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HSJ LocalMonitor appoints interim leadership at Medway
Monitor has appointed interim leadership at Medway Foundation Trust, after both the chairman and chief executive left the trust last week.
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NewsHunt warns more trusts face special measures
Patients should expect more hospitals to be put in “special measures”, the health secretary has warned.
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Medway's expected deficit rockets to £8m
FINANCE: Medway Foundation Trust expects to record a deficit of £7.9m this financial year - a substantial increase from the originally planned level of £1.2m.
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NewsExperts hint at future cancer charges
Cancer patients may have to pay for some treatments if long-term high-quality NHS care is to be maintained, experts have suggested.
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NewsCCG calls for Vasco-Knight's immediate suspension
South Devon and Torbay Clinical Commissioning Group has called for the immediate suspension of Dr Vasco-Knight while an internal investigation is underway.
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NewsRCGP chair backs co-commissioning of general practice
The chair of the Royal College of GPs has backed the co-commissioning of general practice by NHS England and clinical commissioning groups.
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NewsInquiry chair says evidence summaries will emerge
Summaries of evidence from witnesses who appear at the independent inquiry into failings at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust will be made public, the inquiry chair has said.
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NewsHSJ Live 06.02.2014: What changes have you seen since the Francis report?
What changes have you seen as a result of the Francis report? This snap survey will be open until 7pm on Friday 7 February
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NewsImpact of culture change revealed one year after Francis
Staff wellbeing and organisational culture are being taken more seriously
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NewsDH tightens grip on informatics policy
The Department of Health has strengthened its grip on the NHS’s informatics policy by making a key policy group directly accountable to itself, HSJ has learned.
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NewsMany healthcare assistants start work without training
A quarter of trusts allow healthcare assistants to start work on the wards without undergoing any training for the job, HSJ research reveals.
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Trust apologises over cancer errors
More than 800 patients suspected of having cancer could have had their diagnosis delayed because of an administrative error, a hospital trust has admitted.
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NewsSerco pledges commitment to direct care role
Outsourcer Serco this week insisted it remained committed to directly providing community care services after signing a deal with another care firm to advise it on its troubled Suffolk contract.
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NewsInformation centre strategy signals ‘turf war’ with NHS England
The Health and Social Care Information Centre is drawing up a technology strategy in a move predicted to put it on a collision course with NHS England.
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NewsGP practices 'receiving £258m for no identified purpose'
NHS England has spent about £258m a year on GP services with no identifiable justification, a review has found.
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NewsPatients 'uninformed on data plan'
Patients are not being given clear enough information about what will happen to their personal health records under a new NHS data mining scheme, the Information Commissioner’s office has warned.
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NewsCQC may 'outsource' market oversight analysis
The Care Quality Commission has said it currently lacks the skills to deliver a new duty of “market oversight” of the adult social care sector.
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NewsHSJ Live 05.02.2014 South Devon investigates Vasco-Knight
South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust launches internal investigation into its chief executive Paula Vasco-Knight after a tribunal last week found the trust covered up “nepotism” claims against her.
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NewsCCGs urged to use freedoms to set prices following tariff row
NHS England and Monitor have said clinical commissioning groups can set their own prices for mental health and community services following claims that there is an institutional bias against the sector.