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NewsNHS Surrey yet to quantify costs of Virgin deal
NHS Surrey has yet to quantify the total cost or risk of transferring its community services to Virgin Care, a deal which went live last April, it has emerged.
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NewsExtra £7m winter help for Northern Ireland hospitals
An extra £7m will be used to ease winter pressure on hospitals in Northern Ireland, it was revealed.
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Trust pioneers speedy injections of cancer treatment
Cancer patients can now get vital treatment in just five minutes instead of two hours after a new injection procedure was trialled by a hospital.
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NewsTrusts to be told to halve pressure ulcers or face fines
NHS trusts could face financial penalties if they fail to halve the number of pressure ulcers in their organisation during the 2013-14, under new rules from the Department of Health.
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NewsHSJ live: rolling news 23.1.13
The publication date of the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust report is revealed - and the rest of today’s news
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NHS property company to charge CCGs to bridge cost gap
The new NHS property company is likely to charge clinical commissioning groups for any assets it takes ownership of whose costs are not fully met by rents or service charges.
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Interim CEO to cost trust more than £800 a day
FINANCE: The University Hospital of North Staffordshire will pay its new interim chief executive £211,000 a day.
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NewsChoose and Book faces delays
The new Choose and Book electronic appointment booking system is “very unlikely” to be in place by the NHS Commissioning Board’s December deadline, industry figures told HSJ this week.
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NewsCouncil-led public health group has role extended
A group of council representatives set up to negotiate local government’s new public health role with the Department of Health will continue to run for another year.
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Epsom Hospital will remain open
Epsom Hospital in Surrey will remain open, according to assurances given to local councillors by NHS managers.
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NHS East Lancs could face £12m liability for backdated continuing care claims
FINANCE: NHS East Lancashire is facing a potential liability for retrospective continuing care claims of £12m, according to latest primary care trust cluster board papers.
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NHS North Lancs faces up to £14m liability for continuing care claims
FINANCE: NHS North Lancashire could be facing a liability for retrospective continuing care claims of as much as £14m, according to latest primary care trust cluster board papers.
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NewsAsthma cases 'down after smoke ban'
The number of children admitted to hospital with symptoms of asthma has fallen since the ban on smoking in enclosed public places came into effect, a study has found.
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Nick Balac named Barnsley CCG chair
STRUCTURE: Dr Nick Balac has been appointed as the chair of the NHS Barnsley Clinical Commissioning Group.
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NewsAnalysed: CCGs draw up commissioning support deals
This week’s HSJ Local Briefing looks at the progress made by clinical commissioning groups to enter into service level agreements with commissioning support units, and what the implications could be for the new market in these services
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NewsHSJ live: rolling news 22.1.2013
HSJ reports on a pioneering project to keep patients with long-term conditions out of hospital - and the rest of today’s news
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NewsWealthy south set to gain from public health funding boost
The Department of Health has almost doubled some councils’ public health allocations, according to research which reveals authorities in the relatively wealthy south and east are among the biggest winners.
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NewsPatient leaders concerned over CCG lay member strength
Some clinical commissioning groups have appointed lay people with insufficient experience and skills, patient leaders have said.
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NewsNicholson: 'more' community focused care required
Care for older people needs a fundamental shift towards caring for them in the community rather than hospitals that are “very bad places”, the chief executive of the NHS Commissioning Board has said.
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DH gives London £82.5m to cope with winter pressures
PERFORMANCE: The Department of Health has allocated an extra £82.5m to London to help it cope with winter pressures.