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CCG spends revenue funding on IT amid capital confusion
FINANCE: Warwickshire North clinical commissioning group has committed revenue budgets to pay for IT equipment amid confusion over how capital resources would be made available.
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Medical director leaves Plymouth Hospitals Trust
WORKFORCE: Plymouth Hospitals Trust medical director Alex Mayor is leaving the trust to take up a role with the South West Academic Health Science Network, HSJ has learned.
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Don't expect a heroic response to the '90 week challenge'
Expect pragmatism to define the integration drive
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Hampshire Hospitals considers fourth hospital
STRUCTURE: Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust is considering establishing a fourth hospital, according to a local clinical commissioning group.
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Tribunal of GP accused of stealing £100,000
A doctor accused of taking £100,000 from an out-of-hours GP service and being 125 miles away from sick patients while he was supposed to be on duty will be grilled by a new panel when his tribunal resumes on Wednesday.
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Bucks trust reports low friends and family test response rate
PERFORMANCE: Only two per cent of Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust patients responded to the friends and family test in April.
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CQC inspectors criticise Tameside
PERFORMANCE: A Care Quality Commission probe of Tameside Hospital found the foundation trust was failing to ensure patients were treated with respect and getting safe and appropriate care.
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Weston goes overseas to recruit nurses
WORKFORCE: Weston Area Health Trust has recruited 44 registered nurses from Spain.
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'Trend' for medication incidents at Torbay
PERFORMANCE: There were 28 medication incidents at Torbay and Southern Devon Care Trust in May, governing body papers reveal.
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West Hampshire CCG to review use of walk in-centres and minor injuries units
STRUCTURE: West Hampshire clinical commissioning group is to review its usage of a minor injuries unit at the Royal South Hampshire hospital.
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Somerset Partnership struggles with delayed discharge
PERFORMANCE: Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust lost 455 community hospital bed days due to delayed discharges in June.
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News
HSJ Live: 23.7.2013 Monitor considers cuts after budget blow by DH
Retendering and renewing community services and the rest of today’s news and comment
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£3.8bn integration fund may not be held by councils
A £3.8bn fund for health and social care integration may not be handed straight to local authorities as previously assumed, the finance director of NHS England has said.
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Some trusts face bill 'of tens of millions' to meet data demands
The vast majority of acute trusts face substantial bills to comply with new data requirements which are expected to be introduced, experts have warned.
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HSJ Local
Calderdale CCG 'positive' following CSU concerns
STRUCTURE: Calderdale CCG has said it has a “growing sense that the relationship” with its NHS commissioning support unit “can be made to work”, following some concerns.
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Former Mid Staffs nursing director distances herself from staff shortages
A former chief nurse at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has blamed frontline staff for chronic shortages of nurses.
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NHS checks 'could save 650 lives'
More than 650 lives a year could be saved if there was full take-up of NHS health checks, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.
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Analysed: The future of the NHS consultant contract
What does the NHS consultant contract say and how does it need to change for the future?
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Crisp calls for patients to receive 'more power'
Patients should be given greater power over their care, including the ability to own their medical records and representation at every level of NHS management, Sir David Nicholson’s predecessor has said.
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New non exec directors appointed at East of England Ambulance Service Trust
WORKFORCE: The NHS Trust Development Authority has rubberstamped the appointment of two interim non-executive directors at East of England Ambulance Service Trust.