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PCT in court over community services transfer
COMMERCIAL: A primary care trust’s claim it could not transfer its provider arm to an NHS organisation is “inaccurate and flawed”, the High Court has heard.
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Circle faces £10m hole in Hinchingbrooke budget
FINANCE: Circle will have to cut costs at Hinchingbrooke Healthcare Trust by 10 per cent if it is to break even next year, it has emerged.
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Exclusive: community trusts dispute asset transfers with PCTs and DH
Plans to transfer NHS properties to community service providers have stalled amid an ongoing dispute between trusts and the Department of Health, and claims of irrational behaviour by commissioners.
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Government risks going backwards on integration, warn MPs
Financial pressures and the government’s reforms risk the level of integration between health and social care actually diminishing, despite ministers restating their commitment to the policy, according to MPs.
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Lords set to debate integration and health secretary's duty
The Health Bill returns to the House of Lords today, with a raft of new amendments lined up including one proposing a “duty of co-operation” for providers of NHS services.
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Faculty of Public Health calls for withdrawal of bill
The Faculty of Public Health has joined the growing list of professional bodies calling for the Health Bill to be withdrawn.
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Leadership Academy highlights gender discrimination in NHS
The NHS Leadership Academy is compiling data on the proportion of NHS board members and clinical leaders who are women in order to expose inequalities.
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CCP recommends biggest acute merger go ahead despite 'reducing patient choice'
The Co-operation and Competition Panel has recommended England’s biggest hospital merger should be allowed to go ahead - but only because there is no alternative.
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Pressure on Lansley grows as Lords scrutinise reforms
Health secretary Andrew Lansley will face yet more pressure over his controversial NHS reforms, with peers resuming their scrutiny of the legislation today.
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Nov 30 strikes cost West Middlesex Hospital just £50,000
FINANCE: West Middlesex University Hospital Trust reported that thanks to an “effective contingency plan” on 30 November, the day of the national pensions strike, disruption was minimised.
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SHIP cluster struggles on prescribing savings
FINANCE: The Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth primary care trust cluster had collectively identified £69.9m worth of cost savings, just under its target of £71.7m.
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Hampshire reports pressure on acute contracts
FINANCE: The Hampshire health system is reporting a surplus, having released almost all its contingency reserves for the first three quarters of 2011-12.
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Southampton PCT forced to find non-recurrent savings
FINANCE: Southampton primary care trust is set to achieve its surplus target of £1.9m for the year, but is overspending on acute services and is only mitigating this through non-recurrent means.
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DH to issue guidance on terms and conditions for public health directors
Government guidance on how directors of public health and their staff should be employed will extend as far as stating their terms and conditions and how they should be managed, according to ministers.
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West Cheshire clinical commissioners set out clinical priorites
PERFORMANCE: The West Cheshire clinical commissioning group has set out plans to focus on six priority areas over the coming half-decade, including heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and mental health.
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Isle of Wight judged as 'performing'
PERFORMANCE: The Isle of Wight was the only primary care trust in its cluster to be assessed as “performing” by the South Central strategic health authority.
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West Middlesex University Hospital records 'unexpectedly high' death rates
PERFORMANCE: Minutes showed the Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratio for August was 125.3 at West Middlesex University Hospital Trust, meaning the rate was roughly 26 per cent higher than would be expected.
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'Political bravery’ required to keep the NHS ‘the most open health system in the world'
The NHS is “the most open health system in the world” according to the government’s new public data transparency tsar, but only a mix of urgency, political bravery and public and clinical engagement will keep it that way.
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North Somerset failing on C difficile
PERFORMANCE: NHS North Somerset failed targets for C difficile and MRSA during November.
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Commissioners overspending at Newcastle FT by £10.5m
FINANCE: North of Tyne commissioners are overspending on their contract with Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust by £10.5m.