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Chief executive of hospital trust with huge deficit resigns
WORKFORCE: Julia Squire, the chief executive of Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust, which is facing a £20m year-end deficit, has resigned.
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Consultant support sought for CCG authorisation process
The NHS Commissioning Board will need external support, likely to come from management consultancies, to help authorise clinical commissioning groups.
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Farrar: Commissioning board manager cuts 'pose a danger to patient care'
NHS Confederation chief executive Mike Farrar has warned the health service’s capacity could be reduced to “dangerously low levels” by proposals to halve the number of managers in key areas of NHS commissioning and planning.
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PCT staff letters to omit passage on clarity
Official letters to be sent to primary care trust staff about the future of their jobs this month have undergone a change in wording, with passages discussing an ongoing lack of clarity removed from the text.
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Royal colleges will 'continue dialogue' on reform
The government looks to have avoided a major rebellion from the influential royal colleges over its plans to overhaul the NHS.
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More private clinics to treat implant patients for free
Two more private firms have agreed to remove PIP breast implants free of charge.
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Union attacks Northumbria FT for mileage rate cut
WORKFORCE: The union Unite has said Northumbria Foundation Trust “could face a legal challenge” after nearly halving the mileage paid to some of its staff.
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Key risks posed by NHS commissioning reforms revealed
The NHS Commissioning Board has admitted that “key risks” to its success include the haemorrhaging of senior leaders during the reform transition and a shortage of staff to commission specialist and primary care.
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Cuts to commissioning management 'risk quality and savings'
Managers in Partnership has criticised plans to half the number of staff working on key parts of NHS planning and commissioning.
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Exclusive: private acute providers warned over slowing NHS-funded work
The UK’s private acute healthcare industry shrank in 2010 for the first time in at least three decades despite continued growth in its NHS-funded business, according to a new report by analysts Laing and Buisson.
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Two London mental health trust bosses announce departure
WORKFORCE: Two of London’s three non-foundation trust mental health organisations have announced the departure of their chief executives.
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Morecambe Bay recorded £1.2m deficit in first half of 2011-12
FINANCE: University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust had a year-to-date deficit of £1.2m at the end of September, £800,000 worse than its expected position to that point in the year, newly published minutes states.
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Surrey and Kent CCGs 'non viable'
STRUCTURE: Two clinical commissioning groups in the South East Coast region have declared themselves non-viable.
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Trust seeks to save £0.5m by ending staff premium payments
WORKFORCE: Unions have threatened to challenge a south coast acute trust over plans to withdraw staff “recruitment and retention” payments worth around £0.5m a year.
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GMC moves on 'gagging clauses' in pay-off deals
Trusts and clinicians have been prohibited from writing or signing “gagging clauses” that could prevent whistleblowing.
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Poole FT no longer in breach
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has confirmed that Poole Hospital Foundation Trust is no longer in significant breach of its authorisation.
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Greater Manchester reduces underuse of private sector contracts
FINANCE: Primary care trusts in the cluster lost £2.6m through underuse of contracted independent sector providers in the first eight months of this year, compared with £4.5m for the same period in 2010-11, its latest finance report shows.
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CQC is 'fit for job', says permanent secretary
The Department of Health official tasked with reviewing the Care Quality Commission has said it is “fit for the job” but will take another two years to be fully effective.
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Chief midwife brands Lansley's comments 'below the belt'
The chief executive of the Royal College of Midwives has hit back at the health secretary over claims that clinicians were opposing the government’s health bill because of concerns about pensions.
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Government orders nursing regulator review
The Nursing and Midwifery Council is to undergo a strategic review due to its failure to deal with a long standing backlog of fitness to practise cases, it has been confirmed.