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UPDATE: Burnham says commissioning board 'couldn't carry on' under plan
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has said the NHS Commissioning Board “couldn’t carry on” in its current form under his proposals to reshape health and social care.
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RCN accepts Agenda for Change proposals
The Royal College of Nursing council decided yesterday to accept plans put forward by NHS Employers to reduce terms and conditions for NHS staff across the country.
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A&E units get that Monday morning feeling
Hospitals’ accident and emergency departments are at their busiest on Monday morning, dealing with double their average hourly attendance, research shows.
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HSJ Local
PCT raises fears over Royal Berkshire A&E
PERFORMANCE: There is an extreme risk that accident and emergency performance at Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust “not sustainable”, commissioners have said.
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Cash injection for maternity units
Health minister Dan Poulter has announced that £25m will be split across more than 100 hospitals to improve maternity units.
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Leader
Burnham’s radicalism resets care debate
Burnham proposes a system with more local democratic control
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Notice given to 30 Berkshire PCT staff
WORKFORCE: Thirty staff in the Berkshire primary care trust cluster had notice served of redundancy at the end of December.
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A quarter of Southampton trust CIPs are non recurrent
FINANCE: A quarter of University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust’s planned cost improvement savings are non recurrent.
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NHS Oldham receives 275 retrospective continuing care claims
FINANCE: NHS Oldham has received 275 retrospective claims for continuing healthcare funding, according to NHS Greater Manchester’s latest finance report.
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NHS Central Lancashire faces estimated £6.8m retrospective continuing care claims
FINANCE: NHS Central Lancashire is facing a potential liability for retrospective continuing care claims of £6.8m, according to latest primary care trust cluster board papers.
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536 retrospective continuing care claims for NHS Trafford
FINANCE: NHS Trafford has received 536 retrospective claims for continuing healthcare funding, according to NHS Greater Manchester’s latest finance report.
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No conditions for Greater Huddersfield CCG
STRUCTURE: Greater Huddersfield CCG has been authorised with no conditions in the second wave of CCG authorisation decisions.
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North West London Hospitals Trust misses waiting times target
PERFORMANCE: North West London Hospitals Trust has missed the referral to treatment time target for elective procedures.
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Older patients praise Southampton trust
PERFORMANCE: Ninety eight per cent of older people surveyed at University Hospitals Southampton Foundation Trust rated their care as good, very good or excellent.
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Northumberland CCG authorised with no conditions
STRUCTURE: Northumberland CCG has been authorised with no conditions in the second wave of CCG authorisation decisions.
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South Eastern Hampshire CCG authorised
STRUCTURE: South Eastern Hampshire clinical commissioning group has been fully authorised by the NHS Commissioning Board.
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Leeds North CCG authorised with 13 conditions
STRUCTURE: Leeds North CCG has been authorised with 13 conditions in the second wave of CCG authorisation decisions.
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North East Hampshire CCG authorised
STRUCTURE: North East Hampshire and Farnham clinical commissioning group has been authorised with eight conditions.
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NHS Bury faces estimated £1m retrospective continuing care costs
FINANCE: NHS Bury has received 230 retrospective claims for continuing healthcare funding, according to NHS Greater Manchester’s latest finance report.
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NHS Manchester receives 300 backdated continuing care claims
FINANCE: NHS Manchester has received 300 retrospective claims for continuing healthcare funding, according to NHS Greater Manchester’s latest finance report.