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Leicester trust hit with £620k fine for A&E target and never event failures
University Hospitals of Leicester has been hit by two contract penalties by commissioners totalling more than £620,000 after a series of never events and failure to hit accident and emergency targets.
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Leeds & York Partnership chief joins AHSN steering group
STRUCTURE: Chris Butler, Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust chief executive, has been made a member of the Yorkshire and Humber Partnership AHSN steering group, which hopes to get the group approved next year.
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Leeds, Bradford and Airedale CCGs take on quality and safeguarding functions
STRUCTURE: Clinical commissioning groups in Leeds and Bradford and Airedale are taking on functions of quality, safety and safeguarding for the area, following the departure of the PCTs’ director of quality and nursing.
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AHSN steering group includes Leeds chief executive
STRUCTURE: Maggie Boyle, Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust chief executive, has become a member of the Yorkshire and Humber Partnership AHSN steering group.
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Hull & East Yorks chief is AHSN lead member
STRUCTURE: Phil Morley, Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust chief executive, is a member of the Yorkshire and Humber Partnership AHSN steering group.
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Preferred candidate for CQC chair will be "hands-on"
The government’s preferred candidate to chair the Care Quality Commission will be “hands-on” and “visible” in the role, he has told MPs.
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NewsHealth budget ringfence extended to 2015-16
George Osborne today committed to extending the health budget’s relative protection from government spending cuts to 2015-16 – the first year of the next spending review period.
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NewsNext generation of PFI announced by Osborne
“Soft facilities management” services like cleaning and catering will be excluded from future NHS private finance projects, new government guidance reveals.
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NewsChancellor abandons regional pay
George Osborne has abandoned plans to introduce regional pay in the NHS but accepts the need for greater Agenda for Change flexibility
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NewsExclusive: 'Rapid reduction' in hospital care planned following Winterbourne View
The treatment of all people with learning disabilities or autism receiving inpatient care is to be reviewed, ahead of a drive to rapidly reduce hospital placements and increase community provision.
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HSJ LocalNorth Bristol renews plans to go it alone
A proposal to merge two South West trusts, creating an organisation with a turnover of almost £1bn, appears less likely to proceed after one of the organisations confirmed it was still working on an alternative plan to go it alone.
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NewsInvestigation to probe relationship between CQC and ombudsman
The Care Quality Commission is investigating a claim its former chief executive Cynthia Bower tried to discourage the health service ombudsman from investigating concerns about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Trust.
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NewsRicketts: don't externalise before CSS market is mature
Plans to “externalise” commissioning support units should be given a lower priority over the next two to three years than establishing a market in support services, HSJ has been told.
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NewsDrug chief uncomfortable over fund
A cash pot used to pay for life-extending drugs should not be limited to patients who have cancer, the head of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has suggested.
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NewsHealthwatch England appoints chief executive
A former adviser to the prime minister has been appointed chief executive of the new consumer champion for health and social care.
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NewsEngland's chief nurses call for transparency on staffing levels
Hospitals could be required to publish nurse staffing levels at least twice a year under plans set out in the chief nursing officer’s strategy.
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NewsCircle chief executive Ali Parsa steps down
Ali Parsa has stepped down from his role as chief executive of Circle, the private healthcare provider that runs Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust, it was announced today.
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NewsWest Midlands trust set to benefit from new-style PFI
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust is among the first NHS bodies to use the revamped private finance initiative which will be launched tomorrow.
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NewsHandover guidance expected as ambulance services face challenges
The Ambulance Service Network is about to issue guidance and highlight good practice on reducing delays.
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NewsProviders to be forced to own up to mistakes
NHS organisations will be required to tell patients when mistakes have been made and their safety compromised under a contractual duty of candour announced today.