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Private hospital will offer ‘the only’ tertiary care beds in Kent
A private hospital in Kent will claim to offer NHS and private patients “the only” cardiothoracic and neurosurgery tertiary care beds in the county, helping to reduce referrals to London trusts.
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Exclusive: Poor patients face shorter GP opening hours
The number of GP practices paid to offer longer opening hours dropped sharply last year, an HSJ investigation has revealed. The fall was particularly steep in poorer areas.
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Larger trusts warn over C difficile rules
New Monitor rules on C difficile infections could still mean foundation trusts are downgraded by the regulator for relatively small outbreaks, HSJ has been told.
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Workers vote on pension reforms
Hundreds of thousands of NHS workers will today start voting on whether to accept the government’s controversial pension reforms, with a no vote set to spark fresh strikes.
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Patient campaigner bids for top commissioning board role
A patient and public involvement campaigner has applied for a senior NHS Commissioning Board role, partially in protest at tokenistic participation “rituals”.
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Plan for clinical awards, hospitals told
NHS providers should budget for an employer-based round of clinical excellence awards taking place later this year, NHS Employers has said.
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Winston backs Labour's NHS campaign
Fertility expert Lord Winston has thrown his weight behind Labour’s NHS-focused campaign in the forthcoming local elections.
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DH faces 'significant' accounts auditing problem
The Department of Health could face problems with the auditing of its 2011-12 accounts unless potentially “significant” mismatches between the accounting of foundation trusts and commissioners are resolved.
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£1bn national IT deal stalls
A deal designed to save the NHS more than £1bn on its contract with the National Programme for IT’s biggest provider has stalled.
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£250m proton cancer therapy boost announced
Hundreds of patients currently sent abroad for a cancer treatment will soon be able to get it at home, the government has announced.
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Ex-iSoft chairman to go on trial
A football club owner will go on trial today accused of conspiring to make misleading statements about an IT firm involved in a major NHS project.
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Information tribunal judgment says DH should have released risk register
An information tribunal has ruled the Department of Health’s transition risk register should have been released because of the “general alarm at what was happening”.
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Brighton acute chief to lead Public Health England
Duncan Selbie, chief executive of Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust, has been named as chief executive designate of Public Health England.
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NHS Commissioning Board highlights major HR risk
The NHS Commissioning Board has higlighted the “inherently high risk” of recruiting “nearly 4,000 people… over a short period”, and lack of clarity around its functions and design.
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CCGs to get 'development agreement' and ‘rectification plan’ on authorisation
All clinical commissioning groups will sign a “development agreement” with the NHS Commissioning Board, and many also be given a “rectification plan”, before they take over budgets next year.
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Dalton letter: Cluster chief raised doubts about East Cheshire FT bid
STRUCTURE: Cheshire, Warrington and Wirral primary care trusts’ chief executive warned in January that she was “not convinced” the PCT cluster should support the trust’s bid for foundation status.
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Mid Staffs restricts public questions
WORKFORCE: Questions from the public are to be restricted during board meetings at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, it has emerged.
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All-foundation trust NHS plans are 'at significant risk'
The government’s plan to see all NHS providers attain foundation trust status remains “at significant risk”, foundation trust regulator Monitor has warned.
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Private healthcare market referred to Competition Commission
The Office of Fair Trading yesterday confirmed that it would refer the private healthcare market for in-depth investigation by the Competition Commission.
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Berkshire East health economy no longer 'failing'
PERFORMANCE: The Berkshire East health economy has been upgraded from “failing” for the first time in more than 18 months.