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NewsHealth and Wellbeing Boards 'should drive integration'
Health and wellbeing boards should include the integration of commissioning in their “key success criteria”, according to a new guide published by the Good Governance Institute.
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Bradford District Care Trust seeking foundation status
STRUCTURE: Bradford District Care Trust has begun consulting on a foundation trust bid.
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NewsDH launches 'engagement exercise' on social care policy
The government has embarked on a major consultation designed to involve patients, providers and professionals in re-designing social care.
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NewsGovernment drug treatment strategy questioned by new watchdog
A newly formed alliance of drug rehabilitation providers has accused primary care trusts of “strangling at birth” plans to tackle addiction and reduce crime.
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CCGs setting spending priorities urged to 'be brave'
Most primary care trust commissioners believe they have struggled with setting priorities for health spending in their area, according to a new research report.
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NewsCCP backs commissioners in care home procurement row
The Cooperation and Competition Panel has ruled against care home associations in two regions after they claimed procurement rules and prices for continuing healthcare were too low.
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Northumbria and Newcastle FTs public clash over new hospital plan
STRUCTURE: Professionals and representatives of Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust and the Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust are publicly disputing the case for a proposed new hospital.
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Primary care guru joins Guy's charity
WORKFORCE: Professor David Colin-Thomé, who was national clinical director for primary care for nine years, has become a trustee of the south London foundation trust’s charity.
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NHS Blackpool nearly £1m under-spent by July 31
FINANCE: At the end of July the primary care trust was showing a year-to-date under-spend of £929,000, its latest finance report shows.
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Zero MSA breaches in Augsust at Frimley Park Hospital
PERFORMANCE: The trust this month again recorded no breaches of the Department of Health’s guidelines on mixed sex accommodation.
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No mixed sex breaches once again at East Kent Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: The trust this month again recorded no breaches of the Department of Health’s guidelines on mixed sex accommodation.
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Continued success on mixed sex wards for Ashford and St Peter's
PERFORMANCE: The trust this month again recorded no breaches of the Department of Health’s guidelines on mixed sex accommodation.
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Queen Victoria Hospital records zero mixed sex breaches
PERFORMANCE: The trust this month again recorded no breaches of the Department of Health’s guidelines on mixed sex accommodation.
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Continued mixed sex success for Western Sussex Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: The trust this month again recorded no breaches of the Department of Health’s guidelines on mixed sex accommodation.
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Royal Surrey County continues mixed sex success
PERFORMANCE: The trust this month again recorded no breaches of the Department of Health’s guidelines on mixed sex accommodation.
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Practice 'federations' frustrated by reform - Gerada
Moves to create groups of GP practices which can share and expand services have been frustrated by the commissioning reforms, Clare Gerada said.
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Waiting times at Central Manchester FT ‘more challenging’ than other trusts
PERFORMANCE: Efforts to improve waiting times in Greater Manchester are proving “more challenging” at the foundation than at the city’s other underperforming providers, commissioners have reported.
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NewsFoundation trusts consider moving away from national pay deal
Foundation trusts are showing an unprecedented willingness to publicly consider moving away from nationally negotiated staff terms and conditions.
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East Kent maternity consultation to begin next month
STRUCTURE: A three month public consultation on the future of maternity services in east Kent is expected to begin in October.
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Milton Keynes Hospital advertises for new chief executive
WORKFORCE: The east Midlands acute trust is advertising for a new chief executive.