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NewsNext CQC chair pledges ‘less burdensome’ regulation
Peter Wyman pledges to make regulator “less burdensome” and to “reduce bureaucracy” Government’s preferred candidate tells Commons health committee his priority as CQC chair would be embracing technology Mr Wyman reveals he is a Conservative Party member The government’s preferred candidate to be the next Care Quality Commission ...
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HSJ LocalTrust's rationale for moving high risk surgery 'not supported'
Pennine Acute Trust say transfer of emergency and high risk general surgery has “implications” beyond those described during consultation All non-elective inpatient surgery to be transferred out of North Manchester General Hospital Reconfiguration leaders “do not recognise or support” the trust’s view RECONFIGURATION: Leaders at a major acute ...
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HSJ LocalShropshire GPs have ‘no capacity’ to take on rural urgent care work
RECONFIGURATION: GP leaders in Shropshire have raised fears that a proposed reorganisation of emergency care in the region would see an increase in GP workloads for which they say there is no more capacity.
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HSJ LocalStoke-on-Trent CCG chair steps down
WORKFORCE: Prasad Rao is to step down as chair of Stoke-on-Trent Clinical Commissioning Group.
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NewsLandmark £800m outcomes based contract collapses after eight months
Major outcomes based contract collapses after being deemed ‘financially unsustainable’ £800m Cambridgeshire and Peterborough deal was one of the largest ever tendered by the NHS New older people’s service only went live in April NHS-owned ‘lead provider’ consortium will hand contract back to commissioners One of the biggest ...
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NewsExclusive: Swindells to join NHS England as national operations director
Matthew Swindells to join NHS England as national director of commissioning operations and information Will take up the senior post in “late spring” Dame Barbara Hakin retires at the end of this month. Richard Barker, NHS England regional director for the North, to be interim. Matthew Swindells, a ...
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HSJ LocalUpdated: Morecambe Bay exits special measures
CQC says Morecambe Bay should exit special measures Improved staffing levels and stable executive team installed FT chief executive says huge deficit was necessary to make improvements Full CQC report REGULATION: Monitor has confirmed that University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust will be taken out of special ...
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NewsFT chief named as NHS England urgent and emergency care lead
Pauline Philip, chief executive of Luton and Dunstable University Hospital Foundation Trust, is joining NHS England on secondment as national urgent and emergency care director.
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HSJ LocalPossible legal challenge over better care fund millions
Council calls for CCG to release £2.3m payment for performance element of fund CCG withholding payment to council “in line with the national guidance” Auditors found “no evidence” that funds provided for additional adult social care “has been used for this purpose” FINANCE: Wiltshire Council could make a ...
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NewsCQC criticised for errors leading to trust's £200k 'fit and proper person' bill
Derby Teaching Hospitals chair calls for CQC to rethink its handling of fit and proper person complaints CQC failed to pass on vital information and is blamed for doubling cost of investigation Derby chief executive Sue James exonerated and called “exemplary” by report Serious concerns have been raised ...
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HSJ Local‘Inadequate’ Worcestershire trust placed in special measures
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust in special measures after CQC rates it “inadequate” “Urgent” improvements needed in staffing levels, governance, investigation of clinical incidents and culture Reliance on locum staff renders some services “fragile” PERFORMANCE: Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust has been placed in special measures.
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NewsPush for private sector to tackle endoscopy backlog delayed
Accreditation issues slow the take-up of independent sector endoscopy services Mobile private capacity could be used in areas where there is no existing capacity Five trusts responsible for four-fifths of long waiters, latest quarterly data shows NHS providers’ attempts to deal with an endoscopy backlog by putting work ...
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NewsHSJ Awards 2015 ceremony - watch the highlights
Winners, finalists and judges talk about what it means to take part in the largest celebration of excellence in UK healthcare.
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NewsGPs warned to prepare for cuts to rent payments
GP practices in high value areas could face large cuts to notional rent payments from NHS England, surveyors warn NHS England preparing to change the way it calculates premises payments GP practices have been advised to set aside a proportion of the “notional rent” they receive from NHS ...
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NewsHSJ Women Leaders network to launch 'plan for action' on inequality
HSJ will host its second Women Leaders network event tomorrow.
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NewsCCGs could pick 'min' or 'max' roles under NHS England strategy
NHS England has begun a commissioning strategy programme It will seek to define CCGs’ roles in “accountable care systems” Seeks to create “place based commissioning” bringing together acute, primary and specialised Purchaser/provider split will become “thinner and less defined” Clinical commissioning groups could decide between having a “minimal” ...
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NewsWarning A&Es will 'fly blind' with less performance data this winter
NHS England winter daily situation reports will not include key performance data Royal College of Emergency Medicine president says “somebody has decided to glaze over the windscreen” NHS England says less weekly data will “minimise the bureaucratic burden on frontline hospitals and GPs” NHS England will not publish ...
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HSJ LocalRoyal Liverpool board says more work needed on merger plan
Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen board says clinicians make “compelling case” for joint working with Aintree University Hospital But it concludes further work needed to evaluate all options before deciding whether merger is best option Aintree endorsed clinicians’ recommendation to pursue merger Trusts expected to develop business case that will ...
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NewsExclusive: NHS England attempts to halt judicial review in drug funding row
NHS England faces threat of judicial review over refusal to fund treatment for teenager DH and NHS England are funding Xyrem for hundreds of other narcolepsy patients Lawyers argue the decision is unlawful and discriminatory NHS England has asked doctors to resubmit a bid for funding to treat ...
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HSJ LocalFT 'disappointed' by community services tender
COMMERCIAL: A foundation trust is planning a joint bid with GPs to run out of hospital care after commissioners decided to run a competitive tender to improve local services.