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NewsPM's GP fund 'adding to pressure on OOH services'
The government’s flagship policy for extending primary care access is pushing up the cost of GP shifts and destabilising existing out of hours services, several sector leaders have warned.
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HSJ LocalBrighton A&E rated 'inadequate' by CQC
PERFORMANCE: An unannounced Care Quality Commission inspection of the Royal Sussex County Hospital’s emergency department has found overcrowding and a lack of board progress in addressing inspectors’ concerns.
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NewsStevens sets five NHS 'tests' for government spending review
Simon Stevens has set ‘five tests’ for whether the government’s spending review meets the NHS’s needs, including ‘front-loaded investment’, to fund the changes set out in the Five Year Forward View.
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HSJ LocalFinance director resigns after discovering £12m deficit
The finance director of Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals has resigned after the foundation trust discovered a previously unreported £12m deficit.
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NewsSnap survey: Hospital chiefs back bid to change junior doctor contract
A majority of hospital trust chief executives who responded to an HSJ snap survey believe the government should press on with its bid to change the junior doctor contract.
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NewsClinical commissioners attack 'oppressive' regulatory regime
Clinical commissioning groups have hit out at what they describe as an ever growing bureaucracy and an ‘oppressive’ reporting process imposed by national bodies, which they say is making their jobs more difficult.
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NewsThe junior doctors contract dispute: What happens next?
The government’s bid to change junior doctors contracts in the face of strong opposition has developed into the major political NHS story this year, and a major focus for officials and ministers alike. HSJ workforce correspondent Shaun Lintern examines the issues.
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HSJ LocalUpdated: Burton Hospitals leaves special measures
PERFORMANCE: Burton Hospitals Foundation Trust has been removed from regulatory special measures.
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NewsExclusive: CIPFA joins calls for transformation fund
Finance experts have joined the calls for ministers to find funding to pump-prime the integration of NHS and social care services.
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HSJ LocalInterim chief executive made permanent at largest acute trust
WORKFORCE: Barts Health Trust’s interim chief executive has been made permanent in the role.
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Lincs acute trust appoints chief nurse
WORKFORCE: Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Foundation Trust has appointed Tara Filby as chief nurse, it has announced.
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NewsLord Carter will produce 'clearer guidance' on nurse staffing levels
Lord Carter is looking to establish ‘clearer guidance’ on safe staffing levels as part of his review of NHS efficiency, he has told HSJ.
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NewsJulie Moore to run second FT: What does it mean?
One of England’s most influential NHS chief executives, University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust’s Dame Julie Moore, has been appointed to simultaneously run its neighbouring acute trust. David Williams considers the implications.
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HSJ LocalNew review backs long standing vascular centralisation proposal
STRUCTURE: Vascular services in south Hampshire should be concentrated in a specialist centre at University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust, an expert review has concluded.
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HSJ LocalCoroner: Teenager's death could have been avoided if 'red flags' heeded
PERFORMANCE: The death of a 14-year-old boy could have been avoided if he was admitted to hospital earlier, a coroner has concluded.
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HSJ LocalChief operating officer leaves Medway FT
WORKFORCE: Medway Foundation Trust’s chief operating officer has left the role less than a year after joining.
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NewsHSJ Live 21.10.15: Stevens warns over NHS funds phasing
Live coverage of NHS England’s annual general meeting, Simon Stevens warning over the phasing of NHS funding growth, and the first appearance in post of the new chief executive of NHS Improvement.
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NewsCarter review: Top surgeon to tackle clinical and cost variation
The government’s newly appointed quality tsar will work with Lord Carter’s team to drive out ‘unwanted variation’ in clinical practice across the NHS, it has announced.
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NewsExclusive: Julie Moore to run two Birmingham FTs
Dame Julie Moore, the chief executive of University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust, is to take over the leadership of its troubled neighbour Heart of England FT, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalFailing FT needs 'long term partner', say regulators
PERFORMANCE: Regulators have said a failing foundation trust requires a ‘close tie-up with a long term partner’, after spending more than two years in special measures.