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Webinar: Ask Sir Mike Richards your questions on regulation
Register for the discussion on 28 October
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George Eliot makes second attempt to recruit chief executive
WORKFORCE: A financially troubled West Midlands trust is looking to recruit a permanent chief executive after a previous attempt failed to attract a suitable candidate.
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Ten patients wait over a year for treatment at Manchester trust
PERFORMANCE: Ten patients have been waiting over a year for treatment at University Hospital of South Manchester Foundation Trust, including one patient who has waited over three years.
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Devon trust to close hospital beds despite ‘serious concerns’
FINANCE: Northern Devon Healthcare Trust will close beds at two of its community hospitals despite ‘serious concerns’ raised by some of its clinicians.
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Charitable funds pay for trust’s breast cancer imaging system
FINANCE: A £70,000 imaging system has been installed in operating theatres at Scunthorpe Hospital to allow surgeons to X-ray breast tissue during operations.
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First special measures GP practice to close
One of the first GP practices to be placed in special measures by the Care Quality Commission is to close, HSJ has learned.
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Five things we learnt from the Tory party conference
The Conservatives’ autumn conference came to an end this afternoon, the first it has held as the single governing party since 1996. Here are five messages NHS leaders can take from the jamboree in Manchester.
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Carter review timeline slips
The progress of a high profile review into NHS efficiency has slipped against the timeline set by ministers.
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Women Leaders launch: See the video and photo gallery
HSJ launched the Women Leaders network last month in a ceremony at Trades Union Congress in London.
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Essex mental health trusts consider merger
STRUCTURE: Two mental health trusts are considering a merger against the backdrop of commissioners who plan to de-fund secondary community services for ‘most’ mental health conditions.
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Outer London trust to treat extra 98,000 patients
PERFORMANCE: Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust will have to treat an extra 98,000 elective patients over 18 months at an estimated cost of £20m.
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South London trust requires improvement, says CQC
PERFORMANCE: Croydon Health Services Trust has been told it requires improvement by the Care Quality Commission.
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Stevens: Government needs to 'rethink' immigration policy for NHS
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has warned the UK needs to ‘better join the dots’ between immigration policy and the NHS.
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Analysis: Acute trust stretch targets would cut deficit by only 16pc
The financial ‘stretch targets’ issued to acute NHS trusts would reduce their deficit by just 16 per cent, HSJ analysis has found.
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Exclusive: ‘Flawed’ perceptions of GPs impact recruitment, warns HEE
Junior doctors and medical students are being put off training as GPs because of ‘fundamental flaws’ in how the profession is perceived, the chief executive of Health Education England has told HSJ.
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Former HEFT chief to lead biggest ever GP partnership
STRUCTURE: GPs in Birmingham will launch what is thought to be the largest ever ‘super partnership’ in the NHS next month, merging at least 35 practices into a single organisation.
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Ruth Carnall to lead Devon success regime
APPOINTMENT: Dame Ruth Carnall has been appointed chair of the success regime in Northern, Eastern and Western Devon.
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Exclusive: Hunt hires ex-royal college boss amid seven day row
Jeremy Hunt has hired Sir Norman Williams, the immediate past president of the Royal College of Surgeons, as his senior clinical advisor.
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Trusts continue acute care collaboration despite failed vanguard bid
Four acute trusts in Lancashire will continue discussions about sharing services, despite failing to secure ‘vanguard’ status.
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HSJ Live 06.10.15: NHS England chief executive speaks out on immigration policy
Simon Stevens, NHS England chief executive, calls for government to “better join up the dots” on immigration policy and the NHS