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Integrated care needs 'ambitious' target to succeed, DH told
Ministers will be in a “difficult position” if they ignore advice to set a national target to drive integrated care, the chief executive of the King’s Fund has warned.
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Nuffield Health makes pledge on implant surgery costs
Nuffield Health will cover the clinical investigation and surgery costs of all its patients who have had PIP implants, the organisation has announced.
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HSJ Awards - rewarding organisations throughout the health service
Browse the different Health Service Journal awards and get your organisation recognised by winning one of the health industry’s leading and most coveted prizes.
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250 Pennine Acute ‘backlog’ patients transferred to private sector
PERFORMANCE: 250 of the trust’s patients will be transferred to the private sector in an effort to improve waiting times at Pennine Acute, one of its commissioners has reported.
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NHS pensions deal to be offered to private sector
The government has offered to extend the NHS pensions scheme to staff transferred out of the service to make it easier for private firms to bid for NHS contracts.
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Exclusive: contractual penalties to combat ‘hidden waits’ will not take effect until 2013-14
The government has said new contractual penalties to tackle “hidden” waits for elective procedures will not be introduced nationally for 15 months, HSJ can reveal.
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Southampton FT urges visitors to stay away amid sickness outbreak
PERFORMANCE: An outbreak of winter vomiting bugs has prompted Southampton hospital managers to close wards and urge visitors to stay away.
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Warning for trusts planning to water down pay and conditions
Trusts should be “wary” of withholding pay increments from staff with poor attendance records, one of the country’s most senior industrial relations figures has told HSJ.
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Amended private patient income cap 'will have little impact'
A government proposal to cap the amount of private income foundation trusts can earn at 49 per cent will have little practical impact on the health reforms, experts have claimed.
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NHS market could fragment further, warns Supply Chain CEO
The “fragmented” way the NHS is developing could make it harder for it to make savings on procurement, the chief executive of NHS Supply Chain has warned.
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Heatherwood trust restructures executive committees
STRUCTURE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust is to restructured its executive committees in an attempt to strengthen accountability for financial and service performance.
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Unions consult on pensions deal
Unions are warning their members they will need to be prepared for a sustained period of industrial action if they reject the government’s latest and “final” offer on the NHS pension scheme, HSJ understands.
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NHS Confederation home care call backed
The NHS Confederation’s call to prioritise treating people in their home rather than hospital has been backed by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.
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2012: what now for the NHS?
What has 2012 got in store for the NHS? Here are HSJ’s predictions for the year ahead.
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Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale seeks out uses for £1.7m underspend
FINANCE: At the end of October 2011 the primary care trust had under-spent its budget to the value of £1.7m, according to its latest finance report.
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CQC lifts concerns over Heatherwood trust
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission is to remove compliance actions from Heatherwood and Wexham Park NHS Foundation Trust following an unannounced inspection.
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Royal Bournemouth over performance 'biggest single risk' to PCT finances
FINANCE: Over performance at Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospital Foundation Trust is the biggest risk to finances of its primary care trust cluster.
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Heatherwood FT runs at £1.3m deficit in November
FINANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park NHS Foundation Trust ran at a £1.3m deficit in November, latest figures show.
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Two Croydon GP groups merge
STRUCTURE: The two emerging clinical commissioning groups under Croydon PCT have decided to merge.
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Clinical data regulation not robust, say experts
Leading doctors have called for an end to “incomplete data disclosure” and more robust regulation of information in clinical trials.