust exits special measures under new leadership
An acute trust in Essex has exited special measures less than a year after new leadership was brought in.
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NewsEmployers confident contract deal will end NHS pay drift
NHS Employers chief executive Danny Mortimer has said he is confident NHS trusts will implement reforms to prevent automatic pay rises following a deal on the Agenda for Change contract.
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NewsNHS mandate confirms flagship waiting targets on hold
The government’s instructions for the NHS in 2018-19 confirm that flagship waiting time targets for planned and emergency care remain on hold.
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HSJ LocalTeaching trust creates subsidiary to turn around 'unsustainable' facilities services
University Hospitals Leicester Trust is to create a wholly owned subsidiary to run its facilities management services as the board has been told current arrangements are “not sustainable”.
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HSJ LocalHundreds of patients waiting over 12 hours at strained hospital
A damning review has warned one of the most distressed hospital trusts in the country “cannot enter another winter” without more beds, with hundreds of patients waiting more than 12 hours in its emergency department every month.
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NewsNHS England extends screening for mental health problems
NHS staff will be expected to screen every patient with a long term physical condition for mental health problems, under new guidance from national leaders.
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HSJ LocalHundreds of children waiting years for ADHD assessments
Up to 800 children have been waiting nearly two years for assessments for autistic spectrum conditions and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in Kent, it has emerged.
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NewsHosting GP at Hand may cost CCG more than £10m
Commissioners in London are asking NHS England for extra funding to cover rising costs associated with the controversial digital practice GP at Hand.
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HSJ LocalMajor trust predicts £210m private income in two years
A hospital trust in London is predicting a private income of more than £100m in 2018-19.
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NewsCriticism of trust subsidiary companies 'inaccurate and misleading'
Critics of trusts creating wholly owned subsidiary companies are being “inaccurate and misleading” in their arguments against the trend, NHS Providers has said.
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NewsGovernment reveals new medical schools
Several areas of England struggling with doctor shortages are hoping to get a boost from five new medical schools, which have been announced today.
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NewsHunt sets out principles of social care green paper
Jeremy Hunt has outlined the key principles of reform to the adult social care system and announced a 10 year strategy to align the health and social care workforce.