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Performance of individual surgeons to be published by next summer
Hospitals providing care to NHS patients will be required to publish information on the performance of individual consultant surgeons working across 10 specialties by summer 2013.
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Commissioning board pledges paperless referrals by 2015
The health service will move to paperless referrals by March 2015, the NHS Commissioning Board has announced.
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Routine NHS services should be available seven days a week
Routine NHS services should be available seven days a week the NHS Commissioning Board has announced.
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Financial squeeze on NHS providers to continue in 2013-14
NHS hospital trusts and other providers face another tough financial year in 2013-14 with the NHS Commissioning Board unveiling plans for further cuts to tariff income and the introduction of new contractual penalties.
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Real time patient feedback for whole NHS by 2015
All NHS patients should have the opportunity to leave feedback, in real time, on any service, by 2015, the NHS Commissioning Board has announced.
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CCG "progress" to be judged on 35 measures
The NHS Commissioning Board will use 35 measures to track the “progress” of clinical commissioning groups during 2013-14.
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NHS Cornwall may have acted anti-competitively
COMMERCIAL: The Co-operation and Competition Panel has found NHS Cornwall may have broken rules on competition and choice in arranging inpatient care for patients with learning disabilities.
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Basildon warns of cost pressures
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust posted a £1.2m surplus year-to-date but is projecting increased cost pressures for the last two quarters.
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Birmingham A&E performance dips
PERFORMANCE: Accident and emergency performance in Birmingham and Solihull declined in September, and is rated as amber.
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Bradford Hospitals fails MRSA target
PERFORMANCE: Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is struggling to meet infection control targets, commissioners say.
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Warrington CCG authorised without conditions
STRUCTURE: Warrington clinical commissioning group was among the first wave of new organisations to be authorised by the NHS Commissioning Board this week.
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West Cheshire CCG authorised without conditions
STRUCTURE: West Cheshire clinical commissioning group was among the first wave of new organisations to be authorised by the NHS Commissioning Board this week.
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Interserve acquires healthcare business for £26.5m
A home health and care services business has been acquired by construction and support services giant Interserve for £26.5m.
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East and North Herts CCG gets green light
STRUCTURE East and North Hertfordshire CCG has been authoritised by the NHS Commissioning Board with three conditions.
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North Yorks primary care director joins NHS Commissioning Board
WORKFORCE: North Yorkshire and York PCT director of primary care has joined the NHS Commissioning Board as national head of primary care commissioning.
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Cancer waits still a ‘significant risk’ for Southport and Ormskirk
PERFORMANCE: The 62-day referral-to-treatment waiting target for cancer patients remains a “significant risk and challenge for the trust”, its latest performance report states.
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Great Yarmouth CCG authorised
STRUCTURE Great Yarmouth and Waveney CCG has been authoritised by the NHS Commissioning Board.
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Airedale FT struggling with infection control targets
PERFORMANCE: Airedale Hospitals Foundation Trust is struggling to meet infection control targets, commissioners say.
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Royal Cornwall goes two years without MRSA
PERFORMANCE: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has not had a case of MRSA for more than two years, it has reported.
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Rotherham CCG authorised and featured in commissioning board video
STRUCTURE: Rotherham CCG has been authorised with one condition by the NHS Commissioning Board, and features in a promotional video published by the board.