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Hunt: Trusts to be given procurement savings targets
Hospitals will be expected to make set savings in their procurement processes from January, the health secretary announced today.
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CQC would ‘love’ to rate whole health systems, says chief inspector
The chief inspector of hospitals said he would ‘love’ the Care Quality Commission to rate local health systems, rather than specific providers, but suggested there were potential obstacles to inspecting clinical commissioning groups.
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New chair at South Warwickshire Foundation Trust
WORKFORCE: South Warwickshire Foundation Trust has appointed a new chair.
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English trust to take hard line on payments for Scottish, Welsh and Irish patients
One of England’s largest specialist providers is to take a stricter approach to accepting patients from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, after struggling to secure payments from commissioners.
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HSJ Live 04.06.2015: Catch up on a huge day for health policy
Catch up on the key events from the NHS Confederation conference, HSJ’s exclusive interview with Jeremy Hunt and NICE stops work on safe staffing guidelines
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Keogh to review elective waiting time targets
NHS England medical director Sir Bruce Keogh is to review the current waiting times standards for elective care, the organisation’s chief executive Simon Stevens has announced.
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Stevens interview: Dealing with agency staff is NHS’s ‘biggest operational risk’
NHS trusts will ‘undoubtedly’ struggle to employ the doctors and nurses they need as the service clamps down on the cost of temporary staff from next month, NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has told HSJ.
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First three troubled areas to be put into 'success regime'
Simon Stevens has confirmed the three areas to be the first put into a new whole health economy ‘success regime’.
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Exclusive: Multimillion pound cancer contract consortium revealed
A private company led consortium including two NHS trusts is now the only remaining bidder for a 10 year, £687m cancer services contract in Staffordshire, HSJ can reveal.
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Emergency care to be 'completely redesigned' within three years, says Stevens
Urgent and emergency care will undergo a “complete redesign” and be in “a very different place by the middle of this Parliament”, the NHS England chief executive has announced.
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Monitor probes Shropshire trust over waiting times and data concerns
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has launched an investigation into a Shropshire orthopaedic hospital over excessive waiting times and the accuracy of its reporting.
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Cancer care funding faces overhaul
Cancer services should be funded via population-based payments to networks and lead providers, the NHS England chief executive has said.
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Stevens promises tougher line on struggling CCGs
The responsibilities of severely struggling clinical commissioning groups could be passed to other CCGs, local authorities or “integrated providers”, Simon Stevens has said.
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Confed 2015 tweets from the HSJ team
Follow the HSJ team at the NHS Confederation conference on Twitter for the latest news from the event
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HSJ Live 03.06.2015: Three troubled areas to be put into 'success regime'
Simon Stevens has confirmed the three areas to be the first put into a new whole health economy “success regime”, plus the rest of the news from the first day of the NHS Confederation conference
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CCGs told to fund more hospital activity
NHS England expects clinical commissioning groups to fund more hospital activity than initially planned this year, prompting concerns that this could undermine non-acute services intended to reduce emergency admissions.
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Exclusive: Vacancies fuel agency overspending by NHS trusts
Two-thirds of the spending on locum doctors employed in NHS trusts is being driven by the need to fill vacancies, analysis shared exclusively with HSJ reveals.
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Monitor launches investigation into Southend's finances
FINANCE: Monitor has launched an investigation into the financial sustainability of Southend University Hospital Foundation Trust.
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Updated: Monitor to review consultancy contracts above £50k
Foundation trusts wanting to spend more than £50,000 on a management consultancy contract will have the deal reviewed by Monitor, as part of new measures announced today.
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Health secretary launches crackdown on NHS executive pay
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has ordered an immediate review of executive pay at every NHS hospital in England.