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Barnsley commissioning plans 'stall' as consortium declines to merge
STRUCTURE: Plans for a single commissioning consortium in Barnsley had “stalled”, the PCT reported, as an existing GP group declines to merge.
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SHA abolition delayed by three months
The abolition of strategic health authorities is to be delayed by three months until July 2012, the Department of Health is expected to announce today.
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Burns care across three regions 'unsustainable'
STRUCTURE: The burns care system across three regions is “unsustainable in the long term”, according to a report revealed under the Freedom of Information Act.
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Consortia to handle PCTs' savings burden
Primary care trusts with some of the toughest financial challenges in England are handing responsibility for the huge savings they must make this year to pathfinder commissioning consortia.
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Steve Field: Cameron listening exercise is for real
Steve Field, chair of the government’s NHS Future Forum review, has told HSJ it is “not just a paper exercise” but says “going back” on the Health Bill is not an option.
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Alder Hey plans to cut pay bill by £4.7m this year
WORKFORCE: The foundation aims to reduce its spend on pay by £4.7m this year, £4.4m in 2012-13, and £3.8m in 2013-14, a February board report shows.
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Pathfinder consortia focusing on integration, analysis shows
Pathfinder commissioning consortia are prioritising service integration but are overly focused on governance issues, according to a report shared exclusively with HSJ.
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Wolverhampton City PCT chief exec stands down as reforms kick in
WORKFORCE: Wolverhampton City PCT chief executive Jon Crockett has announced he is retiring to allow the reforms to be “taken forward by people who can commit to leading these changes through.”.
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'Challenging' savings plan for NHS Portsmouth
FINANCE: NHS Portsmouth needs to make quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) savings of £15.2m in the coming financial year, equivalent to 4.6 per cent of the primary care trust’s allocation.
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Earl Howe orders break-up of North West's 'anti-competitive' four year contract
Health minister Earl Howe has told NHS North West to break up a four year “framework” deal between the region’s specialised commissioning group and mental health service providers.
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Health Bill amendments 'soften' competition rules
Government amendments to the Health Bill made during the committee stage have further “softened” rules aimed at encouraging competition, according to legal analysis for HSJ.
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Assigning PCT staff to commissioning consortia will be phased
The pace at which primary care trust staff are assigned to commissioning consortia should be determined by local management cost saving targets and the readiness of GPs to take up their new responsibilities.
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Tribute to Calderdale FT chair
WORKFORCE: Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust has paid tribute to its chair Sukhdev Sharma, after he died suddenly.
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Commisioners agree to pick up the bill for Portsmouth's PFI
FINANCE: Commissioners in south east Hampshire have agreed to pay the unitary payments of the private finance initiative for any parts of Portsmouth’s Queen Alexandra Hospital estate that can be freed up for alternative uses.
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West Herts expects £7.5m surplus
FINANCE: In the last month of the financial year West Hertfordshire Hospitals was expecting a £7.5m surplus for 2010-11.
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London consortium board to include non-GPs
WORKFORCE: A commissioning consortium in the capital has set out plans to give a range of non GPs a place on its board, including a nurse.
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Foundation trusts call for more time ahead of new A&E indicators
Achieving the new accident and emergency clinical quality indicators will be “near impossible” for most trusts, the Foundation Trust Network has warned.
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Monitor's intervention threshold lowered in new framework
Monitor is set to intervene in more foundation trusts that are in danger of breaching their authorisation.
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Royal Free announces job cuts as it looks to make £40m in savings
FINANCE: The north London acute anticipates cutting 450 posts from its workforce of 5,500.
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Countess of Chester loses £300,000 to sickness absence in December
WORKFORCE: Sickness absence at the foundation rose by 28 per cent in December to 5 per cent of the workforce, a report to its February board meeting states.