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HSJ LocalTrust pump-primes new care model team
A trust is investing more than £1m to pump-prime a new community team for young mental health patients.
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NewsRevealed: Hospitals cancelled more than 500 cancer operations over winter
More than 500 cancer operations were cancelled by hospital trusts in England due to winter pressures, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalTrust in legal battle to end £321m PFI contract
An attempt by a large mental health trust to terminate its private finance initiative contract due to building defects at its main hospital has resulted in a legal dispute over money it is owed, HSJ has learned.
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NewsDetails of NHS privately financed estates plan revealed
NHS trusts could agree major property deals with private firms from June 2019 under partnership plans being considered by the government, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCCGs on course for £687m deficit
Clinical commissioning groups are on course to overspend their total budget by £687m at the end of 2017-18, while the overall commissioning system will balance its books, NHS England has said.
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HSJ LocalChildren needing talking therapy had 'invasive treatment' at GOSH
Children needing psychological therapy “underwent many years of invasive treatment” at a specialist trust after presenting with non-medical or “fabricated symptoms”, royal college investigators were told.
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News£60m capital boost for northern STP ambitions
More than £60m is to be invested in pathology, technology and improving efficiency across three sustainability and transformation partnerships in the north, following the government’s capital funding injection this week.
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NewsExclusive: Cancer diagnosis cash not ‘reaching frontline’ in some areas
Increased central funding for cancer tests is “being diverted to plug gaps” in finances in some areas, according to concerns in new research shared with HSJ.
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HSJ LocalConcerns raised over stroke reconfiguration transfer plans
Senior clinicians and local campaigners have raised safety concerns over plans for a major reconfiguration of stroke services in Essex.
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NewsCQC cuts fees for majority of NHS trusts
The majority of NHS trusts will see a reduction in Care Quality Commission fees from next month – but some providers could see costs jump by more than £160,000.
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HSJ LocalTrusts and NHS Improvement reach hospital takeover deal
One of the biggest hospital trusts in the country will form on Sunday following a deal being reached after months of wrangling with NHS Improvement.
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HSJ LocalTop A&E trust's chief executive steps down
The chief executive of an innovative trust with one of the best performing accident and emergency departments in the country has stepped down due to illness.
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NewsGovernment allocates £760m capital funding
The government has today allocated £760m capital for building projects, including a major acute reconfiguration in the Midlands, and another £150m for “efficiency” investments.
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NewsCCGs pulled out of special measures ahead of mergers
Three clinical commissioning groups have been taken out of special measures ahead of mergers this weekend.
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NewsProviders: Growing bed shortage must be priority after torrid winter
The NHS’s growing bed shortage is the most pressing issue system leaders must address following a torrid winter, NHS Providers has warned, as it dismissed all of NHS England’s core targets for next year as unrealistic.
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NewsRegulator chief executive to leave for Canada role
The chief executive of the Professional Standards Authority is to step down from his role later this year.
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HSJ LocalHospital chief executive to head up charity
The leader of a financially struggling acute trust is leaving to become chief executive of a mental health charity.
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NewsRogue surgeon inquiry to investigate NHS private sector referrals
The way NHS patients are referred to and from the private sector by individual professionals will be examined by an independent inquiry, the government has announced.
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NewsNHSI: Sacking leaders and quick savings 'endanger improvement'
Sacking leaders when mistakes are made and “salami slicing” budgets to make quick savings “endanger improvement” and risk system failure in mental health, a new NHS Improvement report says.
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LeaderWhy the NHS England and NHS Improvement integration plans matter
The convoluted nature of the NHS’s national oversight is the product of the bungled Lansley reforms.