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NewsBerwick dashes hopes on minimum staffing levels
The Berwick review into patient safety has stopped short of recommending a minimum safe staffing level for NHS hospital wards.
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NewsBerwick: Staff responsible for neglect should face jail
NHS staff should face jail in cases of “neglect or wilful misconduct”, the high profile review tasked with making zero harm care a reality in the NHS has recommended.
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NewsFrancis calls for rethink on minimum nurse staffing
The chair of the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust Public Inquiry has called for a rethink on minimum nurse staffing levels – less than six months after deciding not to recommend mandatory ratios in his landmark report.
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Mid Staffs A&E closed due to fire
PERFORMANCE: A fault in an extractor fan caused the temporary closure of the accident and emergency department at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust yesterday.
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NewsChief nurse says major problems now harder to hide
England’s chief nursing officer Jane Cummings has said it is now much harder for an NHS hospital to “hide” poor staffing on the scale seen at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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'Intensive action plan' for Ealing older people's ward with care problems
PERFORMANCE: West London Mental Health Trust is putting in place an “intensive action plan” for an older people’s ward in Ealing, after problems were reported with care, training and bullying.
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NewsHealth providers face break-up call
Major private healthcare providers are facing calls to be broken up as they await the findings of a Competition Commission investigation into the £5bn sector.
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Junior doctors raise time concerns
Almost three-quarters of junior doctors feel they are so rushed off their feet they do not have time to properly care for patients, a poll suggests.
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Hull CCG chair steps down
STRUCTURE: The chair of Hull Clinical Commissioning Group has stepped down, saying he wants to prioritise his general practice work.
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External review to look at A&E safety at north-east London trust
NHS commissioners have announced that an external clinical review will take place into the safety of accident and emergency departments at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust.
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Oxfordshire council signs off pooled budget plan
FINANCE: Oxfordshire County Council has agreed a set of changes to a shared older people’s services budget, which will now nearly double in size this year.
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Birmingham CCG forecasts surplus amid data vacuum
FINANCE: Birmingham Cross City clinical commissioning group is forecasting a year end surplus amid a lack of data on their main acute contract.
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Birmingham CCG forecasts 51 per cent QIPP delivery
FINANCE: Birmingham Cross City clinical commissioning group is forecasting delivering on only 51 per cent of its efficiency target.
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Avon and Wiltshire considers 'strategic partner'
COMMERCIAL: Avon and Wiltshire Partnership Trust is considering whether a “strategic partner” would assist its bid for secondary mental health services contract in Bristol.
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Wirral Hospital plans £16m savings in 2013-14
FINANCE: Wirral University Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust aims to make cost improvement programme savings of £16m in 2013-14.
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Salford Royal plans £19m savings in 2013-14
FINANCE: Salford Royal Foundation Trust aims to make cost improvement programme savings of £19m in 2013-14.
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All conditions lifted from Newcastle North and East CCG
STRUCTURE: NHS Newcastle North and East CCG has been fully authorised.
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Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh plans £13.6m savings in 2013-14
FINANCE: Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Foundation Trust aims to make cost improvement programme savings of £13.6m in 2013-14.
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Tameside Hospital plans £9.7m savings in 2013-14
FINANCE: Tameside Hospital Foundation Trust aims to make cost improvement programme savings of £9.7m in 2013-14.
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PropCo bill poses £2.3m risk for CCG
FINANCE: Birmingham Cross City clinical commissioning group has identified a £2.3m risk around charges levied by NHS Property Services Ltd.