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HSJ LocalCCGs to expand seven day services with tendering first
COMMISSIONING: Patient transport services across south Yorkshire are to be put out to tender for the first time in a move to deliver more seven day services.
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LeaderUrgent action is needed to save the NHS’s efficiency drive
The Carter efficiency drive has been going nowhere fast, but needs to be a mainstream priority
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NewsHSJ Live: Catch up on Hunt and Stevens' grilling by MPs
NHS England reveals breakdown of £22bn savings plan Hunt admits health funding was not protected in spending review Coverage of Jeremy Hunt and Simon Stevens’ appearances before the Commons health and public accounts committees
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NewsLittle progress by ‘integration pioneers’, DH’s study finds
DH-commissioned study finds ‘limited evidence’ of changes to services Norman Lamb: NHS England did not take the programme seriously enough Financial pressures and performance targets distract from transformation The coalition government’s high profile “integration pioneers” programme has yielded few tangible results and failed to remove barriers to joined-up ...
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HSJ LocalSingle bidder kept in race for children’s services contract
Consortium of NHS and social enterprise bidders is single bidder for children’s community services contract in Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset University Hospitals Bristols Foundation Trust and Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Trust are part of bid Commissioners say that consortium was the only bidder that met the ...
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HSJ LocalTrusts at loggerheads over millions in unpaid bills
FINANCE: Two hospital trusts are embroiled in a row over more than £3m of unpaid bills that could significantly affect their year-end financial positions.
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NewsHunt beats Milburn to become longest serving health secretary
Jeremy Hunt will become the longest serving health secretary on Sunday.
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Imperial aims for August compliance with RTT target
PERFORMANCE: Imperial College Healthcare Trust plans to hit the 92 per cent target for elective waiting times in August, board papers reveal.
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News'Remarkable' trust given CQC’s top rating
Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust becomes fourth provider to be rated outstanding Trust rated outstanding in unprecedented 20 core services Until November it was run by Jim Mackey, now chief executive of NHS Improvement Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust has become the fourth in the country to be rated outstanding ...
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HSJ LocalEvidence of 'bullying and harassment' at under fire CCG
PwC review finds “evidence of a culture of bullying and harassment” at Kernow CCG CCG has been in NHS England legal directions since December, after disclosing a huge deficit when it had been forecasting a surplus Review finds “confusion and dysfunction” on executive team, “failure of governance” and “lack ...
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NewsNorthumbria chief: NHS leaders should 'grasp the nettle' on reconfiguration
Chief executive of outstanding rated trust says NHS leaders should “grasp the nettle” when it comes to reconfiguration David Evans: “Continuity” of Northumbria’s leadership key to CQC rating Says Jim Mackey “hugely” contributed to the success of the trust The chief executive of Northumbria Healthcare Foundation trust has ...
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NewsCouncil leader chosen to head up STP
A fourth senior council figure has been appointed to lead one of the 44 sustainability and transformation plans.
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NewsPoll: Two-thirds believe UK spends too little on NHS
Two-thirds of people in the UK believe too little is spent on healthcare, according to a new survey Much higher proportion than in other major European countries UK health spending as a proportion of GDP has declined since 2009 Almost two-thirds of people in the UK believe too ...
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HSJ LocalCommissioners to expand alternative to QOF
COMMISSIONING: A clinical commissioning group that suspended parts of the GP quality and outcomes framework is planning to expand its alternative payment scheme.
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HSJ LocalMental health trust expands into Abu Dhabi
COMMERCIAL: A leading mental health trust has opened specialist services in Abu Dhabi.
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HSJ LocalLondon trust records £135m deficit
FINANCE: Barts Health Trust ended 2015-16 with a deficit of £134.9m, board papers reveal.
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NewsUpdated: Government offers BMA talks on junior doctors contract
Jeremy Hunt responds to letter from medical royal colleges Government will pause contract imposition if BMA agrees to talk about Saturday pay Hunt says BMA must agree in writing before talks can take place The government has agreed to pause its planned imposition of a new junior doctors ...
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NewsNHS Improvement to check waiting lists of 60 trusts
Waiting times data to be checked at 60 trusts in £2m project Performance on referral to treatment declining nationally Large hospital trusts not reporting their waiting times data NHS Improvement has launched a £2m project to see how many patients on trust waiting lists for elective procedures are ...
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NewsJudge criticises NHS England for 'totally irrational' drug decision
NHS England will be ordered by the High Court to provide funding to treat a teenager with a severe neurological condition after a judge criticised its “thoroughly bad decision” and “absurd” policy.
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HSJ LocalTrust blames 'bad behaviour' of neighbouring providers for staff shortage
WORKFORCE: A financially stricken foundation trust has blamed “bad behaviour” of neighbouring trusts breaking agency spending caps for its staff shortages.