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CQC finds failings at community mental health FT
Inspectors have ordered Southern Health Foundation Trust to make urgent improvements to the services it provides at two mental health units in Oxford.
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NewsNAPC to join NHS Confederation
The National Association of Primary Care is set to be integrated into the ranks of the NHS Confederation over the course of the next 18 months.
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Cambridge FT plans to build hospital, hotel and education complex
COMMERCE: Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust has unveiled plans for its private hospital, hotel and education complex on its Addenbrooke’s Hospital site.
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Royal Liverpool hopes to confirm new hospital within weeks
Royal Liverpool plans to reach financial close and sign the contract for its new hospital build before the end of the year, the trust’s recent board papers state.
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Bolton on course to meet planned deficit
Bolton Foundation Trust believes it can still achieve its planned deficit, despite missing a recent financial target, board papers show.
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NewsHSJ Live 29.11.13: Decision to caution former chief nurse of Mid Staffs "too lenient"
High Court appeal launched by the Professional Standards Authority
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Solent trust subject to new CQC inspection
Solent Trust will be one of a group of trusts subject to the first wave of new-style Care Quality Commission inspections, led by the Chief Inspector of Hospitals Sir Mike Richards.
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NewsFriends and family test ‘not a statistical measure’
The friends and family test should not be viewed as a statistic but as a “line of sight measure”, the NHS England director leading the rollout of the new test has told HSJ.
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NewsWaiting list hike leads to delays for some treatments
A deliberate slowdown in the treatment of people with less serious ailments and the discovery of groups of patients who were not previously recorded in national statistics could be behind growing waiting lists, experts have said.
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NewsCCGs to be 'assured' each quarter
Clinical commissioning groups will be rated each quarter on their effectiveness across six domains under an NHS England assurance framework to be published today.
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NewsAnalysis: Keogh review trusts take positives from scrutiny
A majority of the trusts placed into special measures following Keogh review inspections have expressed concern about the costs of improving care, even if most have backed the additional scrutiny they have received, according to HSJ analysis.
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Consultants scupper cancer surgery reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: A proposed reconfiguration of urological cancer surgery has been abandoned because two groups of consultants refused to work together, HSJ has learned.
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NewsLung cancer care delays revealed
Almost half of lung cancer patients have experienced delays at some stage of their care, according to a new report.
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NewsAttitudes harden against private providers
There is greater support for non-profit groups running NHS services than private companies, with support for private firms providing services falling markedly, a survey shared exclusively with HSJ has revealed.
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Basildon and Thurrock making ‘solid progress’ against Keogh targets
Basildon and Thurrock Hospital Foundation Trust is making “solid progress” against the recommendations set out by NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh, according to commissioners.
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Monitor could intervene at Medway
Monitor told Medway Foundation Trust to take urgent action to improve or risk changes being imposed on its leadership.
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NewsPlain cigarette packaging back on agenda
The government is to reconsider introducing plain packaging for cigarettes.
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Barnsley FT narrowly misses A&E target
PERFORMANCE: Barnsley Hospital Foundation Trust missed its four hour A&E waiting time target in September by one patient, according to board papers from Barnsley Clinical Commissioning Group.
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Ashford and St Peter's missing care quality targets
The latest Friends and Family test score for Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals Foundation Trust lies at 68, just below the target of 70.
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Northampton warned over liver disease mortality rates
Northampton General Hospital Trust has been warned that its mortality rates for gastrointestinal and liver diseases for the last year are higher than would be expected, according to preliminary information from the Dr Foster ‘Good Hospital Guide’.