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Trust to axe 400 jobs in £14m savings bid
WORKFORCE: More than 250 posts have been axed during the last 12 months at a West Midlands foundation trust in a bid to save £7.5m.
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Interim chief named for trust with merger hopes
WORKFORCE: Birmingham Women’s Foundation Trust has appointed an interim chief executive.
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Exclusive: Specialist service changes an ‘unmitigated disaster’, says review
COMMISSIONING: An independent investigation into the collapse of a specialist service at a large teaching hospital trust has described the handling of changes by commissioners and providers as an ‘unmitigated disaster’, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ Live 28.05.2015: Clampdown on 'egregious' agency staff prices, Simon Stevens to tell NHS England board
HSJ reporter Judith Welikala is at NHS England’s board meeting this morning, where chief executive Simon Stevens will say the entire NHS provider deficit of £822m can be accounted for by overspending on temporary staff.
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FT financial freedoms a ‘bygone era’, says new foundation trust chief
The foundation trust sector must be more collaborative in order to make the most of a restrictive financial environment, the chief executive of the country’s newest FT has said.
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Exclusive: HRA moves to stave off judicial review in clinical trial row
The Health Research Authority has moved to stave off a judicial review by a pharmaceutical company with links to the NHS in a dispute over transparency in clinical trials, HSJ has learned.
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‘Financially distressed’ CCG brings in new service restrictions
FINANCE: A clinical commissioning group will introduce clinical thresholds for surgery and significantly restrict access to services to cope with its ‘financially distressed position’.
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Mental health trust urged to create suicide prevention plan
PERFORMANCE: Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust has been told to improve after the Care Quality Commission found the trust had no plan in place to tackle the high rate of suicide in the area.
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HSJ Live 27.05.2015: Queen's speech - Ombudsman merger plan
Coverage of the Queen’s speech, including proposal to create a single Public Service Ombudsman, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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Updated: Rollover tariff trusts expect massive deficits
Several large hospital trusts that rejected the voluntary tariff agreement have predicted huge swings in their financial position for 2015-16.
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Analysis: Hospitals will struggle to reach new 12pm discharge goal
Trusts have been told to try to carry out at least 35 per cent of discharges before midday, in a new NHS England directive aimed at preventing delayed discharges.
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Councillors have 'no confidence' in East Sussex leadership
PERFORMANCE: Councillors in East Sussex have taken a unanimous vote of ‘no confidence’ in the leadership of East Sussex Healthcare Trust and have called on the chief executive to resign.
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Pathology joint venture records growth but restructuring hits profits
A public-private pathology provider part owned by two London trusts increased its revenues last year, but a substantial restructure prompted by changes to tax rules resulted in a small drop in profits.
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'Financially unviable' trust rated good by CQC
PERFORMANCE: A specialist trust that warned it was ‘financially unviable’ has been rated as good by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ Live 26.05.2015: Pathology joint venture records growth but restructuring hits profits
A public-private pathology provider part owned by two London trusts increased its revenues last year, but a substantial restructure prompted by changes to tax rules resulted in a small drop in profits,plus all today’s news and comment
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Updated: NHS provider sector reports £822m deficit
NHS providers have reported a deficit of £822m for 2014-15, with foundation trusts ending the year in the red for first time ever. HSJ analysis suggests that without bailouts the net deficit was closer to £1bn.
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Largest trust in England rated 'inadequate'
PERFORMANCE: The largest trust in the country has been rated inadequate by the Care Quality Commission, and has appointed an interim chief executive.
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Revealed: Mental health pledge to be funded from existing budgets
A pledge by the home secretary to invest £15m in new health based places of safety to detain people experiencing mental health crisis will be funded from existing budgets, HSJ can reveal.
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Exclusive: Slowdown in prevention of early deaths - funding may be the cause
National officials have identified a stalling of improvement in the prevention of premature deaths by the English health service, with one potential cause being the NHS’s “economic challenges”.
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Only a quarter of CQC inspection reports published on time
Just a quarter of the Care Quality Commission’s inspection reports have been published on time, new figures show.