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Exclusive: Treasury raid on pensions could drain billions from NHS
Treasury plans to recalculate the value of public sector pensions and introduce a single tier pension could leave the health service facing an annual bill of £2.5bn, HSJ can reveal.
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UPDATED: Deal reached on consultant contract talks
An agreement has been reached between NHS Employers and the British Medical Association on terms to renegotiate the consultant contract.
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Exclusive: Dalton reveals he is not applying for NHS England job
Former NHS Commissioning Board chief operating officer Ian Dalton has ruled himself out of contention for the NHS England chief executive’s job.
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HSJ Local
Administrators' Mid Staffs plan to be revealed
Campaigners fighting to save a scandal-hit hospital will learn administrators’ recommendations about the future of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals £1.2m in deficit at 31 May
FINANCE: Lancashire Teaching Hospitals recorded a deficit of £1.2m for the first two months of 2013-14, £0.7m higher than planned.
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HSJ Local
Chiltern CCG plans integrated care to cut social care use
PERFORMANCE: Chiltern Clinical Commissioning Group is planning to cut both emergency admissions and the use of social care by a quarter by 2017, through the introduction of integrated models of health and social care.
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Plan to change gender reassignment surgery guidelines is dropped
NHS England has shelved proposals to change how it commissions gender reassignment surgery following clinicians’ concerns
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HSJ Local
Judge to rule on Lewisham downgrade
A High Court judge who has been urged to overturn an “unlawful” decision to reduce services at a major hospital is set to announce his decision.
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HSJ Local
Below average FFT score for Surrey and Sussex Healthcare
PERFORMANCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust scored an average of 54 for accident and emergence and 52 for inpatients in the “friends and family” test over the first quarter of 2013-14.
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Leader
Sustainable pensions are undermined by Treasury plans
The Treasury’s plans for NHS pensions would, in effect, cut the service’s budget. The government should explain why it is prepared to risk the place of NHS pensions “at the heart of the reward package for staff”
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UPDATED: How HSJ has covered the NHS 111 rollout debacle
A round-up of HSJ’s comprehensive coverage of the problematic NHS 111 rollout, from its announcement in 2010 to the most recent developments
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HSJ Local
Brighton and Sussex below average in first FFT scores
PERFORMANCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust scored an average of 29 for accident and emergency and 64 for inpatients in the “friends and family” test over the first quarter of 2013-14.
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HSJ Local
CQC lifts concerns about Weston
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has lifted the three warning notices it placed on Weston Area Health Trust earlier this year.
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HSJ Local
Royal Surrey County scores below average in FFT first round
PERFORMANCE: Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust scored an average of 54 for accident and emergence and 56 for inpatients in the “friends and family” test over the first quarter of 2013-14.
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HSJ Local
Medway FT below average for first FFT scores
PERFORMANCE: Medway Foundation Trust scored an average of 43 for accident and emergency and 55 for inpatients in the “friends and family” test over the first quarter of 2013-14.
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HSJ Local
Barts fined for year-plus waiters
PERFORMANCE: Barts Health Trust has been fined £250,000 for patients that have waited more than a year for treatment.
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HSJ Local
Warwickshire North aims for £4.84m QIPP savings
FINANCE: Warwickshire North clinical commissioning group is planning to make efficiency savings of £4.84m in 2013-14.
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HSJ Local
Queen Victoria Hospital scores well in FFT first quarter
PERFORMANCE: Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust scored an average of 88 for inpatients in the “friends and family” test over the first quarter of 2013-14.
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HSJ Local
Frimley Park records below average FFT scores
PERFORMANCE: Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust scored an average of 44 for accident and emergence and 83 for inpatients in the “friends and family” test over the first quarter of 2013-14.
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HSJ Local
East Sussex Healthcare just below average in first FFT scores
PERFORMANCE: East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust scored an average of 55 for accident and emergence and 66 for inpatients in the “friends and family” test over the first quarter of 2013-14.