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Two in five adult abuse cases 'at home'
Almost half of alleged abuse towards vulnerable adults takes place in their own homes, according to new research.
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HSJ Local
Dorset waiting for news on Olympic funding
FINANCE: Preparations for healthcare provision during the London 2012 Olympic sailing events in Dorset are at “serious” risk due to a lack of identified funding.
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NHS workers vote to strike
NHS staff and managers have voted to strike at the end of the month in protest at planned changes to public sector pensions.
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HSJ Local
Portsmouth trust opposes reconfiguration plans
STRUCTURE: Reconfiguration plans for stroke, vascular and trauma services in the South Central region has caused disagreement among trusts, some of whom could lose specialties under the proposals.
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Exclusive: equality concern as eight in 10 CCGs led by men
An HSJ analysis has revealed the great majority of emerging clinical commissioning groups are led by men.
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Interim James Paget chair warns of 'distractions'
PERFORMANCE: The interim chair of James Paget University FT has warned the trust must not let the row which unseated his predecessor “distract” it from patient care.
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NHS Bolton invokes 'contractual penalties' over foundation trust’s waiting times
PERFORMANCE: The primary care trust has told the Royal Bolton Hospital Foundation Trust that it will face contractual penalties for failing to achieve waiting time targets in August.
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Plans approved for three trauma centres in West Midlands
STRUCTURE: Plans to reconfigure major trauma care in the West Midlands around three centres in Birmingham, Stoke and Coventry have been approved.
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'Amicable resolution' to United Lincs whistleblower saga
A trust has reached an “amicable resolution” with a former chief executive who was sacked after whistleblowing to NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson about pressure to meet government targets.
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HSJ Local
Epsom and St Helier £12.6m deficit £870k off-plan
FINANCE: The south London/Surrey borders hospital trust reported being nearly £1m off-plan, as of month six.
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Joint commissioning plans need to 'go further', Future Forum lead urges
Clinical commissioning groups need to work with councils to increase the scale of joint commissioning arrangements, a key figure in the NHS Future Forum has told HSJ.
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HSJ Local
'No merger' at troubled trust, FD says
STRUCTURE: Merging or being taken over to achieve foundation status is “not on the agenda at all” for financially-troubled University of Leicester Hospital Trust, its finance director has told HSJ.
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North Bristol 'puzzled' to be on Lansley's PFI list
FINANCE: The chief executive of North Bristol Trust was “puzzled” to find the trust included on a list of organisations whose private finance initiative deals may prevent them becoming foundation trusts, board minutes reveal.
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Luton and Bedfordshire cluster on monthly monitoring over acute concerns
PERFORMANCE: The Luton and Bedfordshire PCT cluster is being monitored monthly by its strategic health authority, after a “significant drop” in performance at the Luton and Dunstable Hospital.
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Expert panel to debate pathology services - free online Q&A for HSJ readers
Pathology services are set to transform over the next few years - but what shape will they take and what practical problems will organisations encounter? HSJ puts together an expert panel to answer your questions in a live online Q&A session.
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CQC investigation finds improvements still needed at the Pilgrim Hospital
There is still a risk of patients “being exposed to poor care” at the Pilgrim Hospital in Lincolnshire, according to the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ Local
Private patient work gives further boost to Christie’s finances
COMMERCIAL: The specialist foundation, The Christie, was reporting a half-year surplus of £2.7m, which was £681,000 better than it had planned for the first six months of 2011-12.
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Leader
Change is inevitable, but more confusion and conflict is not
The last thing most HSJ readers want to hear about is the prospect of further change. Unfortunately the nature of these reforms almost guarantees it.
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Leader
Where are all the female clinical leaders?
Of all the unwelcome consequences of the NHS reforms, perhaps the most unexpected is HSJ’s revelation that the leadership of clinical commissioning will be overwhelmingly male.
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King's Fund warns Monitor is at risk of 'political interference'
Monitor faces a “considerable” risk of failing in its role as an economic regulator and is too vulnerable to interference by ministers, the King’s Fund has warned.