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Exclusive: £3.8bn integration fund tied to performance
A chunk of the planned £3.8bn pooled health and social care fund will be held back from local commissioners unless they can demonstrate their investments have brought improvements for patients, HSJ has learned.
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NewsEmails reveal elite hospitals' high level lobbying for extra cash
Emails obtained by HSJ reveal an elite group of teaching hospitals’ lobbying for hundreds of millions in extra funding.
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NewsOsborne announces tighter controls on pay progression
Pay progression for most health employees will from 2015-16 be tied “more closely” to their achievement of local performance standards, George Osborne announced today.
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NewsBMA calls for regulation of managers
The British Medical Association has called for NHS bosses to be held accountable for hospital failures through a new regulation system.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: The impact of pathology reorganisation
An in-depth look at two major pathology reorganisations in the Midlands and East of England and the wider implications
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NewsCapital’s trusts 'need urgent change'
A new report by the King’s Fund suggests current rules on NHS mergers and competition should be revised or suspended in London to address a major need for service change in the capital.
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LeaderThe NHS is right to focus on cyber security
The information centre must prepare for ‘black swan’ events
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NewsHSJ Live: Spending round 2013
The chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne has announced £3.8bn will be spent on jointly commissioned integrated health and social care in 2015-16.
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Exclusive: Surge in hospitals predicting deficits as total exceeds £200m
NHS trusts are predicting a deficit of more than £200m in this financial year, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsExclusive interview: CQC chair admits mistake over release of Morecambe Bay names
The Care Quality Commission made a mistake in not initially publishing the names of those implicated in the alleged cover up over Morecambe Bay, the chair of the regulator has admitted to HSJ.
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NewsGrant Thornton report reveals 'delicate' CQC and Monitor debate
The former leadership of the Care Quality Commission concealed the extent of its failure to spot care problems at Morecambe Bay from Monitor, amid debate ahead of a high profile HSJ article, the independent report into the regulator reveals.
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NewsMinister pledged NHS Choices will be re-tendered before March 2014
Lord Howe has given “assurances” to private firms that a procurement exercise to outsource the NHS Choices website will take place before March 2014, HSJ has learned.
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NewsChanges to role of FT governors spark 'confusion'
Guidance for foundation trust governors which appears to suggest they should go straight to the Care Quality Commission with any concerns is adding to growing confusion over their role, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ Local
Princess Alexandra Hospital gets £10.4m 'transitional support'
FINANCE: Princess Alexandra Hospital got £10.4m in ‘transitional support’ from NHS Midlands and East to help it achieve a small surplus at the end of 2012-13.
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NewsHowe: Marginal rate for emergency care 'hasn't worked very well'
Health minister Lord Howe this week admitted the controversial 30 per cent marginal rate for emergency care “hasn’t worked very well” to help commissioners and providers ease pressure on emergency departments.
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LeaderDealing with failure is the true test of the CQC leadership
The CQC’s new leadership faces a test of mettle
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HSJ Local
CQC lifts medicines management concern at Gloucestershire Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has found Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust to be compliant with standards on medicines management again after the trust closed the offending ward.
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HSJ Local
Plans for Bristol and Bath vascular network
STRUCTURE: North Bristol Trust’s Southmead hospital is likely to be the centre of a new vascular network across Bristol, Bath, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset.
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HSJ Local
Ambulance handovers fall at Gloucester Hospitals FT
PERFORMANCE: There were 196 delayed ambulance handover delays at Gloucester Hospitals Foundation Trust in April.
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HSJ Local
CCG appoints head of clinical quality and governance
STRUCTURE: NHS Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven CCG has appointed Stephanie Lawrence as head of clinical quality and governance.