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    Revealed: Trusts counting on back-loaded savings

    2016-09-19T07:30:00Z

    NHS trusts will have to significantly improve “run-rates” to meet 2016-17 financial targets Plans assume significant efficiency savings can be delivered in the latter half of the year In many cases, those savings have not yet been identified, or there is a high level of risk that they will ...

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    Checklist for signing off new care model revealed

    2016-09-19T07:30:00Z

    MCP joint assurance process likely to include three “gateways” To be finalised by mid October Will cover conflict of interest and why MCP has been chosen Regulators are expected to require proposals for MCPs to pass three tests under a “joint assurance process” before becoming operational, according to ...

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    A reality check for new care models

    2016-09-19T00:01:00Z

    NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has returned from his summer holiday in the Arctic having adopted the look of an intrepid Victorian explorer setting out for parts unknown. He has the air of a man who knows his eventual destination may never be reached, that his chosen path carries ...

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    Head of academic health partnership to retire

    2016-09-19T15:27:00Z

    The managing director of UCLPartners is retiring next week.

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    Specialist hospital rated 'one of the best trusts in England'

    2016-09-16T00:01:00Z

    Liverpool Heart and Chest hospital is the first specialist acute hospital to be rated outstanding One of only eight English trusts to receive highest quality rating Specialist acute hospital trusts currently outperforming non-specialists, with 78 per cent rated good or outstanding Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital Foundation Trust ...

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    Long-serving hospital chief to stand down

    2016-09-16T12:43:00Z

    Mary Edwards, the chief executive of Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust for more than a decade, has announced she will stand down at the end of the year.

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    Trust chiefs deny 'low-balling' bid before major contract collapse

    2016-09-16T07:00:00Z

    UnitingCare providers deny making a knowingly unrealistic bid for £750m contract Trusts, NHS England and CCG accuse previous provider of not being transparent over the service costs Previous provider Cambridgeshire Community Services Trust robustly rejects charge NHS trusts involved in the UnitingCare debacle have denied making a deliberately ...

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    Second South West social enterprise to close next month

    2016-09-16T07:00:00Z

    Swindon based social enterprise SEQOL to close next month after losing main contract to Great Western Hospitals FT Adult community services due to be transferred in February 2017 but process brought forward because of SEQOL’s “challenging financial position” It is the second social enterprise in the South West to ...

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    Child protection system still lacks data on 87,000 children

    2016-09-15T07:00:00Z

    Local authorities face technical difficulties uploading information None of the four children’s specialist trusts have successfully implemented child protection information sharing system False negatives “raise a risk” for children with protection plans Nearly three quarters of children with child protection plans do not have their details stored on ...

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    Most areas should publish STPs by end of the year, says NHS England

    2016-09-15T07:00:00Z

    National guidance says “most” areas should publish their STP by the end of the year However, “every area will be working to a different timeframe” “Most areas” should publish a version of their sustainability and transformation plan by the end of the year, according to national guidance due ...

  • Steve Cox
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    Chief of 'inadequate' CCG resigns

    2016-09-15T12:10:00Z

    The accountable officer of a troubled clinical commissioning group in the North West has resigned

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    Sir Howard Bernstein to retire

    2016-09-15T10:49:00Z

    Long-serving Manchester chief executive to leave next spring

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    South West trust takes action following mortality concerns

    2016-09-15T10:46:00Z

    Weston Area Health has second highest summary hospital level mortality indicator in England “Further increase” expected in data to be published this month Trust has launched two reviews to investigate the mortality concerns Weston Area Health Trust has launched two external reviews into its mortality rates, after it ...

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    New rules to follow £750m contract debacle and Brexit

    2016-09-14T18:36:00Z

    There will be a new “checklist” for CCGs and assurance process for providers involved in big contracts Simon Stevens suggests Brexit could offer opportunity to change procurement rules Strategic Projects Team was disbanded because NHS England was “not satisfied with the quality of their work” System leaders are ...

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    'Special measures' considered for trusts failing on A&E

    2016-09-14T16:30:00Z

    NHS Improvement considering new “special measures” category for operational performance including A&E Comes as English hospital sector records worst quarter one A&E performance since 2003 HSJ analysis shows worst performing 40 trusts responsible for 63 per cent of year on year decline NHS Improvement is considering a new ...

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    Trust makes controversial pension offer to reduce vacancies

    2016-09-14T12:25:00Z

    East and North Herts Trust to offer a higher salary to new nurses if they opt out of NHS pension NHS Pension Board previously raised concerns that similar scheme at Oxleas FT “induced” staff to choose pension opt-out NHS Improvement aware of ENHT’s decision for “some time” A ...

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    Trust to receive millions as mental health research centre

    2016-09-14T00:01:00Z

    Oxford Health FT and Oxford University named second mental health biomedical research centre Announcement part of £816m investment in medical research by DH Cash will be split between 20 research centres with Oxford set to receive £12.8m A foundation trust has been named the country’s second mental health ...

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    Providers could face 'mandated support' from regulator

    2016-09-13T15:26:00Z

    Providers will be able to earn greater autonomy and less central oversight by meeting NHS Improvement monitoring targets Lowest band of regulation reserved for trusts in special measures requiring mandated support from the NHS Improvement NHS Improvement’s new single oversight framework published today Regulators will allow NHS trusts ...

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    18 week waits, July 2016: explore the maps

    2016-09-13T12:45:00Z

    NHS waiting lists around England, updated for July 2016

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    Exclusive: Hinchingbrooke names private partner for £150m building project

    2016-09-13T12:29:00Z

    Plan says “strategic estates partnership” could secure £5m of recurrent income by letting property and managing land use Trust is seeking approval from Treasury and NHS Improvement Strategic estates partnerships are being closely watched by ministers as means for delivering NHS capital project A district general hospital has ...