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HSJ LocalAnalysed: Changes and challenges for Leicester’s health economy
The changing face of Leicester’s health economy
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NewsHSJ Live 22.4.2013: Jeremy Hunt hits back at RCN critics
Minister clashes with nursing union over Mid Staffs response
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Frimley Park hoping for run of surpluses topping £2m
FINANCE: Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has set out its planned surpluses for the next three financial years.
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NewsExclusive: 'Market' consulted about taking over parts of Mid Staffs
The special administrators of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust are to launch a “market engagement exercise” asking whether other providers - including in the private sector - would be interested in taking on its services, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsExclusive: Key Lib Dem backs government over crunch NHS competition vote
The Liberal Democrats’ health spokeswoman in the Lords has told HSJ she will have “no problem” asking her party to support the government in next week’s crucial vote on new NHS competition regulations.
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Exclusive: Monitor reveals £15.7m consultancy spend
Healthcare sector regulator Monitor has revealed it spent £15.7m on consultants in 2012.
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London trusts fare poorly in national hospital patient survey
London is the worst-performing region in England for treating hospital patients with dignity and respect, according to the Care Quality Commission inpatient survey.
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Barts plans £77.5m in savings in 2013-14
FINANCE: Barts Health Trust has set a savings target of £77.5m for 2013-14, board papers reveal.
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NewsDrug firms accused of pay-for-delay deal
Drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline has been accused by the competition watchdog of paying firms to delay the launch of cheaper versions of its antidepressant treatment, in a move which denied the NHS “significant” cost savings.
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NewsCancer survival rates vary by geography
Cancer patients face “wide and persistent” variations in survival rates depending on where they live, officials said.
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Hants CCGs seeking most savings from Frimley Park
FINANCE: Clinical commissioning groups in Hampshire are seeking an unachievable level of quality, innovation, productivity and prevention savings from Frimley Park Hospital Foundation Trust, the acute believes.
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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough FT chief moves to South Manchester FT
WORKFORCE: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust chief executive Attila Vegh is stepping down to take up a role in Manchester, the trust has announced.
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NewsAnti-smoking campaigns top PHE marketing list
A quarter of Public Health England’s marketing budget will be spent on stopping smoking
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Frimley missed A&E target in Feb but hit quarter
PERFORMANCE: Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust failed the four-hour accident and emergency target in February for the second consecutive month.
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Cerner Millennium problems at North Bristol
PERFORMANCE: Recent North Somerset CCG board papers warn that North Bristol NHS Trust is still experiencing “significant reporting problems” following the implementation of Cerner Millennium for outpatient reporting.
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Bristol details 111 concern
SERVICE DESIGN- According to Bristol CCG’s latest board papers the launch of the new NHS 111 service with Harmoni has “not gone well and performance has not been what we would expect it to be.”
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NewsHSJ Live 19.04.2013: Children's heart surgery row goes on
Latest on the Leeds child heart surgery row, challenges for Oxfordshire’s integration work, and the latest other news.
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NewsBerwick: I'm optimistic about the future of the NHS
A “better” NHS would involve redesign of service delivery but the answer is not in finding the “right number of agencies”, according to the man leading the government’s zero harm review.
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Poor scores for Tameside in 2012 inpatient survey
PERFORMANCE: Tameside Hospital scored “significantly worse than average” against 15 questions in the 2012 NHS inpatient survey, results published this week show.
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Oxfordshire delayed transfers remain high despite assessment overhaul
PERFORMANCE: A significant change to care assessment in Oxfordshire aimed at reducing delayed transfers has led to an initial exacerbation of the problem.