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GPs could be first for Ofsted ratings
GPs could be the first healthcare providers to be subject to new Ofsted-style ratings but it could take up to five years to develop the system for hospitals, HSJ has been told.
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Serco out-of-hours fell 'unacceptably short'
PERFORMANCE: Cornwall’s Serco run out-of-hours service fell “unacceptably short” of essential standards of quality and safety, the chair of the public accounts committee has said.
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Trust acknowledges errors in care of patient found hanged
PERFORMANCE: Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust has said it “sincerely regrets” the shortcomings in the care provided to a man with mental health problems who was found dead at his home last year.
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Royal Cornwall's response to concerns 'less than adequate'
PERFORMANCE: Failure to respond properly to concerns raised by staff at Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust allowed a potentially unsafe doctor to continue to operate for more than ten years, a report has found.
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Save hospitals 'for seriously ill'
Caring for patients in the community and their own homes and saving hospitals for the seriously ill and those needing complicated operations could be the way forward for the NHS, a report has claimed.
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Understanding savings is as key as making them
Trusts need a better idea of how savings will be made
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Buckinghamshire QIPP plan to fall short by a third
FINANCE: Buckinghamshire’s attempts to reduce activity were off target due to quality, innovation, productivity and prevention plan slippages.
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Strike threat at Yorkshire Ambulance Service
WORKFORCE: Hundreds of frontline staff at an ambulance trust could be taking strike action by the end of the month.
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Non-elective activity drives Bath cluster overspend
FINANCE: The Wiltshire and Bath and North East Somerset primary care trust cluster was overspent on its contract with Great Western Hospitals Foundation Trust by £3.3m at the end of January.
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Epsom and St Helier meets waiting targets but behind in some specialties
PERFORMANCE: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust is hitting waiting time targets for the year-to-date but has backlogs in three specialities.
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Royal United struggles for capacity
PERFORMANCE: High levels of activity at Royal United Hospital Bath has seen the trust forced to keep open about 50 extra beds at the beginning of the year.
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New nursing director for Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust
WORKFORCE: Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust has appointed a new nursing director.
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HSJ Live 7.3.13: Mark Britnell approached over commissioning board deputy post
Newspaper claims Mark Britnell, formerly an NHS director general, has been interviewed by the NHS Commissioning Board, while campaigners win a victory over child heart surgery, and the rest of today’s news
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Corporate manslaughter case attempt brought against Nicholson
Sir David Nicholson could face a private criminal prosecution for corporate manslaughter over deaths at the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, HSJ can reveal.
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Hospital trust chooses merger partner
A west London district general hospital has snubbed a merger bid from Imperial College Healthcare Trust, opting instead to join with an established foundation trust, HSJ understands.
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Council to seek judicial review over Lewisham downgrade
STRUCTURE: Lewisham Council has voted unanimously to seek judicial review of the trust special administration process that saw Lewisham Hospital recommended for downgrade.
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Exclusive: Caldicott to recommend new NHS duty to share data
The Caldicott review into information governance in health and social care is likely to recommend a new duty to share information between agencies where it is in a patient’s best interests.
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Northern Lincolnshire FT instigates external 'sustainability and quality' review
A foundation trust whose high mortality rates are under review has hired consultants to examine “the sustainability and quality” of its clinical services.
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Minimum nurse staffing levels 'not the answer', says minister
Health minister Dan Poulter appeared yesterday to reject the Francis Report’s call for nationally recognised minimum nurse staffing levels.
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Warning on hospitals' PFI spending
Hospital spending on private finance schemes is increasing at an alarming rate, a report by the Nuffield Trust suggests.