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NewsUpdated: Majority of providers opt for 'voluntary' tariff option
The vast majority of NHS providers have accepted NHS England and Monitor’s offer of a ‘voluntary’ tariff for 2015-16, it has been announced, but the country’s biggest teaching hospital trusts have rejected the deal.
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HSJ LocalMonitor to investigate finances at four northern FTs
FINANCE: Monitor has launched unrelated investigations into the finances at four foundation trusts in the north of England.
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NewsTrusts told 'make every effort' to meet A&E target in April
Trusts have been told to ‘make every effort’ to meet the four hour target for accident and emergency departments by the end of next month.
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HSJ LocalSolent to sue Hampshire council over tender award
COMMERCIAL: Solent Trust is set to sue Hampshire County Council after the local authority awarded a £41.3m contract for adult substance misuse services to another provider, HSJ has been told.
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NewsUrgent care system 'near breaking point', think tank claims
Four hour target ‘distorts’ behaviour in hospitals, Nuffield Trust says
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HSJ LocalThe Christie appoints permanent chief executive
WORKFORCE: The Christie Foundation Trust has appointed a new chief executive.
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HSJ LocalNorthern Devon Healthcare makes new board appointments
WORKFORCE: Northern Devon Healthcare Trust has announced the appointment of Robert Down as a non-executive director
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Trusts mull legal challenge against CQUIN cut, sources say
A number of trusts are taking legal advice about the potential to challenge Monitor and NHS England’s decision to withhold their commissioning for quality and innovation payments.
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HSJ Live 06.03.2015: Reaction to trusts' decision on 'voluntary' tariff
Reaction and full analysis of the news that the majority of NHS providers have opted for the “voluntary” tariff offer, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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HSJ LocalNew chief executive for beleaguered acute trust
WORKFORCE: Medway Foundation Trust has appointed a new chief executive.
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NewsMarket role 'hugely limited' in NHS, says CQC chair
The role of the market is ‘hugely limited’ in health and social care partly because its users often ‘have no power’, the Care Quality Commission chair has said.
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NewsTrusts told to halve the number of ‘green to go’ patients
A number of trusts were told to reduce the number of medically fit patients who were delayed in being discharged from hospital by 50 per cent in a month, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalMonitor investigates major London trust
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has launched an investigation into King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust because of ‘long standing problems’ at Princess Royal University Hospital.
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NewsMonitor could be asked to examine £350m contract
A decision by NHS England to hand more than half of the country’s PET-CT imaging services to one company could be the subject of a formal complaint to market regulator Monitor, HSJ has learned.
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NewsHSJ Live 05.03.2015: One third of CCGs approved to jointly commission primary care
Over a third of CCGs approved to jointly commission GP services with NHS England, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.
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NewsExclusive: David Flory to step down as TDA chief executive
David Flory will step down as the chief executive of the NHS Trust Development Authority in May, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsHunt: £240m tech fund ‘not cut’
A flagship NHS technology fund widely feared to have been raided to finance support for struggling accident and emergency departments has not been ‘cut’ but will instead be subject to ‘a staged roll out’, according to health secretary Jeremy Hunt.
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NewsNew health chief to oversee Manchester’s devolved budget
A new health and social care chief executive will be accountable for Greater Manchester’s £6bn devolved health and care budget, Manchester City Council chief executive Sir Howard Bernstein has said.
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NewsCounties should get health devolution, says report
Delayed discharges from hospitals into social care are 43 per cent higher than average in county areas, leaving them financially stretched but without devolved control over health, MPs have warned.
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NewsOther areas consider mayors in exchange for devolution
The leaders of two combined authorities have revealed that they would be prepared to consider introducing elected mayors in exchange for the devolution of health and social care budgets.