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Exclusive: ‘Trusts with no future’ list to stay secret until after election
National officials are keeping confidential until after the general election potentially controversial information showing which NHS trusts are unlikely to have a future as independent organisations.
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Lincolnshire trust requests emergency DH bailout
FINANCE: Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals Foundation Trust has asked for one-off emergency loan from the Department of Health to help it deal with ‘unprecedented pressure’ on its finances.
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West Middlesex 'requires improvement', say inspectors
PERFORMANCE: West Middlesex University Hospital Trust has been told to improve by the Care Quality Commission.
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Make drug shortages ‘never events’, say MPs
The next government has been urged to treat patient incidents caused by avoidable shortages in prescription medicines as ‘never events’ by a group of MPs.
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CQC lifts warning notice on Isle of Wight
PERFORMANCE: Isle of Wight Trust has had a Care Quality Commission warning notice lifted after improvements were made to assessing and monitoring services.
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Handover delays expected to hit trust performance rating
PERFORMANCE: South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust is predicting a reduced performance rating from Monitor after a surge in 999 calls over winter and a large increase in the length handover delays.
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Northumbria trust looks to international market for income
COMMERCIAL: Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust has express interest in providing services for older people in China as part of a consortium.
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Trust scraps patient parking fees after petitions
STRUCTURE: East Cheshire Trust has bowed to patient pressure and announced it will maintain free parking for visitors for up to four hours at its hospitals in Knutsford and Congleton.
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Mouth care to become mandatory as part of nurse training
WORKFORCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust plans to make mouth care training mandatory as part of its certified training for all nurses.
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£2m upgrade of operating theatres underway
SURGERY: A major refurbishment of theatres has started at Weston Area Health Trust, including new surgeon’s panels, flooring repairs, a lift and extra rooms.
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HSJ Live 08.04.2015: Lincolnshire trust requests emergency DH bailout
Trust asks for one-off emergency loan from the Department of Health to help it deal with ‘unprecedented pressure’ on its finances, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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Patients suffer 'harm' due to treatment delays
PERFORMANCE: One patient could have suffered ‘serious harm’ because of a delay in receiving elective treatment caused by a large backlog of patients waiting for operations at Barnet and Chase Farm hospitals.
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Chief executive of special measures trust resigns
The chief executive of one of the five trusts in special measures since 2013 has resigned.
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Maternity review warns units may close without reform
STRUCTURE: A report into maternity services across Cumbria and North Lancashire has recommended maintaining existing consultant led units, but leaves the door open to close two of them unless fundamental reforms are achieved.
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Tell us your examples of management myths
NHS managers are often portrayed as ‘pen pushers’, particularly during election time
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City's social workers transfer to healthcare provider
All 172 of Plymouth City Council’s social workers are now employed by Plymouth Community Healthcare
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HSJ Live 07.04.2015: Hunt - 'We'll give NHS what it needs'
Jeremy Hunt says a Conservative government would give the NHS ‘the funding it needs’, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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Labour's 'profit cap' policy faces European legal hurdles, say lawyers
Ed Miliband’s proposal to cap the profits of private sector providers of NHS services at 5 per cent would come up against EU legislation, lawyers have told HSJ.
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Winter A&E analysis: More ambulance queues and cancelled operations
Ambulance handover delays, cancelled elective operations and delayed transfers of care all saw huge increases this winter, in what has been the most difficult year for accident and emergency departments in a decade.
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New foundation trust slips £10m into the red
FINANCE: St George’s University Hospitals Foundation Trust has seen a steep decline in its finances and is expecting to report a £10m deficit for 2014-15.