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NewsCameron: We will protect the NHS budget
The prime minister has announced at the Conservative Party conference that he would “protect the NHS budget and continue to invest more” in the next parliament
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HSJ LocalNorth East ambulance service appoints chief exective
WORKFORCE: The North East Ambulance Services Foundation Trust has appointed Yvonne Ormston as its new chief executive.
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HSJ LocalFormer SHA boss appointed as foundation trust chair
WORKFORCE: Aintree University Hospital Foundation Trust has appointed a former strategic health authority chief executive as its new chair.
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HSJ LocalNorth Durham CCG appoints chair
WORKFORCE: David Smart has been appointed clinical chair of North Durham Clinical Commissioning Group.
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HSJ LocalCouncil spends over £10K in attempt to block maternity downgrade
STRUCTURE: A Yorkshire council spent over £10,000 on a failed attempt to prevent the downgrade of maternity services plans at a local hospital, papers reveal.
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HSJ LocalCambridge University Health Partners appoints research director
WORKFORCE: Cambridge University Health Partners has appointed John Bradley as its director of research.
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NewsHSJ Live 01.10.2014: CCG appoints NHS-led consortium for £800m flagship contract
Commissioners have selected a consortium led by NHS providers as preferred bidder for a pioneering £800m contract to deliver older people’s services in Cambridgeshire, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsAll practices to publish earnings under new GP contract
Every general practice will be required to publish the average earnings of their GPs as part of the new contract announced today.
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NewsCameron promises weekend access and 'named GP'
The prime minister will today promise a Conservative government would give everyone access to a GP seven days a week by 2020, while announcing all patients will have a ‘named GP’ from April next year.
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HSJ LocalNottingham trust receives £7.5m ‘green’ cash
FINANCE: One of the largest acute trusts in the country is to receive a £7.5m investment in order to increase its energy efficiency.
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NewsLeading trust closes doors to 'out of area' referrals
A leading teaching hospital has been accused of breaking the rules around patient choice by closing its doors to routine referrals for patients outside its area.
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NewsWatchdog chief hits out at DH's ‘slow’ action on funding reform
The head of the body that oversees health and care regulators in the UK has criticised the Department of Health for delaying reforms to its funding arrangements
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NewsThree trusts end Capita HR contracts
Trusts in London and Merseyside have ended their contracts with Capita for human resources and pay services
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HSJ LocalGreat Western calls in lawyers over PFI contract concerns
COMMERCIAL: The management of a South West hospital has ‘lost confidence’ in its private finance initiative service provider after it failed to maintain standards of quality and hygiene.
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NewsWhistleblower 'bullied by bosses'
West London Mental Health Trust has accused a whistleblower of constructing “conspiracy theories” during an employment tribunal in which it faces bullying claims.
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HSJ LocalSouthampton trust agrees plan to tackle poor waiting times
PERFORMANCE: University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust has agreed a plan improve its accident and emergency waiting time performance, amid commissioner concerns.
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NewsHSJ Live 30.09.2014: Reaction to Jeremy Hunt's Conservative Party conference speech
Reaction to Jeremy Hunt’s Birmingham speech, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.
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HSJ LocalCCG trio face governance probe
STRUCTURE: NHS England has prompted a review into the governance arrangements of three clinical commissioning groups following concerns around accident and emergency performance within the local health economy.
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News'Francis effect' stalls as nurse numbers fall
The rapid increase in registered nurses employed in the NHS has stopped, with numbers now falling for the first time this year
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LeaderBrutal efficiency will be the next government’s defining challenge
The financial cushion has been taken away