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Sheffield PCT notes revalidation assessment risk
STRUCTURE: Sheffield PCT has identified a “governance risk” to its “organisational readiness self assessment” process - a key process in the revalidation of doctors.
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Two more foundation trusts found in significant breach
Monitor has found two more acute trusts in significant breach of their terms of authorisation.
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Lord Owen motion on health bill stripped back after talks with ministers
A motion to enable greater scrutiny of key sections of the Health and Social Care Bill has been changed at the last minute following discussions between ministers and crossbench peers.
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Health Bill: medical royal colleges and GPs step up concern
The medical royal colleges have today issued a joint statement to peers expressing concern the Health Bill “could damage patient care”, as a Royal College of GPs survey reports strong opposition among the profession.
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Labour peers prepare amendments for health bill
Labour peers are taking aim at the Health Bill’s planned new accountability regime, emphasising the need for a stronger patient voice and for the relationships between statutory bodies to be clarified.
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Peterborough and Stamford breaches FT authorisation terms
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has found that Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is in significant breach of the terms of its authorisation.
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Commissioner had concerns about patient handover at Oxleas
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners expressed concerns about south east London mental and community health provider Oxleas Foundation Trust at a quality and safety meeting last month.
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NHS Somerset delegates community and mental health commissioning
STRUCTURE: NHS Somerset has delegated responsibility for the commissioning of community and mental health services worth more than £128m to the Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group.
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Commissioners urge Guy's and St Thomas' to increase maternity cover
PERFORMANCE: The south east London commissioning cluster has called on Guy’s and St Thomas’ to increase cover on its maternity wards.
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East Kent Hospitals plans £50m workforce saving
WORKFORCE: East Kent Hospitals plans to make savings from its workforce totalling £54m over the next three years.
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East Kent Hospitals aims to break £10m surplus barrier
FINANCE: East Kent Hospitals aims to make a surplus in excess of £10m in the financial year 2012-2013.
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NHS Gloucestershire invests in telehealth
COMMERCIAL: NHS Gloucestershire has signed a £5m contract with Tunstall Healthcare for the provision of a telehealth service to 2,000 patients with long term conditions.
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Work begins improving Hull A&E
STRUCTURE: Work has begun on a £7m extension to the Hull Royal Infirmary accident and emergency department, part of Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust.
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Lansley identifies 20 'unsustainable' trusts
The government has identified 20 trusts whose “clinical and financial stability is at risk” because of “cash-flow shortages” and legacy debt.
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Uneaten meals costing trusts £20m a year
Nearly eight per cent of hospital meals are returned uneaten at a cost to the NHS of more than £22m a year, according to trusts’ figures.
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East Kent plans withdrawal from use of private sector for trauma work
COMMERCIAL: East Kent Hospitals has indicated it plans to end the use of the private sector for trauma and orthopaedics work by the end of the current financial year.
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Eco savings for Frimley Park Hospital
FINANCE: Frimley Park Hospital says its combined cooling, heat and power plant (CHP) is saving it £367,000 a year.
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NHS Greenwich asks Belmarsh to represent patients after deaths in custody
PERFORMANCE: The south east London PCT, which has commissioned Harmoni for Health to provide services at the prison, said there had been two deaths in custody since April.
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Medics' calls to scrap reforms backed by high profile figures
Ministers are facing demands from more than 60 leading medical professionals to scrap or substantially rewrite the coalition government’s proposed NHS reforms.
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Lab scientists to vote on industrial action at Central Manchester FT
WORKFORCE: Biomedical scientists at Central Manchester University Hospitals are to be balloted for industrial action which their union warns could force the foundation trust to close at night.