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HSJ LocalEast of England Ambulance plans workforce upskill
WORKFORCE: The troubled East of England Ambulance Service Trust is planning a significant shake up of its workforce.
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NewsBetter care fund hits £5.4bn
Councils and healthcare providers plan to pool £5.4bn as part of their efforts to integrate health and social care for the government’s Better Care fund, the Local Government Association has revealed.
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HSJ LocalMid Staffordshire Trust fined £700k by CCG
PERFORMANCE: Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has been fined more than £700,000 by its local clinical commissioning group for lapses in performance.
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Wirral restructure puts scores of roles at risk
A restructuring of Wirral University Teaching Hospital will put 65 roles at risk, it has announced.
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Barnsley FT hires interim director amid major financial problems
FINANCE: Barnsley Hospital Foundation Trust has appointed an interim director of finance, following the emergence of serious financial problems.
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NewsCCG makes "substantial concessions" in judicial review case
Bristol Clinical Commissioning Group has offered to make a series of “substantial” changes to its policy on patient and public engagement as part of a proposed out of court settlement.
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NewsDorrell steps down from health committee
Stephen Dorrell has confirmed he has stepped down as chair of the Commons health committee and is leaving the scrutiny body with immediate effect.
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NewsHEE unveils 15 year plan to transform NHS workforce
Exclusive: Training for some specialist medical roles in the NHS could be scrapped under plans by Health Education England to transform the future NHS workforce.
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Bath hospital delivers maternity services after 22 years
PERFORMANCE: Royal United Hospital Bath Trust has taken back the provision of maternity services after 22 years of the services run by other NHS providers.
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George Eliot agency spend double amount planned
FINANCE: George Eliot Hospital Trust’s month one deficit is higher than planned because of an over reliance on agency staff, its May board papers show.
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Legal direction on Barnet CCG remains after review
PERFORMANCE: Barnet Clinical Commissioning Group is still being monitored by NHS England with conditions on its authorisation.
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Legal direction on Croydon CCG still in place
PERFORMANCE: Croydon Clinical Commissioning Group is still being monitored by NHS England with conditions on its authorisation.
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Surgery centralisation plans on hold following clinician concerns
STRUCTURE: East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust’s plan to reduce a “serious clinical risk” by centralising specialist surgery has been delayed after clinicians resisted the plans.
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Joint closure date for London emergency departments
STRUCTURE: The accident and emergency departments at Hammersmith Hospital and Central Middlesex Hospital are due to be downgraded on the same day in September under a joint plan between Imperial College Healthcare Trust and North West London Hospitals Trust.
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NewsHSJ Live 03.06.2014: Stephen Dorrell steps down as Health committee chair
The former tory health secretary steps down from his role as Commons health committee chair, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsUncertain future for Project Diamond funding
The future of funding for highly specialist treatments in various hospitals has been thrown into uncertainty after the Department of Health decided to stop providing a £62m budget that supplements it.
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NewsNMC presses government ahead of Queen's Speech
The nursing regulator has urged the government to introduce a bill to transform healthcare regulation in the Queen’s speech this week.
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NewsHealth information agency chokes data flow
The government agency that distributes NHS data to external research bodies has choked the flow of information while it conducts a wide-ranging review, sparking “frustration” among the researchers and charities which rely on the data.
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NewsCourse closure dents Maidstone's surgical training ambition
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust
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NewsSimon Stevens' first interview: the transcript
In in HSJ’s in-depth interview, the NHS England chief executive talks about small hospitals, service reform, NHS funding, competition and much more