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CCG to create two urgent care centres at hospitals
STRUCTURE: Scarborough and Ryedale Clinical Commissioning Group has awarded a £15m integrated urgent care service contract to Northern Doctors Urgent Care.
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NewsExclusive: Francis whistleblowing review delayed
A review of NHS whistleblowing by Sir Robert Francis QC will be delayed until next year, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsCCGs poised to defy pharma by switching to cheaper, unlicensed drug
Clinical commissioning groups across England are mulling the use of an unlicensed drug which could save the NHS millions of pounds, HSJ has learned
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HSJ LocalBeds could go under Somerset community services plans
STRUCTURE: Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group is planning a major overhaul of its community services which will see a significant reduction in hospital beds and the potential procurement of an integrated service for patients with long term conditions.
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NewsHSJ Live 27.11.2014: New NHS regulations come into force
Duty of candour and fit and proper person requirement come into for trusts, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsTariff reveals NHS savings targets for 2015-16
NHS pricing authorities will require all providers to deliver another 3.8 per cent in efficiency savings next year, while tweaking the controversial “marginal rate” for emergency admissions to ease the financial strain on smaller hospitals
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NewsHunt: I want five years as health secretary
Jeremy Hunt has asked the prime minister to keep him in the health secretary post until 2017, claiming he ‘would be very happy if this is my life’s work’
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NewsExclusive: Patient choice is not key to improving performance, says Hunt
Patient choice is no longer fundamental to improving NHS performance, the health secretary has told HSJ
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NewsSome trusts will not become FTs until 2018, says Flory
The chief executive of the NHS Trust Development Authority has said some trusts will not be authorised for at least another four years.
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HSJ LocalPF2 approvals process 'not fit for purpose', hospital chief warns
COMMERCIAL: The Treasury’s approval process for the private finance 2 programme has been criticised by a hospital chief executive whose trust was forced to halt plans to build a new hospital.
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NewsGovernment considering 'incentives' for trusts to sell land
Jeremy Hunt has accepted the need for ‘investment in new primary care estate’ and revealed the government is examining how to encourage FTs to sell unused land
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LeaderHunt takes a high risk approach to restoring hope to the service
Health secretary will not be a ‘cheerleader’
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HSJ LocalStrict conditions imposed on Medway following multiple inspections
PERFORMANCE: Stringent conditions have been placed on Medway Maritime Hospital following a third CQC inspection of its struggling accident and emergency department.
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NewsHSJ Live 26.11.2014: Tariff reveals NHS savings targets for 2015-16
NHS pricing authorities will require all providers to deliver another 3.8 per cent in efficiency savings next year, while tweaking the controversial “marginal rate” for emergency admissions to ease the financial strain on smaller hospitals, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsDeficit for NHS providers swells to £630m
The NHS provider sector has plunged further into the red, the latest figures from Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority show
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HSJ Local'Major incident' declared for flagship IT project
Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust has apologised to local GPs after ‘a significant number of problems’ with the implementation of its new electronic records system.
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NewsDorrell to leave parliament
Former health secretary Stephen Dorrell has announced that he will not be standing as an MP at the next election. Instead he will be joining consultant KPMG.
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NewsConcern over CCG dialysis transfer
The health secretary has come under fire from charities and MPs for agreeing to transfer the responsibility for renal dialysis commissioning from NHS England to clinical commissioning groups
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NewsHospital inspections in marginal seats could swing general election
Hospital inspections could play a role in deciding the outcome of next year’s general election, according to analysis shared exclusively with HSJ.
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HSJ LocalIsle of Wight Trust signs estates partnership
COMMERCIAL: Isle of Wight Trust has established a ‘strategic estates partnership’ with a private company to help modernise its site in line with a recently developed clinical strategy.