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NewsNew standards planned for mental health crisis care
The government will impose new standards on mental health providers to force them to improve crisis care for patients across the country, health minister Norman Lamb has said.
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NewsCaseload midwifery 'more cost-effective'
One-to-one maternity care before, during and after childbirth could save the NHS more than £300 per pregnancy, according to new research.
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South Kent CCG confirms community hospital ‘will not close’
STRUCTURE: South Kent Coast Clinical Commissioning Group has confirmed to local residents that Victoria Memorial Hospital in Deal will remain open.
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CQC to visit Royal Surrey in October
PERFORMANCE: Royal Surrey County Foundation Trust will be inspected and receive a performance rating under the Care Quality Commission’s new acute hospital inspection programme in October.
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UCLH sets £2m surplus target for 2013-14
FINANCE: University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust is planning a surplus of £2m for 2013-14, board papers reveal.
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South Kent CCG working on suicide prevention
PERFORMANCE: South Kent Coast Clinical Commissioning Group is developing a suicide prevention strategy.
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Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals to hold first public board meeting
STRUCTURE: Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals is to hold its first-ever public board meeting.
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Date set for Royal Bournemouth inspection
PERFORMANCE: Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Foundation Trust is to be inspected by the Care Quality Commission from the 23 to 25 October.
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CQC to visit Frimley Park in November
PERFORMANCE: Frimley Park Hospital Foundation Trust will be inspected under the Care Quality Commission’s new acute hospital inspection programme in November.
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CQC to visit Dartford before Christmas
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham Trust will be inspected and receive a performance rating under the Care Quality Commission’s new acute hospital inspection programme in December.
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NewsHSJ Live 17.9.13: Burstow raises concerns over competition watchdogs
The latest health related updates from the Liberal Democrats annual conference and a round up of the rest of the day’s news and annoucements
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NewsNew law will lead to prosecutions for poor care, says Lamb
The government will introduce a law to allow healthcare providers to be prosecuted for neglect and poor care, the care services minister Norman Lamb has indicated.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: CCGs line up 10 year integrated contracts
STRUCTURE: Five clinical commissioning groups in Staffordshire are planning to tender the first integrated 10 year contracts for cancer and end of life care, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: Flagship pathology shake-up left in tatters
A £500m pathology reorganisation has collapsed after another group of commissioners in the West Midlands opted to abandon a controversial procurement exercise, HSJ has learned.
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NewsThis week on HSJ: what is the future for a seven-day NHS?
All week we will investigate the opportunities and obstacles for seven-day working in the NHS
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NewsCompetition guidance stalls amid lack of evidence of benefit to patients
NHS England has delayed the publication of its choice and competition framework amid a “paucity of evidence” of the benefit to patients.
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NewsLamb calls for cross-party talks on NHS
Health minister Norman Lamb has called for cross-party talks to discuss the long-term future of the NHS.
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Cumbria sets aside £9m for backdated care claims
FINANCE: Cumbria Primary Care Trust set aside £9m to allow its successor body to settle the backlog of retrospective continuing healthcare claims it received in the final year of its existence, board papers state.
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Portsmouth trust doubles deficit
FINANCE: Portsmouth Hospitals Trust has reported a deficit more than double its planned level, due mainly to slippage on its cost improvement programme.
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UCLH set lower finance finance rating for 2013-14
FINANCE: University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust has set a lower finance rating for 2013-14 than it did in 2012-13.