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Bristol CCG still subject to authorisation conditions
STRUCTURE: NHS Bristol Clinical Commissioning Group will continue to receive support from NHS England after failing to satisfy all the conditions on its authorisation.
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Ambulance performance on the mend in Warwickshire
PERFORMANCE: Ambulance turnaround performance in the Coventry and Rugby clinical commissioning group area improved dramatically in May, but remained below target.
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CCG unable to monitor provider contract due to lack of data
FINANCE: Coventry and Rugby clinical commissioning group can only assume its main acute provider contract is breaking even due to a lack of data.
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North Somerset CCG still subject to authorisation conditions
STRUCTURE: NHS North Somerset Commissioning Group will continue to receive support from NHS England after failing to satisfy all the conditions on its authorisation.
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Wiltshire CCG conditions lifted
STRUCTURE: NHS Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group has had all of its conditions of authorisation lifted following a review by NHS England.
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Conditions lifted at Swindon CCG
STRUCTURE: NHS Swindon Clinical Commissioning Group has had all of its conditions of authorisation lifted following a review by NHS England.
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NewsHSJ Live 01.08.2013: Former CQC staff claim 'hung out to dry'
NHS England chief executive job description revealed, how to stop the whole hospital being slowed down and the rest of today’s news and analysis
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NewsSpecial administrator recommends dissolving Mid Staffs
The special administrators appointed to Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust have recommended the organisation is dissolved and its maternity service closes.
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NewsHigh Court quashes Lewisham downgrade decision
The decision to downgrade services at Lewisham Hospital has been quashed in the High Court.
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NewsExclusive: Treasury raid on pensions could drain billions from NHS
Treasury plans to recalculate the value of public sector pensions and introduce a single tier pension could leave the health service facing an annual bill of £2.5bn, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsUPDATED: Deal reached on consultant contract talks
An agreement has been reached between NHS Employers and the British Medical Association on terms to renegotiate the consultant contract.
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NewsExclusive: Dalton reveals he is not applying for NHS England job
Former NHS Commissioning Board chief operating officer Ian Dalton has ruled himself out of contention for the NHS England chief executive’s job.
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Administrators' Mid Staffs plan to be revealed
Campaigners fighting to save a scandal-hit hospital will learn administrators’ recommendations about the future of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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Lancashire Teaching Hospitals £1.2m in deficit at 31 May
FINANCE: Lancashire Teaching Hospitals recorded a deficit of £1.2m for the first two months of 2013-14, £0.7m higher than planned.
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Chiltern CCG plans integrated care to cut social care use
PERFORMANCE: Chiltern Clinical Commissioning Group is planning to cut both emergency admissions and the use of social care by a quarter by 2017, through the introduction of integrated models of health and social care.
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Plan to change gender reassignment surgery guidelines is dropped
NHS England has shelved proposals to change how it commissions gender reassignment surgery following clinicians’ concerns
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Judge to rule on Lewisham downgrade
A High Court judge who has been urged to overturn an “unlawful” decision to reduce services at a major hospital is set to announce his decision.
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Below average FFT score for Surrey and Sussex Healthcare
PERFORMANCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust scored an average of 54 for accident and emergence and 52 for inpatients in the “friends and family” test over the first quarter of 2013-14.
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LeaderSustainable pensions are undermined by Treasury plans
The Treasury’s plans for NHS pensions would, in effect, cut the service’s budget. The government should explain why it is prepared to risk the place of NHS pensions “at the heart of the reward package for staff”
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NewsUPDATED: How HSJ has covered the NHS 111 rollout debacle
A round-up of HSJ’s comprehensive coverage of the problematic NHS 111 rollout, from its announcement in 2010 to the most recent developments