News – Page 1018
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HSJ Local
Academic science network steering group includes CCG chief
STRUCTURE: Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group chief officer Ian Atkinson has been made a member of the Yorkshire and Humber Partnership AHSN steering group.
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HSJ Local
'Commercially sensitive' terms of Barnet and Chase Farm merger to be discussed
STRUCTURE: The “commercially sensitive” terms of the merger between Barnet and Chase Farm and the Royal Free London Foundation Trust will be discussed at a meeting of the latter’s board on Friday.
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NewsCommissioners have rationed cataract surgery on inferior evidence, Keogh admits
Around half of all primary care trusts have restricted access to cataract surgery, with the majority basing their decisions on inferior clinical evidence, the medical director of the NHS has told MPs.
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NewsAnalysed: The renegotiation and future of junior doctors' contracts
This week’s HSJ Local briefing looks at the potential impact of the renegotiation of junior doctors’ contracts on employers and doctors, with initial talks possibly beginning as early as February or March
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NewsJunior doctor contract negotiations 'will miss government deadline'
Plans to renegotiate the junior doctors’ contract are unlikely to be completed by the April 2014 deadline set by health secretary Jeremy Hunt, HSJ has been told.
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NewsOfsted rating approach 'too simple' for the NHS
The group asked to look into Ofsted-style ratings in health and social care may set out a long term “road map” for the introduction of a system, but believes a comparison with the schools’ regulator is “too simple”.
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Second trust takes financial help from DH for IT system
Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust has become the second to accept a controversial financial support package from ministers to implement the Lorenzo IT system.
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NewsHospital chief executive role for Matthew Kershaw
Matthew Kershaw, who has lead the failure regime process at South London Healthcare Trust, is to take up a chief executive post at a large teaching hospital in the Spring.
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NewsTrust failed to check paediatric staff criminal records for three years
Managers at Barts and the London Trust were unable to guarantee paediatric staff had passed Criminal Records Bureau checks for three years, following a series of human resources failings, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
Central and North West London Foundation Trust wins Milton Keynes contract
COMMERCIAL: Central and North West London Foundation Trust has won a bid to provide community services in Milton Keynes.
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NewsMonitor unveils shake-up of financial risk ratings
Monitor will no longer use foundation trusts’ operating profitability or surpluses as measures of the financial risk they are carrying, under proposals unveiled by the regulator.
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HSJ Local
HCA charged with rape at St Richard’s Hospital
WORKFORCE: A healthcare assistant has been charged with raping a patient at one of Western Sussex Hospitals Trust’s hospitals.
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HSJ Local
CQC gives Cambridge clean bill of health
PERFORMANCE: Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust has improved its patient safety record, according to regulators.
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HSJ Local
New directors join Northampton General
WORKFORCE: Northampton General Hospital Trust gas appointed three non-executive directors and a new director of workforce and transformation.
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NewsMisconceptions rife over HIV
Fewer than four in 10 people are aware that the vast majority of HIV infections in the UK are caused by unsafe sex, a survey has revealed.
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HSJ Local
Darent Valley closes to A&E admissions
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham Trust was forced to close its accident and emergency department to admissions for the first time, after running out of beds earlier this month.
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NewsTrust found to have altered waiting times figures
A large hospital trust has been caught altering waiting time figures to avoid breaches of the four-hour accident and emergency target.
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NewsGeographical variation in new drug uptake revealed
The huge disparity in uptake of medicines and technologies across the NHS has been laid bare by the first “innovation scorecard”.
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HSJ Local
North Bristol appoints new finance director
WORKFORCE: North Bristol Trust has appointed Bill Boa as interim finance director.
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HSJ Local
New job for Peninsula Community chief
WORKFORCE: Peninsula Community Health chief executive Kevin Baber is to join Plymouth Hospitals Trust as chief operating officer.