All Monitor articles – Page 39
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NewsMonitor mulls cuts as DH turns down its budget bid
The Department of Health has refused to agree Monitor’s proposed budget for this year, setting an allocation nearly £6m lower than the healthcare regulator believes it needs.
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CommentHealthwatch's voice key to shaping the NHS
The new body should be regarded as a regulator of health and social care
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HSJ Local
CQC report could cause Frimley Park to 'walk away' from takeover
STRUCTURE: A damning report about the standard of care at the troubled Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust could scupper a potential takeover from a neighbouring provider.
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CommentWhen is a trust failure not a failure?
The ambiguity over FTs’ insolvency has consequences for mergers
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HSJ Local
Tameside nurse staffing and supervision of junior doctors 'inadequate'
PERFORMANCE: The Keogh review of high death rate trusts has called for urgent action to address insufficient nurse staffing, inadequate supervision of junior doctors, and insufficient access to critical care beds at Tameside Hospital.
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NewsFT merger decision exposes policy confusion
Policy surrounding NHS service change has been labelled a “mess” after the first merger between foundation trusts was blocked on the same day as NHS England’s chief executive demanded radical service reconfiguration nationwide.
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NewsCompetition Commission says no to FT merger
The first merger between two foundation trusts looks set to be blocked by the Competition Commission after the regulator rejected NHS arguments about the level of competition between the organisations.
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NewsGovernment 'likely to need legislation' to change NHS merger rules
The government is likely to have to legislate if it wants to change the regulation of NHS provider mergers, HSJ has been told.
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NewsMonitor issues fresh warning on NHS funding gap
Monitor’s chief executive has said that even if the NHS did everything the regulator could think of to make savings it would not be enough to close the funding gap facing the service by 2021-22.
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CommentNo jam tomorrow for the NHS
The service won’t radically change if there is no chance of success
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CommentMichael White: the NHS's birthday presents
As a 65 year old, the NHS should also have someone caring for it
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Regional hospitals push for funding equality with London
A group of regional teaching hospitals is pushing NHS England to guarantee its members the same level of financial support as their London counterparts receive under the Project Diamond programme, HSJ has discovered.
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HSJ Local
Monitor launches investigation at West Midlands hospital
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has announced it is launching an investigation into governance at Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation Trust due to persistent failure to meet waiting time targets.
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Growth of payment by results 'unsustainable', says Monitor director
The past decade’s rapid expansion in the number of nationally set “payment by results” prices for NHS services is unsustainable - and “may already have gone too far”, Monitor’s pricing director has told HSJ.
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NewsAnalysed: The reform of payment by results
In the HSJ Briefing week we examine the proposals for changing NHS payment systems.
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NewsMonitor reviews access to GPs
Monitor has launched a review into how easy it is for patients to access general practitioner services.
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HSJ Local
Monitor probes Tees Esk and Wear over care failings
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has launched an investigation into Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys Foundation Trust to determine whether it has broken the conditions of its licence, after concerns were raised over the quality of its care.
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CommentSally Gainsbury: more financial creativity from the DH
Celebrating healthcare’s most imaginative financial minds
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NewsGrant Thornton report reveals 'delicate' CQC and Monitor debate
The former leadership of the Care Quality Commission concealed the extent of its failure to spot care problems at Morecambe Bay from Monitor, amid debate ahead of a high profile HSJ article, the independent report into the regulator reveals.
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CommentMaintaining the competitive edge when trusts merge
The remedies that can be imposed on a problematic merger