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NewsUpdated: West Herts to be placed in special measures
West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust has been recommended for special measures after being rated ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ LocalAcute referrals to Worcestershire trust suspended
PERFORMANCE: Redditch and Bromsgrove Clinical Commissioning Group has asked GPs to stop referring patients to Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust in an effort to reduce its ‘unmanageable’ outpatient waiting time backlog.
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HSJ LocalLeading North West FTs to create 'foundation chain'
STRUCTURE: Work has started to create a ‘foundation chain’ between two leading hospital trusts in the North West, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ LocalLondon and Kent trusts team up for vanguard bid
STRUCTURE: Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust has put forward an acute care vanguard bid in partnership with Dartford and Gravesham Trust. It would see the London teaching hospital become a ‘system leader’.
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HSJ LocalCornish mental health trust praised for rehab services
PERFORMANCE: Cornwall Partnership Foundation Trust has been rated ‘good’ by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsExclusive Hunt interview: CQC ratings have replaced FT status as ‘definition of success’
The mark of quality for an NHS provider is no longer foundation trust status, but the award of a ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ rating by the Care Quality Commission, the health secretary has said.
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NewsThe NHS has 'too many trusts', says Hunt
Jeremy Hunt has said there are ‘too many trusts’ in the NHS and the health service needs to ‘up the pace’ of work on hospital chains and other provider reforms.
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NewsExclusive: Public thinks seven day services needed for convenience not safety, survey shows
The public’s main interest in NHS seven day working is convenience rather than safety, a new poll indicates.
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NewsHunt to give 2015 HSJ annual lecture
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt will give the second HSJ annual lecture in October.
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NewsMonitor: Out of hospital care ‘no panacea’ for demand pressure
Monitor has warned providers that schemes to move care out of hospital are not guaranteed to reduce costs or demand pressure.
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NewsVanguards reveal transformation plans and barriers to change
The urgent and emergency care vanguards are overhauling 111 systems and moving activity out of hospital, but the constraints of finance and workforce shortages are a concern, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ LocalKeogh trust to exit special measures after two years
QUALITY: The Care Quality Commission has recommended that Tameside Hospital Foundation Trust comes out of special measures.
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NewsExclusive: Hunt orders investigation of 'regulatory gap' baby death case
The health secretary has promised an independent investigation of the death of a baby whose ‘incredibly distressing’ case highlighted a regulatory ‘gap’ in the NHS’s ability to probe historic complaints.
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NewsExclusive: Norman Lamb to chair mental health commission
Norman Lamb will chair a commission looking at the links between poor mental health, public services and the economy, set up by local authorities in the West Midlands, they have confirmed to HSJ.
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NewsUpdated: Greater Manchester CCGs set up shared support service
Clinical commissioning groups in Greater Manchester have established a shared support service function.
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HSJ LocalShelford Group chief takes on new role with tech firm
WORKFORCE: The departing chief executive of Oxford University Hospitals Trust, Sir Jonathan Michael, is to move to an IT software firm.
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NewsAnalysis: GP share of NHS spending falls for third year
The share of the total health budget spent on GP services fell for the third successive year in 2014-15, according to figures from annual accounts. This is despite national NHS leaders’ declared intention to expand primary care.
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HSJ LocalLondon devo bid targets more control over primary care
FINANCE: A London-wide proposal to take on devolved powers for health and social care will be submitted to the Treasury today.
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NewsExclusive: Leeds, Newcastle and Sheffield say no to NHS devolution
Several major city regions in the north of England have decided health and care will play no major part in their bids for devolved powers, HSJ has learned.