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Trusts get chance to push back FT application dates
Trusts are being asked to re-submit their target dates for attaining foundation status amid new evidence that significant numbers will fail to complete the process by the original deadline.
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Chief executive resigns at Midlands trust
The chief executive of University Hospital of North Staffordshire Trust has resigned after six years in the post.
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OFT moves to extend its jurisdiction over NHS mergers
The Office of Fair Trading has moved to take over responsibility for assessing mergers between NHS trusts and foundation trusts, in a development which could have significant implications for the “pipeline” of aspirant FTs.
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Doctors attack health trust plan
Plans to dissolve a debt-ridden health trust which was on the brink of bankruptcy could have a “devastating” effect on a financially stable trust nearby, doctors have said.
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A&E closure 'can't be justified'
A damning report which demands a debt-ridden NHS trust is broken up must not be used to justify closing essential hospital services, a senior Labour MP has said.
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MPs call for urgent 'overhaul' of CQC governance
The chair of the health select committee has described it as “extraordinary” the Care Quality Commission is still not clear about its core purpose, five years after it was set up.
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Competition Commission to review first FT merger
Merger between Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals and Poole Hospital FTs in the spotlight
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Kershaw backs dissolution of South London Healthcare
South London Healthcare Trust should be dissolved, its special administrator recommended this morning.
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Redundancy threat for 3,500 NHS managers
Around 3,500 NHS managers were told over Christmas that they are at risk of redundancy, HSJ has learned.
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Providers to roll out integrated care across Kent
Integrated health and social care teams are expected to in place across Kent by April, as part of an ambitious county-wide plan to better coordinate services for patients with long-term conditions.
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Stress levels on the rise in Britain
New research has revealed nearly a quarter of all adults in Britain feel stressed on a daily basis and another quarter experience such feelings every few days.
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Joint commissioning reforms 'are disruptive'
The reality of joint commissioning in health and social care often falls short of expectations, according to a report.
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Cameron pledges to cap individuals' social care costs
PM pledges to cap care costs, as proposed by Dilnot commission
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Older people 'betrayed over social care'
Older people have suffered “an abominable betrayal” over social care, a leading public health doctor has said.
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HSJ live: rolling news 8.1.2013
The Mid Staffs inquiry responds to speculation about Francis report and the rest of today’s news
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Providers 'nervous' about commissioning board role in contract disputes
NHS providers have called for clarification about who will arbitrate in contract disputes with commissioners once strategic health authorities are abolished.
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Coalition set to announce care reforms
The government is to announce reforms to social care funding as a key part of its mid-term coalition relaunch this afternoon.
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CCGs must lead service change, says Confed chair
The new chair of the NHS Confederation has said the future of clinical commissioning groups depends on whether they can succeed in pushing through service change.
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Social enterprise consults lawyers over lost out-of-hours contract
A social enterprise has consulted lawyers after losing the contract to supply GP out-of-hours services in two London boroughs to a Bristol-based company.