All Monitor articles – Page 59
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HSJ Local
Southampton gets FT status after DH promise of 'restructured' debt
STRUCTURE: A large hospital trust on the south coast has achieved foundation status, after being told its debt would be “restructured” by the Department of Health.
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Number of financially troubled FTs doubles
The number of foundation trusts with serious financial problems has doubled since the last quarter, new data shows.
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NewsMonitor threatens collective punishment for Greater Manchester over cancer
Monitor has threatened to downgrade the governance ratings of nine foundation trusts in Greater Manchester if waiting times at the Christie Foundation Trust do not improve in the next six months.
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NewsTrusts' cancer targets being missed - Monitor
Almost a quarter of foundation trusts are failing to hit cancer waiting targets while some are also breaching new rules on A&E, according to a new report.
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NewsMonitor could suspend competition to encourage integration models
Monitor’s chief executive has set out a range of measures the future regulator will consider as it works to reconcile competition and service integration.
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SHA calls ‘risk summit’ over Morecambe Bay maternity services
PERFORMANCE: NHS North West has called a “risk summit” with University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust, regulators and local commissioners to ensure the safety of its maternity services, the strategic health authority’s chief executive has reported.
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NewsVulnerable adult protection to be improved - Burstow
Vulnerable adults will be protected in the same way as children by the next general election, the Liberal Democrat social care minister Paul Burstow has said.
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NewsDH reinterprets research showing NHS has competition advantage
An economic study previously interpreted by officials as showing that the “majority” of market distortions worked against the private sector has been reinterpreted by the Department of Health.
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Monitor 'red risks' Morecambe Bay trust over maternity concerns
PERFORMANCE: A health trust whose maternity unit is at the centre of a police investigation has been issued a warning by Monitor, days after being rapped by the CQC for failing essential safety standards.
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NewsCQC leadership failed to act with urgency
MPs have criticised the leadership of the Care Quality Commission for failing to stand up to ministers in the face of “unrealistic statutory obligations”.
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NewsBurnham defends decision on Mid Staffs' FT application
Former health secretary Andy Burnham has defended his decision to back Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust’s Monitor application, blaming the system for failing to pick up problems at the trust sooner.
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Commercial-only finance plans for FTs scaled back
The government has pulled back from plans to stimulate a market for private sector lending to foundation trusts, under which they would have been cut off from all finance other than commercial loans.
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NewsBurnham 'followed civil service advice' on Mid Staffs FT approval
Andy Burnham backed Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust’s bid for foundation trust status after looking at just four lines of civil service advice, the public inquiry has heard.
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Latest coverage: live updates from the Mid Staffs inquiry
NEW: NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has revealed his thinking on issues including the independence of foundation trusts, regulation and the reforms during his second day of evidence to the Mid Staffordshire Public Inquiry.
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Comment'It's time for managers to stand up and be counted'
In the battle against Whitehall maybe the NHS needs its own Arab Spring – led by managers, suggests Kieran Walshie.
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NewsStruggling providers to get above-tariff payments
Struggling providers will be able to ask Monitor for permission to raise their prices above nationally set “tariff” rates, under proposed government changes to the Health Bill unveiled today.
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NewsMonitor's transitional role could be extended beyond 2016
Monitor’s existing regulatory powers over foundation trusts could be extended beyond March 2016, under plans set out by ministers today.
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HSJ Local
Bristol acutes set to begin service reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: A number of key services are to be transferred to and from University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust and North Bristol Trust during the next three years.
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HSJ Local
Poole looks to boost private patient income
FINANCE: Poole Hospital Foundation Trust plans to increase income by £2.6m over the next three years, partly through increasing private patient income.
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HSJ Local
Dorset County to close almost 10 per cent of beds
COMMERCIAL: Dorset County Hospital Foundation Trust is to stop providing two unprofitable services and close 39 beds, as part of its plan to build a sustainable future.