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Commissioners dip into reserves to fund trust’s tariff option
FINANCE: Southern Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group has had to raid its reserves in order to cover the costs of implementing its main acute trust’s enhanced tariff option, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalSocial enterprise hires former private hospital chief
WORKFORCE: A non-profit provider of NHS audiology services in the South West has appointed Ian Reynolds, the former boss of Priory Hospitals, as its chief executive.
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HSJ daily digest: Exclusive election survey and tributes to patients' champion
HSJ’s daily digest of Tuesday’s significant developments for healthcare leaders
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NewsHSJ Live 28.04.2015: 10 potential MPs to watch in health
Ten candidates standing in ‘winnable seats’ to watch for the future, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsMonitor readies itself to refer tariff row to CMA
Monitor’s pricing team are readying themselves to be able to refer rejected tariff proposals for 2015-16 to the Competition and Markets Authority as soon as next month, should the regulator’s board decide to do so.
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NewsTariff proposal threatens delayed discharge schemes
Schemes to reduce the number of patients with a delayed discharge have been scaled back because commissioners can no longer afford to fund them under current tariff arrangements, trust chief executives have told HSJ.
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NewsHSJ Live 27.04.2015: Tariff proposal threatens delayed discharge schemes
Schemes to reduce delayed discharge scaled back because commissioners can no longer afford to fund them under current tariff arrangements, plus the rest of the day’s news and comment
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Exclusive: Clinical leaders 'more willing to challenge diktats', research finds
Clinical leaders are ‘more willing to challenge or ignore diktats and messages from above’ than their managerial colleagues in clinical commissioning groups, research shared exclusively with HSJ has found.
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HSJ LocalSpecial measures trust to hire turnaround director
WORKFORCE: Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust will employ a turnaround director to implement a series of recovery plans agreed with Monitor.
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HSJ LocalBasildon and Thurrock appoints new chair
WORKFORCE: Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust has appointed Nigel Beverley as its new chair.
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HSJ LocalNewly merged trust sees deficit rise to £56m
FINANCE: Recently merged London North West Healthcare Trust finished the last financial year £55.9m in the red – £8m higher than its planned deficit for the year.
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HSJ LocalMental health charity tops Stonewall equality index
Mental health charity St Andrew’s Healthcare has taken top spot in Stonewall’s 2015 healthcare equality index.
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NewsRevealed: 10 potential MPs to watch in health
Three candidates with experience of NHS management feature in a top 10 list of potential MPs to watch in health after the election.
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HSJ daily digest: Tariff tremors and election lessons for the NHS
HSJ’s daily digest of Monday’s significant developments for healthcare leaders:
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NewsCQC's board concerned over hospital report delays
The Care Quality Commission’s board has highlighted concern about the time taken by the watchdog to publish hospital inspection reports.
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HSJ LocalManchester commissioners to lobby over pharma deal money
FINANCE: Commissioners across Greater Manchester plan to lobby the government to ensure money given to the NHS by drug companies as part of a national pricing deal is available for use in the region.
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NewsAstraZeneca president 'would not back pricing deal again'
The UK president of drug giant AstraZeneca has indicated she would not sign up to another deal similar to the current pharmaceutical pricing scheme unless the NHS makes a ‘substantial’ increase of drugs access.
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HSJ LocalCommunity service trust completes 1,600 staff transfer
Cambridgeshire Community Services Trust has completed the transfer of 45 per cent of its 3,540 staff to six other organisations after losing its role as provider of older people’s services across the county.
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HSJ LocalTrust replaces A&E doctors after en masse resignation
WORKFORCE: Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust has managed to fill four out of five vacant accident and emergency consultant posts after a group of consultants resigned en masse in protest at the way a review of acute services was being handled.