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Concern over rising demand for Birmingham acute services
FINANCE: Higher than expected levels of demand for services at University Hospital Birmingham Foundation Trust have been described as the “main cause for concern” by Birmingham South and Central clinical commissioning group.
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Medway FT halves mixed sex breaches
PERFORMANCE: Medway Foundation Trust breached the Department of Health’s regulations for mixed sex accommodation in January.
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Senior physicians call for 'cultural change' in NHS
The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh has said there are problems across the NHS which could cause the care failures at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust to be repeated elsewhere.
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Government highlights new language control for doctors
Foreign doctors who want to work for the NHS in England will have to prove they can speak English well enough to treat patients, the government has said.
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Barts £10.5m behind on savings plan
FINANCE: Barts Health Trust is £10.5m behind on its £43.4m savings plan at month nine.
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UCLH raises governance rating concerns with Monitor
FINANCE: The chief executive of University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust Sir Robert Naylor has written to Monitor to express concerns about the governance rating of the trust, board papers reveal.
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NHS Suffolk on course to hit financial target before close down
FINANCE: NHS Suffolk achieved its target £0.8m surplus at 31 December 2012, and is forecast to deliver its target £1.1m surplus for the full year in 2012-13.
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NewsCircle identifies 'encouraging' NHS franchise opportunities
Circle Health has announced it is “encouraged” by the emergence of franchise-type opportunities to run hospitals and integrated services.
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NewsClinical involvement and collaboration emerge as key challenges for wave-three CCGs
Joint commissioning and involving clinicians are the major challenges for newly-authorised clinical commissioning groups, HSJ research has revealed.
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NewsGP survey reiterates concerns about contract
More than a quarter of GPs believe that proposed changes to their contracts will mean they have to restrict access to patients, a poll suggests.
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Sherwood Forest tops latest FFT league table
PERFORMANCE Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust has topped the latest Friends and Family Test league table, NHS Midlands and East has announced.
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NewsGovernment tendering rules will lead to big shake-up in services, lawyers warn
Lawyers have warned that new procurement rules due to come into force in April could see significant changes in the provision of NHS services.
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NewsHSJ Live 22.2.2013: Francis plans NHS Commissioning Board meeting appearance
Robert Francis is to appear at the NHS Commissioning Board, while newspapers continue to focus on “gagging” agreements, and procurement law sparks controversy.
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NewsPublic blame managers for Mid Staffs, survey finds
More than half the public blame NHS managers for the disaster of poor care at the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, according to a survey shared exclusively with HSJ.
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NewsHMRC investigating trusts over drug tax schemes
HM Revenue and Customs is examining hospital trusts’ tax arrangements amid a growing trend to lawfully avoid paying VAT on outpatient drugs, HSJ has learned.
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Wilson made permanent chief executive at SASH
WORKFORCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust has appointed its chief executive on a substantive basis after more than two years as an interim.
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HSJ LocalDorset launches 'immediate' nurse recruitment
WORKFORCE: An acute trust in the south west has begun immediate recruitment of extra qualified nurses in response to concerns the wards were short staffed.
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NewsCare UK acquires UK Specialist Hospitals
Care UK has acquired UK Specialist Hospitals, a provider of elective surgery centres for NHS funded patients, for an undisclosed sum, it has announced.
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NewsAnna Dixon appointed as DH quality and strategy director
King’s fund director of policy Anna Dixon is to join the Department of Health as director of quality and strategy.