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Leader
Experienced GPs and managers can give CCGs the best start
Commissioning will, at first, need experience at the helm.
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Rebel Lib Dem reforms revolt defeated
The government has seen off a rebel Liberal Democrat bid to halt the controversial health reforms.
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Reduced length of stay survey - HSJ readers' views wanted
Trusts and commissioners are increasingly recognising the many potential benefits offered by reduced length of stay.
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HSJ Local
Cambs FT heading for £2.2m deficit
FINANCE: Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust is heading for a £2.2m deficit this year - despite delivering more than £40m in cost improvements.
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Acute strain causes hundreds of emergency admission delays
A lack of hospital capacity is being blamed for regular blockages in emergency departments, after data released exclusively to HSJ revealed patients have already spent hundreds of hours stuck outside hospitals in ambulances this year.
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Monitor reports sharp deterioration in foundations' A&E performance
Monitor has reported sharp increases in the numbers of foundation trusts breaching accident and emergency targets or attracting the worst risk ratings for governance.
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HSJ Local
Hinchingbrooke 'welcomes' new chief exec
WORKFORCE: Jim O’ Connell is to take over as the new chief executive at Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust, now run by private company Circle.
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NHS annual reporting 'inaccurate or incomplete'
NHS organisations are presenting an “inaccurate or incomplete” picture in their annual reports, with some failing to disclose the key risks they face, according to a review by auditors Grant Thornton.
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HSJ Local
Herts trust considers increasing use of bank staff
WORKFORCE: East and North Herts Trust is looking at changing the make up of its workforce to reduce the number of redundancies it may have to make when service changes are completed in 2014.
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RCGP seeks health reform talks
Family doctors’ leaders have offered an olive branch to ministers in their bitter battle over the government’s NHS reforms.
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HSJ Local
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals failing four hour A&E target
PERFORMANCE: Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust is set to fail the four hour accident and emergency standard in 2011-12.
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HSJ Local
Shrewsbury and Telford's reconfiguration receives £35m of DH cash
FINANCE: Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust is being given £35m from the Department of Health to spend on a planned reconfiguration of services.
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HSJ Local
EoE ambulance performance hit by hospital delays
PERFORMANCE: Delays at hospital are causing East of England Ambulance Service Trust to miss performance targets.
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HSJ Local
Ambulance trust FT application at risk
STRUCTURE: The East of England Ambulance Service could have to withdraw its application to become a foundation trust if it fails to meet a key performance target for this quarter.
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HSJ Local
James Paget struggling on stroke targets
PERFORMANCE: Stroke standards are still proving hard to meet at James Paget University Hospitals Foundation Trust, the governors’ council heard.
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HSJ Local
East Anglian LD units to trial staff uniform
WORKFORCE: Staff at two small units run by Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust are to wear a uniform of blue polo shirts for a trail period.
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HSJ Local
COPD community clinics launched in Beds
STRUCTURE: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients in Bedfordshire are being offer support closer to home in a bid to reduce emergency admissions.
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HSJ Local
£4m for integrated care in Leicestershire County
FINANCE: NHS Leicestershire County and Rutland, along with the Eastern Leicestershire CCG, is to receive £4m from the Department of Health to redevelop integrated primary, community and mental health services.
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HSJ Local
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals agrees deal with commissioners
FINANCE: The renegotiating of contracts with commissioners has seen Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust report an in month surplus of £199,000 at the end of January, reducing the year to date deficit to £781,000.
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HSJ Local
Birmingham Women's to get £3.2m to expand capacity
FINANCE: Birmingham Women’s Foundation Trust is set to receive £3.2m to spend on increasing maternity capacity.