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HSJ LocalLupus unit retains centre of excellence status
PERFORMANCE: Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust’s unit treating patients with lupus has retained its national ‘centre of excellence’ status following an analysis of its working practices.
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NewsHSJ Live 31.03.2015: Debunking NHS management myths
Andy Cowper debunks NHS management myths as part of our Respect for Managers campaign, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsNHS England to cut primary care support jobs
NHS England plans to cut jobs and close offices in its primary care support services just weeks before it plans to announce the winning bidder of a £1bn contract to take over the function.
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NewsJeremy Hunt: NHS funding will be settled in the summer
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has indicated the Conservatives would meet the NHS’s funding requirements, but declined to specifically say they would increase spending by the £8bn sum identified by national officials.
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NewsRevealed: Details of primary care control shift
The clinical commissioning groups taking on full control of GP services in their area this week will be responsible for performance managing poor practices and approving practice mergers, according to documents seen by HSJ.
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HSJ LocalTrust starts second push to tackle non-attendance
PERFORMANCE: Almost one in four South Essex Partnership University Foundation Trust patients failed to attend a first appointment with a consultant in January.
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HSJ LocalCCG to review trust’s district nurse contract
COMMERCIAL: District nurses from Oxford Health Foundation Trust are likely to work 11,000 shifts above their contracted activity level this year because of huge patient demand.
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HSJ LocalTrust gives smart phones to staff to access records
WORKFORCE: Central London Community Healthcare Trust has issued 181 smart phones to staff in areas such as physiotherapy, speech and language and occupational therapy after a trial showed multiple benefits.
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HSJ LocalTrust monitors mental health unit following suicides
PERFORMANCE: Clinical governance experts are examining whether an action plan is being followed at a mental health unit where six inpatients took their own lives while on leave between April and December 2013.
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NewsHSJ Live 30.03.2015: Challenge Top-down Change guide published
Jeremy Hunt indicates a future Conservative government would meet the £8bn called for by the NHS Five Year Forward View, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsConservatives 'would meet NHS £8bn funding requirement'
The health secretary has suggested a future Conservative government would meet the NHS’s £8bn spending requirement for the next Parliament.
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NewsEd Miliband pledges cap on profits of independent providers in NHS
Ed Miliband has pledged that a Labour led government would impose a profit cap on private providers of NHS ‘clinical services’. He made the announcement at a speech to launch the party’s general election campaign in east London today.
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NewsLeading trusts defy NHS England over 'out of area' referrals
Teaching hospitals are continuing to refuse ‘out of area’ referrals in defiance of new rules from NHS England.
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NewsHSJ Live 27.03.2015: Labour would cap profits of private NHS providers
Ed Miliband pledges to halt ‘privatisation of NHS’ at election campaign launch, plus the rest of the day’s news and comment
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HSJ LocalUnited Lincolnshire out of special measures
PERFORMANCE: United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust has been taken out of special measures.
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HSJ LocalSalford Royal made second 'outstanding' trust
PERFORMANCE: Salford Royal Foundation Trust has been rated ‘outstanding’ following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsCreate patient safety body straight after election, say MPs
An independent national patient safety organisation to investigate clinical incidents in the NHS should be created immediately after the election, a committee of MPs has said.
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HSJ LocalEast Sussex rated 'inadequate' by CQC
PERFORMANCE: East Sussex Healthcare Trust has been rated as ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsTraining framework to support managers needed, Change Challenge finds
Interactive guide to be published on Monday
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HSJ LocalNew finance director for Imperial
WORKFORCE: Imperial College Healthcare Trust has appointed a new finance director.