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Councils can complain to Hunt if CCGs ignore their views
Councils can complain to the health secretary if they believe local NHS groups are ignoring the commissioning strategies set by health and wellbeing boards, the Department of Health has said.
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Mid Staffs A&E sisters struck off by NMC
Two former accident and emergency nurses who altered patient discharge times to meet waiting time targets at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust have been struck off the nursing register.
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Only 3pc get best head cancer care
Just 3.1 per cent of head and neck cancer patients in England receive the “ideal patient pathway”, an audit examining seven key aspects of care has suggested.
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Plymouth Hospitals calls in consultants amid financial woe
FINANCE: KPMG has been drafted in by managers at Plymouth Hospitals Trust to help draw up a three-year plan to tackle a multi-million pound deficit.
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North West Ambulance Service £70k ahead of plan in May
FINANCE: The North West Ambulance Service Trust recorded a surplus of £1,139,800 for the first two months of 2013-14, which was £70,000 ahead of its plan to that point in the financial year.
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn awaits regulator verdict
PERFORMANCE Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn Trust is set to hear from the Care Quality Commission after underperformance in three areas led to the trust being reprimanded by regulators, according to board papers.
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HSJ Live 26.07.2013 Stephen Bubb on why hospitals are unsustainable and the rest of the day's news
Charities driving a change in the NHS and the rest of today’s news and analysis
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EXCLUSIVE: Unexpected rise in deaths among older people
Public health officials are closely monitoring death rates as mortality among older people has been unexpectedly increasing since the beginning of 2012, HSJ has learned.
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Property transfer could expose NHS to hefty tax bill
The Department of Health’s decision to transfer a £3.6bn portfolio of NHS properties to a private company may have exposed the health service to a hefty VAT bill, HSJ has learned.
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Chief decides not to move to Bolton FT after all
WORKFORCE: The man appointed as chief executive of troubled Bolton Foundation Trust has decided he will not be taking up the post after all.
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Southend preferred to Basildon to host hyper-acute stroke unit
FINANCE Southend University Hospital Foundation Trust has been named preferred hyper-acute stroke care provider over nearby Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust, board papers have revealed.
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Lancashire Teaching Hospitals still feeling effects of A&E surge
PERFORMANCE: Lancashire Teaching Hospitals hit the national accident and emergency waiting target in May, but reported that it would not be able to achieve the target for the first quarter of 2013-14 overall.
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Call for Welsh healthcare probe rejected
The Welsh government has rejected calls for an inquiry into NHS care standards and death rates.
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A&E doctors 'should get pay rise'
Doctors working in A&E should be given a pay rise to help end the staffing crisis on emergency wards, it has been claimed.
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Sheffield plans to merge 'very substantial elements' of health and care budgets
Sheffield’s clinical commissioning group and city council have revealed plans to merge “very substantial elements of [their] health and social care budgets”.
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Leeds North CCG plans first board meeting for September
STRUCTURE: Leeds North CCG has planned its first board meeting for 18 September.
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Basildon and Thurrock’s patient records system on track
TECHNOLOGY Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust’s electronic patient record system is “on track”, according to a report by the trust’s chief executive Clare Panniker.
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South West London and St George’s Mental Health Trust sees £1.25m cut in contract
FINANCE: South West London and St George’s Mental Health Trust will see a £1.25m cut in its contract over 2013-14 from Richmond CCG.
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Somerset CCG begins work on community services redesign
STRUCTURE: Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group is developing plans for closer working between health and social care in the county.
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HSJ Live 25.7.2013: Burnham demands probe after HSJ reveals increase in deaths
CCG authorisation, the A&E crisis; less young people drinking and taking drugs; and the rest of today’s news and comments