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Unions push back against pay freeze calls
Health unions will push back against calls for a continued pay freeze in the NHS by warning that a third of health service employees have seriously considered leaving their jobs in the past year.
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Buckinghamshire trust puts back FT application date to April
STRUCTURE: Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust has agreed a revised timetable for submission of its application to become a foundation trust.
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Coventry and Warwickshire fears Monitor pipeline lag
STRUCTURE: Monitor’s foundation trust authorisation pipeline has been highlighted as a “red” risk by University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire Trust.
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Government to commit the NHS to a "paperless" future
The government will this month commit the NHS to a “paperless” future, according to the Commissioning Board’s informatics chief.
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£46m pledged for NHS's 'biggest ever' leadership programme
The NHS is to launch the largest ever drive to create a new generation of NHS leaders in a £46m bid to improve productivity and patient outcomes.
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Cornwall redesigns services for isolated communities
The NHS in Cornwall has a small population spread over a large area, so is piloting new ways of delivering care outside of hospital
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Red finance rating for Coventry and Warwickshire Trust
FINANCE: University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire Trust have been given a “red” financial risk rating score of two for July and August, worse than the score of three given for April to June.
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Borrowing limit challenge for Worcestershire acute trust
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust may need an increase in its borrowing limit to cover the costs of a major service reconfiguration, HSJ has learned.
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DH unveils rules for objecting to Monitor tariff proposals
Commissioners will only be able to force Monitor to reconsider its approach to price setting for an NHS service if more than half of them object, under latest Department of Health proposals.
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Poole and Royal Bournemouth appoint joint IT director
WORKFORCE: John Gill has been appointed joint director of IT at Poole Hospital Foundation Trust and Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Foundation Trust, as the two trusts continue to work towards merging.
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Outsourcer enters healthcare market
Outsourcer MITIE Group has entered the healthcare market by acquiring home care services provider Enara Group for £110.8m, the company has announced.
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Conservative Party Conference: live Twitter blog
Tweets from the conference by the HSJ news team. Follow @davewwest and @nickgolding
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Monitor and CQC take joint action at Sherwood Forest
Monitor has asked the Care Quality Commission to carry out a “deep dive” probe of patient care at the troubled Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust following the resignation of chair Tracey Doucet.
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Rural FTs look to closer working to shore up future
STRUCTURE: Two successful foundation trusts are exploring means of working together more closely, including a possible merger, in an attempt to meet the challenge of providing care in a rural setting.
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Health minister claims MPs becoming more 'responsible' about reconfiguration
New health minister Daniel Poulter has insisted politicians are becoming more far-sighted in their approach to debates about service reconfiguration.
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Coventry and Warwickshire trust must find another £2.9m
FINANCE: University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire will have to find an extra £2.9m of cost improvement savings in order to hit its year-end surplus target of £2.5m.
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DTOCs still over target at Coventry and Warwickshire
PERFORMANCE: Delayed transfers of care at University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire Trust fell for three months in a row during the summer, but are still significantly above target.
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Royal Cornwall wins health secretary approval
STRUCTURE: The health seceretary has backed Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust’s bid for foundation trust status.
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Surrey PCT identifies key risks during transition
STRUCTURE: NHS Surrey has identified a list of 14 “key risks and issues” it faces in the transition of commissioning responsibility to clinical commissioning groups.
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QIPP risk grows for Surrey commissioners
FINANCE: NHS Surrey was reporting further slippage against quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) targets in August.