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HSJ LocalCashflow problems cause trust to delay payments
FINANCE: Cashflow problems at Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust have forced the provider to delay payments to some suppliers and apply for extra central funding.
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NewsAspirant FTs could have option to become a mutual
NHS trusts could in future choose between becoming a foundation trust or an independent mutually owned company as the provider sector becomes increasingly ‘fluid and uncertain’, HSJ has been told.
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NewsHSJ Patient Safety Awards to top congress
Next year’s Patient Safety Awards will provide the climax of the annual Patient Safety Congress, due to held in Birmingham on 7-8 July.
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NewsHSJ Live 25.11.2014: Stephen Dorrell will step down from parliament
Former health select committee chair will not run for re-election next year, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsExclusive: Tariff delayed amid wrangling over extra NHS funds
Publication of the 2015-16 ‘tariff’ prices for NHS services has been held back amid high level political discussions about the possibility of securing extra funding for health in the autumn statement, HSJ understands.
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NewsCQC recruitment difficulties threaten inspection targets
The Care Quality Commission’s struggle to employ enough staff to inspect all acute trusts by the end of next year has been flagged up as a “key risk” by its chief executive.
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HSJ LocalWest London FT chief executive resigns
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Foundation Trust has resigned, weeks after the trust was criticised by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ LocalFirst of new NHS 111 contracts awarded
COMMERCIAL: South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has been left “deeply disappointed” after losing out on the contract to provide an integrated NHS 111 and GP out of hours service in Somerset.
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HSJ LocalManchester redesigns leave staff 'confused' and 'fatigued'
A succession of service redesigns across Greater Manchester has left staff fatigued and confused, according to the chief executive of one foundation trust.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England primary care decisions 'unlawful', High Court rules
NHS England is acting unlawfully by failing to properly involve and inform patients about its primary care commissioning decisions, a High Court judge has said.
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NewsHSJ Live 24.11.2014: West London FT chief executive resigns
Chief executive of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Foundation Trust resigns weeks after trust criticised by the Care Quality Commission, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.
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NewsExclusive: Eight Morecambe Bay midwives face NMC action
Eight midwives who worked for the foundation trust at the centre of an inquiry into infant and maternal deaths could face disciplinary action
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HSJ Local
Yorkshire Ambulance Service chief executive resigns
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of Yorkshire Ambulance Service Trust has announced his resignation.
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HSJ LocalManchester trust chair to step down
WORKFORCE: The chairman of University Hospital of South Manchester Foundation Trust has announced she is stepping down.
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NewsVideo: Hunt hails NHS for ‘rising’ to post-Francis challenge at HSJ Awards
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has hailed the health service for “rising magnificently” to the challenges presented in the Francis report into care failings in Mid Staffordshire two years ago.
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NewsCQC falls well short of targets after safeguarding errors
The Care Quality Commission has been strongly criticised by its own board after admitting to making thousands of errors in its handling of safeguarding worries.
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HSJ LocalColchester FT's finance problems laid bare
FINANCE: Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust has revised its forecast up to a £21m deficit for 2014-15.
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HSJ LocalYorkshire CCGs issue tender for £285m ‘prime provider’ contract
FINANCE: Two Yorkshire clinical commissioning groups have issued a tender for a “prime provider” community services contract worth nearly £285m.
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NewsNew NHS England partnership with pharma to speed up drug access
Government plans for closer working between the NHS and the pharmaceutical industry will make the new generation of precision medicines more affordable for the NHS, the minister for life sciences has said.
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HSJ Local
Monitor investigates Berkshire acute trust
PERFORMANCE: The regulator Monitor has launched an investigation into Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust following concerns about its waiting time data.