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HSJ Local
SHA halts hospital takeover
NHS London has halted the takeover of a district general hospital by a foundation trust in a neighbouring strategic health authority.
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News
Productivity is low at urgent care centres
Urgent care centres appear to have low productivity rates and lack clear data allowing commissioners to tell whether they are value for money, according to a report published today.
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HSJ Local
‘Micro management’ deployed to tackle Stockport’s A&E performance
PERFORMANCE: Stockport Foundation Trust has missed the national four-hour waiting target for accident and emergency services for the first two quarters of 2012-13, NHS Greater Manchester’s latest board papers state.
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HSJ Local
Birmingham cluster overperforms on UHB contract
FINANCE: The Birmingham and Solihull primary care trust cluster is overspending by £2.6m on its contract with University Hospitals Birmingham.
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HSJ Local
North Cumbria launches recruitment drive after agency costs spike
WORKFORCE: North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust has launched a recruitment drive after seeing its bill for agency staff go up by 57 per cent in the first half of 2012-13 compared with the same period last year.
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NHS warned to begin planning now for pensions change
The Pensions Regulator has warned the NHS needs to take action now to be ready for the start of the government’s auto-enrolment pension scheme.
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Charity highlights rare cancer mortality
A leading cancer support charity has called on government and NHS Commissioning Board to ensure that patients suffering from all types of the disease are given the “best” chance of survival.
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HSJ Local
Mental health trust joins with university to launch masters
Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership Trust has joined with the University of Wolverhampton to launch a masters degree in primary mental health care.
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HSJ Local
NW London bed numbers set to fall
The number of hospital beds available for patients in north-west London could be reduced by a quarter under plans to reconfigure services in the capital.
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HSJ Local
'RATing' improves Hillingdon Hospitals' A&E performance
PERFORMANCE: A report to the board of Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust said the introduction of the “RATing (rapid assessment and treatment)” had helped its A&E performance.
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HSJ Local
Bristol DVT contract extended
COMMERCIAL: The Bristol Clinical Commissioning Group and NHS Bristol have agreed a 12 month extension to a contract for a community deep vein thrombosis service in the northern areas of the city.
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HSJ Live: rolling news 25.10.12
The first interview with Healthwatch’s new chair and the rest of today’s news
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News
OFT begins scrutiny of merger plans
The Office of Fair Trading has begun a formal review examining what it predicts will be the “first of a number” of mergers between foundation trusts.
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HSJ Live: rolling news 24.10.12
Farrar says third of acute services not required and the rest of the day’s news
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News
Third of acute care 'not needed'
A third of acute services in the NHS are not needed, the NHS Confederation has said.
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HSJ Local
South Warwickshire extends visitor restrictions due to norovirus
PERFORMANCE: South Warwickshire Foundation Trust has extended visitor restrictions due to an ongoing norovirus outbreak.
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HSJ Local
Foundation will be test site for redesign of unplanned care
Derby Hospitals Foundation Trust has been chosen as a test site for a six-month project aiming to deliver significant improvements in emergency and urgent care.
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Monitor has 'concerns' over pension plan
Monitor has revealed it has “significant concerns over the affordability” of a plan to build a new hospital with a ground-breaking loan from a pension fund.
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Leader
Revalidation cannot be left to GMC alone
Will boards have the influence necessary to make medics take revalidation seriously?
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News
Cancer budget cut 'only admin' says minister
The government is not cutting NHS funding but “moving money around” to ensure it is better spent, according to health minister Anna Soubry.