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HSJ LocalExclusive: £50m deficit trust 'does not know how much it spent with private sector'
Foundation trust unable to how much it spent sending patients to private sector St George’s slid into deficit soon after acquiring FT status and forecasts £50m overspend in 2015-16 Auditors’ report criticises “lack of oversight on a trust-wide basis” FINANCE: A teaching hospital forecasting a £50m deficit this ...
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HSJ LocalCCG to beef up conflict of interest prevention after whistleblower concerns
COMMISSIONING: A clinical commissioning group has admitted its system for ensuring there was no conflict of interest in the commissioning of primary care services must be improved, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsFrimley chief calls for increase in NHS takeovers
Sir Andrew Morris says “clinical leadership” key to successful acquisition of Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust Says NHS still has “too many organisations on the provider and commissioning side” Frimley Health “not at the moment” looking at extending to a “hospital chain” The NHS should do trust ...
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NewsExclusive: Vanguard GP ‘super partnership’ in talks to expand across England
GP super partnership in talks to expand across England Talks include practices in west London Modality Partnership would be first MCP vanguard to run GP practices beyond its home area One of the country’s leading large scale GP providers – which is also a new care model vanguard ...
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NewsMonitor finds 'potential issues' with CCG procurement following complaint
Care UK complained to regulator about award of £55m contract in north east London Full judgment due next month Monitor has found against NHS commissioners in the first stage of a competition case, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentChoose and Consult over Choose and Book
Choose and Book needs to be radically reformed to become a modern Choose and Consult service so that the inefficient divide between specialists and GPs is done away with. By Martin Roland and Sam Everington
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HSJ LocalNew chief executive for major London FT
WORKFORCE: Amanda Pritchard has been appointed to the top job at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust
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HSJ LocalHead of huge procurement partnership 'no longer a director'
Whittington Health confirms Alan Farnsworth no longer director of UCLPartners Procurement Service or trust’s head of procurement Questions remain over investigation into UCL PPS governance Membership organisations bulk buys products for trusts with combined turnover of £2bn STRUCTURE: The trust hosting one of England’s largest procurement partnerships has ...
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NewsPrimary care funding: the risers and fallers
Four CCG areas will see primary care fund increase by more than 10 per cent Islington to get the largest increase next year Forty areas will see real terms cuts to their primary care budgets in 2017-18 Explore the data Four clinical commissioning group areas will see a ...
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NewsCCG allocations: winners and losers revealed
Real terms cut in 2016-17 for Hammersmith and Fulham, Camden, Central London, West London, Sunderland and Isle of Wight CCGs Deeper cuts in subsequent years as NHS England accelerates to “fair share” funding targets Bedfordshire and Corby to get core budget increases approaching 10 per cent next year See ...
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HSJ LocalFT consults on closing sexual health centre
Trust consulting on closing Margaret Pyke Centre in King’s Cross Central and North West London Foundation Trust says funding cuts have triggered the consultation Consultation closing at the end of March FINANCE: Funding cuts have forced Central and North West London Foundation Trust to consult on closing one ...
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HSJ LocalCare UK wins prison health contract
COMMERCIAL: Care UK has won a five year contract to provide healthcare at Wormwood Scrubs prison in west London.
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NewsExclusive: Senior staff member sacked after procurement probe
Trust confirms senior member of staff dismissed after disciplinary hearing last month Questions remain over investigation and governance of UCLPartners Procurement Service Membership body bulk buys products for trusts with a combined turnover of more than £2bn A senior member of staff at a trust running one of ...
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NewsAnalysis: Size, spread and form of large scale GP groups
HSJ has collated the most comprehensive picture so far of England’s GP networks, federations and super practices.
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NewsExclusive: GP groups cover most of England but ‘lack ambition and priorities’
Large scale GP provider groups operating in 82 per cent of England’s CCG areas There are 268 federations up and running, HSJ research suggests It is estimated that these organisations cover 41 million patients Four fifths of clinical commissioning groups have at least one large scale GP provider ...
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NewsRevealed: Trusts' estimated savings potential
By using publicly available data, HSJ has been able to closely match the methodology used by Lord Carter to produce trusts’ headline “savings opportunity” figures. Here we list the least and most efficient trusts according to the headline measure, as well as data for all trusts.
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HSJ LocalHomerton suspends RTT data collection
PERFORMANCE: Homerton University Hospital Foundation Trust has suspended its reporting of referral to treatment elective waiting times data.
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NewsHospital services targeted in sexual health shake-up
London’s sexual health services are set to undergo a major shake-up, featuring a reduction in expensive hospital based services.
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HSJ LocalU-turn on plans for health visiting cuts at London council
Councillors at a local authority in north London have overturned proposals to potentially remove its entire health visiting budget by 2018, following a meeting last week.
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NewsLondon health 'devolution' pilots announced
Five “devolution” pilots will pave the way for a “revolution” in the delivery of health and social care in London, chancellor George Osborne has said.