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Second inquest into Stafford Hospital death resumes
A second inquest into the death of a man who died after being treated at Stafford Hospital in 2006 was due to resume in Leicestershire today.
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Berkshire CCGs explore merger
STRUCTURE: Four clinical commissioning groups in west Berkshire are considering merging into a single organisation amid concerns GPs’ time is being ‘wasted’ on board meetings.
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Group established for 'innovative' smaller hospitals
A new group for small and medium-sized hospitals has been set up by the Nuffield Trust to look at how they can adapt their business models.
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Southend FT chief executive to leave
STRUCTURE: The chief executive of troubled Southend University Hospital Foundation Trust is to leave her job.
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Leader
The results of English devolution could be profound for the NHS
It is unclear how but the impact will be huge
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HSJ Local
Dudley becomes first trust to request CQC rating review
Dudley Group Foundation Trust has become the first trust to be granted a formal review of its Care Quality Commission rating.
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Leicester provider breaches waiting target for second year
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals of Leicester Trust has failed to meet its four-hour accident and emergency waiting target on a monthly basis for two years in a row.
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TDA launches NHS communications strategy
The NHS Trust Development Authority has launched a strategy to support NHS trusts with their communication activities.
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Exclusive poll: Public approval for government's NHS handling grows
The past three months have seen a strengthening of public approval for the government’s treatment of the NHS, an exclusive HSJ/FTI Consulting poll has found.
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NHS uses 'flawed definition' of whistleblowers, study finds
Some NHS organisations are using a ‘fundamentally wrong definition’ of whistleblowers when dealing with staff who raise concerns, according to a study of cases submitted to the government’s review of the issue.
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HSJ Live 22.09.2014: Labour 'to fund NHS spending rise with mansion tax'
Labour will pledge to increase NHS funding paid for by a “mansion tax, the BBC reports, and the rest of today’s news and comment
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National officials call for 'rapid action' on failing waiting targets
The bosses of clinical commissioning groups and NHS providers have been told to raise their game to hit waiting time targets in a letter from NHS England, Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority.
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Providers report 'unprecedented' financial problems
NHS providers have suffered “unprecedented” financial problems in the first few months of this year, new official figures suggest.
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HSJ Local
Cambridge University Hospitals in row over withheld payments
PERFORMANCE: Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust has clashed with commissioners over £1m withheld from the trust for failing to meet a target it believes it met.
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HSJ Local
Devon provider ‘requires improvement’
PERFORMANCE: Northern Devon Healthcare Trust has been rated as “requires improvement” by the Care Quality Commission after inspectors found a raft of concerns, including do not resuscitate forms being filled in without discussion with patients and relatives.
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HSJ Local
King's Lynn to remain in special measures
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has recommended that Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn Foundation Trust remains in special measures.
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19 September issue of HSJ is ready to read on the app
This week’s issue of HSJ magazine is now available to read on our tablet app.
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HSJ Local
Proposal to centralise stroke services in Lewisham
STRUCTURE: Lewisham and Greenwich Trust has proposed moving stroke services out of one of its acute hospitals to help cope with demand for emergency beds.
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Mental health patients 'let down'
Almost one in three people with mental health problems do not know where to turn in the event of a crisis, new figures show.
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Concern over ambulance queue death
Heartbroken relatives of a grandmother who died while waiting in a queue of ambulances outside a hospital have demanded an apology from health bosses.