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East Sussex confirmed for special measures
PERFORMANCE: East Sussex Healthcare Trust has been placed in special measures following a critical report by the Care Quality Commission published earlier this week.
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Field: 'Nothing against' trusts taking over failing GP practices
Chief inspector of general practice Steve Field has said he is happy for struggling GP practices to be taken over by larger providers and NHS trusts if it results in better leadership.
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Vale of York GPs have ‘no confidence’ in CCG savings plans
FINANCE: GPs have told the leaders of Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group that they have ‘no confidence’ in the CCG’s management of the group’s financial rescue plans.
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The NHS can’t afford to put everyone in turnaround
The aim should not be to hide problems but to stop exacerbating them
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Support for ex-Cambridge chief 'not significant enough' for reinstatement
WORKFORCE: The result of a consultant vote at Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust has been declared ‘not significant enough’ to justify calling for the chief executive’s reinstatement.
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Stevens: 'Decisive action' needed to keep NHS in the black
The NHS will struggle to stay in the black this year unless ‘decisive action’ is taken to reduce the cost of temporary staffing, the NHS England chief executive has warned.
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CQC set to miss pushed back inspection deadlines
The Care Quality Commission is set to miss key inspection deadlines that it had already pushed back.
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Exclusive: Contract proposals should not be seen as final, says NHS Employers
NHS Employers has accepted its proposals for changes to junior doctor contracts ‘are not ideal’. It insists they are only a starting point for talks with the British Medical Association.
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Chief inspector: Fit and proper regulation having 'deterrent effect'
The fit and proper person regulation has had a ‘deterrent effect’ by warding unfit individuals away from NHS director roles, chief inspector of hospitals Sir Mike Richards has said.
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NHS property company shrinks capital spending forecast by £60m
The government owned company that manages thousands of primary care premises has reduced its capital spending forecast by £60m compared to last year’s plans, HSJ has learned.
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Local NHS control could be 'more delegation than devolution'
NHS England has outlined the principles and criteria it would use to approach future calls for devolution of health services.
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Call for better end of life care training
NHS hospitals risk repeating mistakes during end of life care if they ask staff to rely on formal processes rather than focusing on patient outcomes, HSJ has been told.
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Royal college warning over staffing 'pressure' on maternity wards
A second medical royal college has told HSJ it is concerned over the extent of gaps in rotas for junior doctors, with some maternity wards having a vacancy rate of 15-20 per cent.
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HSJ Live 24.09.15: NHS England board: Overall NHS budget balance at risk
Rolling coverage of NHS England’s board meeting
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HEE chief: Removing our budget ringfence would hit frontline care
Removing Health Education England from the protected NHS budget would result in cuts to frontline NHS services, its chief executive has warned.
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Probe launched into first C difficile increase in eight years
The public health watchdog has launched an investigation after the number of C difficile incidents in the English NHS rose last year for the first time since 2007.
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Introduce new A&E targets, royal college president says
Accident and emergency departments should be judged by two new targets alongside the four hour target, the president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine has said.
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Trust’s trainee posts suspended after concerns going back six years
WORKFORCE: A hospital trust has had its trainee anaesthetists withdrawn by Health Education England after concerns about the quality of training going back to 2009, HSJ can reveal.
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Wolverhampton trust drops foundation status bid
STRUCTURE: The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust will no longer pursue a bid for foundation trust status, HSJ has been told.
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Growth of nurse workforce slows as 'NHS finances bite'
The growth rate in NHS nurse numbers in England has halved this year compared to last year, with experts claiming the slowdown could mark a return to trusts prioritising budgets over safe staffing.