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NewsWhat we learnt this week - 30 May 2014
Jeremy Hunt evades questions on NHS funding, plus NHS England’s reshuffle, superheads fall out of favour and more points of note from the week in heathcare.
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HSJ Local
Second challenge to Mid Staffs downgrade
STRUCTURE: A second attempt to challenge in court the government’s decision to downgrade services at Stafford Hopsital has been launched this week.
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NewsHSJ Live 30.05.2014: Paula Vasco-Knight resigns
Chief executive of South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust stands down, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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HSJ LocalMental health provider appoints chief from neighbouring trust
Solent Trust has appointed a senior manager of a neighbouring trust as its chief executive.
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NewsHSJ Live 29.05.14: Urgent call for clarification on commissioning rules
Row between commissioners and a private midwifery service sparks calls for “urgent clarification” around commissioning rules, plus the rest of the day’s news and comment
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HSJ LocalUrgent call for clarification on commissioning rules
COMMERCIAL: A row between commissioners and a private midwifery service in Leeds has sparked calls for “urgent clarification” around commissioning rules.
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Stevens steps back from '15 specialist centres' plan
The new NHS England chief executive has distanced himself from the organisation’s previously stated ambition to concentrate specialised services in “15-30 centres of excellence”.
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NewsNHS England seeks to drop safety, revalidation and tech roles
NHS England is seeking to give up some of its patient safety functions, medical revalidation and responsibility for technology, its new chief executive has indicated.
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NewsStevens backs patient choice 'wherever possible' in NHS
NHS patients should be free to choose their provider whether public or private, Simon Stevens has said.
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NewsStevens on: Finance and health secretaries
Simon Stevens has indicated the NHS has early plans to meet about half of the looming £30bn gap; and has suggested greater transparency may be driving a trend toward “patient champion” health secretaries.
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NewsSimon Stevens’ first interview: parts of the NHS must be ‘completely reinvented’
Stevens uses first major interview to warn that “deep seated structural problems” will require parts of the NHS to “completely reinvent what we mean by a hospital”.
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HSJ Local
Cambridge University Hospitals mulls children's service shake up
STRUCTURE: Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust has unveiled plans to reshape children’s services across the East of England after identifying an “urgent need” for extra bed and theatre capacity.
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HSJ LocalNew medical director for Imperial College Healthcare Trust
WORKFORCE: Imperial College Healthcare Trust has appointed a new medical director after Professor Nick Cheshire stepped down from the role.
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NewsNotts trust biggest winner from tech fund
NHS England has published a comprehensive list of the winning bids from its first round of £182m technology funding.
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NewsReview of 'overdefined' specialised services underway
Responsibility for commissioning some specialised services, such as chemotherapy and renal dialysis, could be handed to clinical commissioning groups as part of an NHS England review.
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LeaderSimon Stevens knows what difference he can make
Stevens hints at where he will make his stand
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HSJ LocalHunt backs maternity reconfiguration in North Yorkshire
STRUCTURE: The health secretary has given the go ahead for a controversial shake-up of maternity services in North Yorkshire which was opposed by a cabinet colleague, according to local councillor.
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NewsHSJ's older people's commission launches first report
HSJ’s Commission on Hospital Care for Frail Older People has published its first report today.
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HSJ LocalBristol mental health contracts awarded
COMMERCIAL: Bristol Clinical Commissioning Group has approved plans to award contracts for its community mental health services to 18 organisations under a “system leadership” model thought to be the first of its kind in the UK.
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HSJ LocalTwo CCG leaders step aside amid NHS England probe
WORKFORCE: The chair and accountable officer of Wirral Clinical Commissioning Group have temporarily “stepped away” from their posts while NHS England conducts a probe into the group’s leadership, the CCG confirmed this afternoon.