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NewsClusters ordered to begin stocktake of 75,000 service contracts
Primary care trust clusters will have to complete a detailed stocktake of their 75,000 service contracts by the end of March 2012, in preparation for transferring them to successor commissioning bodies the following year.
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NewsCircle's risk on historic Hinchingbrooke deal capped at £7m
Circle Health’s potential loss on its contract to run Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust has been capped at £7m.
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NewsRatings agency predicts more government bailouts for loss-making trusts
There is a “very high likelihood” of continued government bailouts for struggling providers, according to ratings agency Standard and Poor’s.
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Call to introduce national hydration strategy
The government should introduce a nationwide policy to ensure elderly patients in hospitals do not get dehydrated, a former head of Age Concern has said.
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NewsMid Staffs A&E to close at night
The accident and emergency department at Stafford Hospital is to close overnight due to inadequate permanent medical cover.
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NewsCircle to run Hinchingbrooke hospital
A private company has been given the final go-ahead to take over the running of a debt-ridden NHS hospital.
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NewsPrivate sector warns of training levy danger
Competition will be distorted if private providers are hit with an unreasonable levy to support NHS staff training costs, the network for independent and third sector providers has warned.
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NewsNHS lacks leadership consistency, peers told
Britain lacks “a consistency of leadership” in overseeing the NHS due to the changes of health secretary, a Conservative Peer has said.
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NewsNorth Cumbria clinicians were failed by management, new chief says
The man brought in to lead a Cumbrian trust through a takeover process has said it would have kept its independence if managers had tackled financial problems two years earlier.
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NewsCircle chief backs Hinchingbrooke management as deal finally signed
The chief executive of the private company which last night concluded a deal to take over the running of Hinchingbrooke Health Care trust has said its management team has his full support.
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Assura Medical staff told to give chlamydia tests to family and friends
A private company which has taken over NHS sexual health services in Teeside instructed staff to hand out chlamydia tests to family and friends in a bid to hit screening targets, a leaked memo has revealed.
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FT chair forced out over alleged poor care
The chair of James Paget Hospitals Foundation Trust in Great Yarmouth has resigned following a political storm over alleged poor care.
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NewsOmbudsman names doctor in swearing row
The Health Service Ombudsman has taken the unusual step of publicly naming a GP who has refused to compensate a patient for causing her distress.
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NewsPatients Association attacks care of older people
Tough action is needed against hospitals that neglect patients, the Patients Association has said.
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NewsDH signals new delays to commissioning support procurement
Most clinical commissioning groups will be unable to bring in major new support services to replace ex-primary care trust staff until early 2014, new Department of Health guidance indicates.
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NewsRoyal Liverpool innovation centre plans get boost from Heseltine report
A Liverpool trust is to seek Department of Health investment in a “bio-innovation centre” on its site, after a report commissioned by the prime minister endorsed the proposal.
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NewsMinister: eight-minute ambulance target could be eased
The Department of Health is considering adding up to a minute to the ambulance response time target for life-threatening calls in an attempt to use resources more efficiently.
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NewsLack of female CCG leaders puts future success of NHS at risk, report finds
The lack of female clinical commissioning group leaders presents a “risk” to the financial and organisational success of the NHS, a centrally-funded report has warned.
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NewsFTN fails to appoint new chief executive
Sue Slipman has agreed to stay on as Foundation Trust Network chief executive until the organisation finds a new full-time replacement.
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NewsGovernment accused of 'manipulating' public opinion on pension reforms
The government has been accused of using “misleading data” in a bid to “manipulate” opinion over its controversial reform of public sector pensions, which is set to spark the biggest strike in decades.