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Competition should never be first choice, but it could be best
Whether you believe competition to provide care for NHS patients is per se a good or bad thing is largely a matter of political bias. The evidence on either side is almost transparent.
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University Hospitals of Leicester struggling on 18 weeks and stroke
PERFORMANCE: The 18 week referral to treatment target at University Hospitals of Leicester Trust is being impeded by the non availability of critical care beds or normal beds.
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NHS Somerset overspends on bariatric services
FINANCE: A £432,000 overspend by NHS Somerset at Taunton and Somerset FT is mainly down to the provision of bariatric services.
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Trusts merger will create 'powerful and global brand'
STRUCTURE: Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre plan to use their proposed merger to create a “powerful, globally recognised brand”.
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Joint surgery redesign could save trusts £664m
NHS Trusts can save £664m from the total they spend on joint surgery over the next 10 years, according to an exclusive analysis made available on hsj.co.uk.
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York PCT financial problems probed
A strategic health authority has launched an independent review into the finances of a cash-strapped primary care trust.
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Essex PCTs to tackle child safety together
STRUCTURE: Essex’s primary care trusts are expected to come together to form a county-wide clinical network for safeguarding children.
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Local government steps in to resolve PCT leadership
STRUCTURE: Local authority chief executives have been drafted in to help fill a leadership vacuum in the North West.
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'Draconian' director scared staff at Mid Staffs
Union reps at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust have told of a culture where staff were too scared to speak out because of a “draconian” director of nursing.
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PFI contracts to be squeezed by Treasury
The Treasury has launched a squeeze on contracts signed under the private finance initiative in the hope of finding savings worth millions of pounds.
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Shake-up opposed by Lansley gets green light
A controversial reconfiguration criticised by Andrew Lansley before he became health secretary has finally been given the go ahead.
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Trust falls foul of CQC twice in nine months
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust has failed to address concerns raised 10 months ago, according to the Care Quality Commission.
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Government bid to avoid herbal medicines rule
The government is to sidestep an EU directive designed to protect consumers from unlicensed herbal and Chinese medicines.
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Minister 'cannot justify 999 times'
Welsh Assembly health minister Edwina Hart has said she “cannot justify” some of the problems with ambulance waiting times.
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Confed future in doubt following FT network split
The Foundation Trust Network’s decision to become an independent body has sparked fears over the future of the NHS Confederation.
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PCT 'first' to look at commissioning social enterprise
NHS Western Cheshire staff may launch the first commissioning support social enterprise.
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DH looks to private sector to save money on blood service
The Department of Health is considering outsourcing key elements of the NHS blood service to the private sector.
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Yorks and North East pathfinders reflect national uncertainty
News about the NHS’s new commissioning system is surfacing across the North East, Yorkshire and the Humber, reflecting discussions across England.
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Trusts underestimating 'hidden' staff bank costs by 40 per cent
Trusts are underestimating the true costs of running in-house staffing banks by as much as 40 per cent, an NHS Professionals report has claimed.
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PCTs agree to consult on children's congenital heart services
A joint committee of primary care trusts has given the go-ahead for a consultation on plans for greater centralisation of paediatric cardiac care.