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Commissioners are squandering resources on Lansley’s legacy
The effort committed is wildly out of proportion with other NHS challenges
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Osborne unveils two-speed devolution for cities and counties
George Osborne will only “empower” towns and counties by extending a form of the city deals programme
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HSJ Live 18.05.15: Stevens to set out detail on £22bn efficiency challenge
Simon Stevens delivers speech on seven day services and how efficiency challenge will be met, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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CCGs must buy external support services, NHS England says
NHS England has told clinical commissioning groups in the north to jointly go to market to procure vital support services.
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HSJ Local
Trust ignored legal advice in making extra non-exec payments
FINANCE: A major hospital trust ignored its own legal advice by handing extra payments to its chair and non-executive directors, according to the findings of an independent review.
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Transformation fund will pay for council 'dowries'
Part of NHS England’s £200m transformation fund will be spent on ‘dowries’ for councils taking over responsibility for the care of some people with learning disabilities and autism, HSJ has learned.
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Cheshire trust 'requires improvement'
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has told East Cheshire Trust it ‘requires improvement’, following an inspection.
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HSJ Local
18 week waits, March 2015: explore the maps
See all NHS waiting lists around England by provider, CCG or specialty
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HSJ Local
CQC takes ‘urgent action’ against West Midlands trust
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has taken ‘urgent action’ against Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust following an unannounced inspection of its accident and emergency services.
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Diagnostic waiting list grows by over half in five years
The national diagnostic waiting list has grown by more than half in five years, in a further sign of growing demand on hospital services.
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HSJ Local
Social enterprise’s professional services venture made £500k loss
A professional services firm set up as a subsidiary of Medway’s community healthcare social enterprise lost more than £500,000 in its first two years, accounts show.
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HSJ Live 15.05.2015: Support the FT model - it allows for good governance
Good governance cannot be guaranteed, but it is high time that the foundation trust comes into its own in the legal form, argues NHS Providers governance advisor John Coutts, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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Prior resigns as CQC chair to join government
David Prior has stepped down as chair of the Care Quality Commission to become a health minister in the new Conservative government.
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Number of ambulance staff leaving doubles in five years
The number of frontline staff leaving ambulance services across England has almost doubled in the last five years, analysis by HSJ has found.
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Junior doctors told they must negotiate new contract
The chief executive of NHS Employers has warned the British Medical Association ‘there is no alternative’ to negotiation over a new contract for junior doctors.
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HSJ Local
TDA urges trust to go ‘further and faster’ on reconfiguration
FINANCE: The NHS Trust Development Authority has challenged one of the largest teaching hospitals in the country to move ‘further and faster’ with reconfiguration plans designed to cut costs and improve care.
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Patient Safety Awards shortlist announced
We are recognising and rewarding outstanding practice within the NHS
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'Record breaking' number of long waiting patients admitted
Trusts have admitted a ‘record breaking’ number of patients waiting over 18 weeks for treatment, according to the latest data.
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HSJ Live 14.05.2015: Junior doctors told they must negotiate new contract
The chief executive of NHS Employers has warned the British Medical Association ‘there is no alternative’ to negotiation over a new contract for junior doctors, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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HSJ Local
FT becomes ‘emergency caretaker’ of GP surgeries
STRUCTURE: An East Midlands foundation trust is to take over all GP services in three local surgeries under ‘exceptional circumstances’, its commissioners have said.