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HSJ LocalWorcestershire trust faces £58m deficit
FINANCE: Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust has revealed it is facing ending the year with a £58m deficit if drastic action is not taken to improve its financial position.
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HSJ LocalSurrey FTs merger gets green light from competition authority
STRUCTURE: The proposed merger between two Surrey foundation trusts has been given the go ahead by the Competition and Markets Authority.
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CCGs support controversial change to tariff veto power
The representative body for clinical commissioning groups has backed plans to make it more difficult for NHS providers to block national tariff proposals.
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HSJ LocalChief executive of highly regarded specialist trust to retire
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of Moorfields Eye Hospital Foundation Trust has announced he will retire at the end of November.
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NewsBirmingham CCG removes £4m integration savings from QIPP plan
FINANCE: Commissioners in Birmingham have removed from their annual efficiency plan this year’s expected savings from the better care fund because the financial gains were unlikely to be realised this year.
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HSJ LocalTrust-GP consortium wants to run Cornish community services
COMMERCIAL: A trio of providers has formally expressed interest in bidding to run community services across Cornwall once the incumbent provider pulls out next March, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalLow staff morale and high use of restraint at mental health trust, CQC says
PERFORMANCE: Low staffing levels and an ‘unacceptable variation’ in the use of restraint at West London Mental Health Trust has caused the Care Quality Commission to call for the trust to make improvements.
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NewsUpdated: Government to impose new contract on junior doctors
Junior doctors will be forced to work under new terms and conditions from August next year, the Department of Health has confirmed to HSJ.
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HSJ LocalLeadership Academy boss joins trust as chief executive
WORKFORCE: Jan Sobieraj has been appointed chief executive of United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust.
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NewsMidlands trust chief executive joins national A&E support team
The chief executive of South Warwickshire Foundation Trust has joined a new emergency support team set up by the national regulators and the Department of Health.
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HSJ LocalStaffordshire trust served with performance notices over cancer failings
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust has been served with performance notices for failing to hit three cancer pathway waiting time targets.
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HSJ Local18 week waits, July 2015: explore the maps
See all NHS waiting lists around England by provider, CCG or specialty
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NewsCatch up: Jeremy Hunt at the health committee
Catch up on the health secretary’s appearance facing the Commons health committee
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NewsCCGs give scathing assessment of CSU competition process
Commissioners in the South West have given a damning verdict of NHS England’s lead provider framework for commissioning support services. They say it is likely to land them with a worse service that costs more.
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HSJ LocalChief executive of Cambridge FT steps down
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust has stepped down with immediate effect after almost three years in post.
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HSJ LocalUpdated: Ambulances to be diverted from Medway following CQC inspection
PERFORMANCE: Ambulances will be temporarily diverted from the accident and emergency department at Medway Foundation Trust two mornings this week under a plan from NHS England.
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NewsRevealed: Winners and losers from clinical negligence scheme changes
Seventeen trusts saw a 25 per cent hike in their clinical negligence premiums last year, according to new figures published by the NHS Litigation Authority.
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NewsHeidi Alexander appointed Labour shadow health secretary
Heidi Alexander has been appointed shadow health secretary by the new Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
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NewsNational maternity review accused of ignoring patient voices
Patient safety campaigner James Titcombe has stepped down from NHS England’s national maternity review amid concerns it is failing to follow an evidence based approach and is excluding patients who have suffered harm.
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NewsGovernment to review nursing home payments
The government has announced it will review the amount of money nursing homes are paid to look after residents.