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Care homes struggling for access to health services
More than half of primary care trusts do not offer access to the full range of health services care home residents may need, according to analysis of data collected by the Care Quality Commission.
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Leader
The fate of unsustainable services is back in the hands of the centre
Alastair McLellan’s editorial.
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Health secretary social care amendment defeated
The government has defeated a new proposed amendment to its controversial health reforms for England in the Lords.
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Exclusive: commissioning board says CSSs 'on the cusp of failing'
“Too many” of the support services vital to the success of the new NHS clinical commissioning system are “on the cusp of failing”, according to leaked NHS Commissioning Board papers.
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DH chief defends early implementation of NHS reforms
The Department of Health’s most senior civil servant has defended work to implement the government’s NHS reforms before its Health Bill has been passed, in evidence to a tribunal.
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HSJ Local
Interim chief bids for permanent role at Heatherwood and Wexham Park
WORKFORCE: Philippa Slinger, the interim chief of troubled Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals Foundation Trust, has said she plans to apply for the role of permanent chief executive.
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PM reveals details of £330m NHS capital funding
Prime Minister David Cameron today announced details of £330m of funding allocated for NHS capital projects.
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HSJ Local
Bury pulls ‘contractual levers’ over Pennine Acute cancer waits
PERFORMANCE: NHS Bury has “enforced contractual levers” in a bid to increase the speed at which the trust refers patients in need of specialist cancer treatment, board papers state.
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HSJ Local
£3.3m funding boost for North Bristol
FINANCE: North Bristol Trust will receive £3.3m over the next year as part of the Department’s of Health capital giveaway.
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New end of life guidance for acutes
Hospital managers and directors are to get new guidance on improving end of life care.
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HSJ Local
East Sussex on course to meet MRSA target but not C diff
PERFORMANCE: Latest board papers reveal that East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is only a couple of cases away from busting its Clostridium difficile target but remains on course for MRSA.
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HSJ Local
New director of operations for Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt FT
WORKFORCE: Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has appointed Val Doyle as its new director of operations.
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HSJ Local
Performance metrics problem for East Sussex Healthcare
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust was still struggling to deliver against national performance metrics in a number of areas, according to board papers.
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Health Bill: government limits FTs and private income
The government has said it will change the Health Bill to clarify and extend Monitor’s compliance powers over foundation trusts, and require governors to approve private patient income.
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HSJ Local
Union attacks trust chair over 'football managers' approach to chief execs
WORKFORCE: Unison has criticised the “football managers approach to NHS management” at Croydon Health Services Trust.
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HSJ Local
Royal Berkshire chair resigns
STRUCTURE: The chair of Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust has resigned without explanation.
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Exclusive: public split over use of private firms in NHS as Labour doubles poll lead on health
The English people are split down the middle on the use of private companies to provide NHS services, according to exclusive polling data compiled for HSJ.
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HSJ Local
Surrey and Sussex still at risk of deficit rising above £6.1m
FINANCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has admitted that the risk to it delivering a £6.1m deficit by the end of the financial year “remains high”.
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HSJ Local
Preferred bidder could start running North Cumbria before takeover cleared
STRUCTURE: Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust could take over day-to-day management of North Cumbria from April, months before its proposed acquisition of the trust can be completed, board papers state.
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HSJ Local
London FT boss resigns to lead neighbours' merger bid
WORKFORCE: David McVittie, chief executive of Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust, left his post last week and will now be leading the merger between North West London Hospitals and Ealing Hospital.