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Epsom and St Helier predicting lower deficit than planned
FINANCE: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust is now predicting a year-end deficit of £16.8m, down from the £19.4m predicted earlier this year.
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New finance director for Airedale Foundation Trust
FINANCE: Airedale Foundation Trust has appointed a new finance director.
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NewsHSJ live: rolling news 7.1.2013
The reaction to the weekend speculation on the report into Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust and the rest of HSJ’s free rolling news coverage
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NewsCameron demands extension of friends and family test
The prime minister has given his backing to plans to roll out the friends and family test to primary care, as part of a package of measures to be unveiled today to improve the quality of services.
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Trust refers 248 staff to debt collectors following salary overpayments
Barts and the London Trust referred 248 of its staff to debt collectors after overpaying them by a total of £1m last year, documents obtained by HSJ reveal.
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NewsNICE to back use of Lucentis for eye condition
Thousands of people with a devastating eye condition could be offered a potentially sight-saving treatment following a U-turn by the health watchdog.
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Croydon Health Services Trust appoints interim chair and interim chief operating officer
STRUCTURE: NHS London has appointed two members of its own board to the board of Croydon Health Services Trust.
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Morecambe Bay review 'must get things right'
Listening to the views of staff and patients will be crucial in ensuring a foundation trust moves forward in the right way as it aims to save £50m over the next five years, its chief executive has said.
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Newbury and District CCG authorised with five conditions
STRUCTURE: Newbury and District Clinical Commissioning Group has been authorised with five conditions.
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Plymouth eye hospital plans move
STRUCTURE: Plymouth Hospitals Trust’s Royal Eye Infirmary will move into purpose built facilities at the trust’s main site this month as part of plans to enhance the opthalmology services.
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New chief executive for mental health FT
John Short, interim chief executive at Leicestershire Partnership Trust, has been appointed head of Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust.
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Ipswich A&E gets thumbs up
Ipswich Hospital Trust’s accident and emergency department has been rated eight out of 10, according to patients responding to the Care Quality Commission’s national satisfaction survey.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: MPs to probe policy of health budget underspending
The chair of the health select committee has warned that there could be a “significant danger of perverse incentives” if the health service remains unable to carry over unspent funds from one financial year to the next.
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NewsProblem CCGs face 'greater scrutiny'
Clinical commissioning groups with financial problems or a major reconfiguration in their area will be subject to additional checks by the NHS Commissioning Board, guidance says.
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NewsCouncils to be given 'above-inflation' public health budget rises
Councils will be told of their public health budgets by 11 January – and will be given above-inflation increases in the next two years, the head of Public Health England has said.
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NewsChief executives and chairs in New Year's Honours list
Three hospital trust chief executives have received New Year’s honours.
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Leicestershire trusts sign £700m shared services deal
Interserve has signed a shared services deal worth up to £700 million with a group of Leicestershire NHS trusts.
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NewsNorovirus cases increase by 72pc
Around 100,000 people were struck down with the winter vomiting bug over Christmas, latest figures suggested as it emerged the number of confirmed cases was 72 per cent higher than this time last year.
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NewsJoblessness affects young people's mental health, says study
More than one in four young people in work admits to feeling down or depressed “always” or “often”, with this figure rising to nearly half amongst their unemployed peers, according to research released by a youth charity.