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Herefordshire PCT abolition 'sank IT savings plan'
Auditors find Herefordshire designed system to work with PCT but CCG did not want to retain project
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HSJ Local
Judicial review launched against location of cancer centre
STRUCTURE: A consultant has launched legal action against a decision to build a new cancer centre next to a grade-one listed building at Barts Health Trust.
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Former minister calls for NHS land to be sold for care homes
The former care minister Paul Burstow will say today that NHS trusts should sell surplus land to build enough care homes and supported living apartments to meet increasing demand.
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Large majority of CCGs gearing up for GP contract responsibility
A large majority of clinical commissioning groups are gearing up to take on responsibility for management of GP contracts in the next year, the HSJ CCG Barometer has found.
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CCGs lukewarm on integrating health and social care roles
Most clinical commissioning group leaders are lukewarm about the prospect of merging or sharing substantial health and social care responsibilities, the HSJ CCG Barometer suggests.
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Exclusive CCG survey: Deficits threaten hopes for radical reform
Many CCGs plan major changes to their contracting and provider models, with a particular focus on primary and community services
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HSJ Local
Board shake-up at troubled specialist trust
WORKFORCE: The Christie Foundation Trust has appointed a new chair as two of its non-executive directors stepped down because they were “unhappy” with the way it handled the suspension of its chief executive.
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HSJ Live 03.09.2014: Morecambe Bay inquiry has investigated more than 200 deaths
More than 200 deaths of mothers and babies at the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust have been investigated by an independent inquiry, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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HSJ Local
East Kent placed in special measures
Monitor has put East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust in special measures more than two weeks after the Care Quality Commission recommended the move.
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Government seeks round the clock cover for 'no additional pay'
Government ambitions to deliver more NHS services seven days a week without increasing the wage bill have been branded an ‘attack on hard working nurses’.
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Revealed: NHS England spending on CSU services
NHS England’s spending on commissioning support units topped £125m last year, accounting for more than a quarter of some CSUs’ income, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ showcases the best places to work in the NHS
This week HSJ will be celebrating the top 100 places to work in the health service in 2014
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Leader
We need a sustainable solution to care failure investigations
There is lack of clarity over responsibility
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Bid to curb parking fees will be ignored, ministers told
Some hospitals will put ‘two fingers up’ to fresh attempts to end ‘excessive’ car parking charges, ministers were warned during a parliamentary debate.
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HSJ Local
Kent community trust rated 'good' by CQC
PERFORMANCE: Kent Community Health Trust has been rated as “good” by the Care Quality Commission following an inspection in June.
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HSJ Live 02.09.2014: East Kent placed in special measures
Monitor takes the special measures decision following a damning CQC report, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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DH hires new director to NHS oversight role
The Department of Health has hired Ben Dyson as its director of the NHS group.
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HSJ Local
Morecambe Bay seeks maternity services partner
COMMERCIAL: Hospital trusts up to 200 miles away from University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust have answered its appeal for a ‘maternity stability partner’, a role which could require sharing staff.
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HSJ Local
Morecambe Bay appoints special measures 'improvement board' chair
WORKFORCE: University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust has appointed a chair to oversee the implementation of its special measures action plan.
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NHS will not be excluded from US trade deal
A controversial proposed trade treaty between Europe and the US will not negatively impact the NHS or give US health companies new ways of legally challenging health service procurement processes, a government minister has insisted.