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DH blocked £400m budget rise at last minute
The Department of Health was set to announce an extra £400m for councils’ public health budgets – but called this off at the last minute.
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NewsSHAs told to share winter cash boost with councils
The NHS is to get £330m to spend on alleviating winter pressures and is being strongly encouraged to share it with local authorities, medical director Sir Bruce Keogh has announced.
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NewsImproved performance as workforce numbers drop
The NHS has delivered improved performance in the second quarter of 2012 despite figures showing the size of its workforce is continuing to shrink.
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NewsMonitor delays FT bids due to quality concerns
Monitor has deferred foundation trust applications from the East of England Ambulance Service Trust and Leicestershire Partnership Trust because of quality concerns.
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NewsMcKay: More jobs in system than staff at risk
There are likely to be more jobs in new NHS organisations than there are people in posts being axed, HSJ has been told.
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NewsDH publishes 'cherry picking list' and tariff details
The Department of Health has published a list of procedures which are liable to be “cherry picked” by independent providers, and could be paid for at a lower rate.
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NewsFoundation trusts still lagging on savings targets in Q2
Regulator Monitor today urged foundation trusts to plan “sooner and more effectively” for future financial pressures, as its latest quarterly report showed the sector had made little progress in closing the gap between planned and actual savings.
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Redundancy threat for 750 staff at Yorkshire trust
Up to 750 jobs could be axed at Rotherham Foundation Trust as it looks to save £50m by 2015.
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NewsNHS Direct chief to stand down
The chief executive of NHS Direct has announced he will step down next year.
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Anthrax infected drug user dies in Medway
A drug user has died after being infected with anthrax, public health experts in Kent have said.
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Launch of new children’s mental health service
STRUCTURE: Organisations from Kent and Medway have attended the official launch of community children and young people’s mental health services provided by Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust.
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Attention deficit drugs bill in seven-fold increase
The health service is facing a growing bill from the record number of people being given drugs to combat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), figures show.
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NewsAlarm at cancer treatment 'ageism'
Ageism in the NHS is stopping some older cancer patients getting the best treatments, a charity has warned.
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Queen Victoria chief executive to leave
WORKFORCE: Adrian Bull, chief executive of Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, has announced he will be leaving the trust in April.
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Brighton and Sussex seeks procurement chief
WORKFORCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust is advertising for a chief procurement officer.
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NewsDalton interview: 'I don't see it as a provider vs commissioner thing'
NHS Commissioning Board deputy chief executive Ian Dalton has rejected the suggestion that its plans for 2013-14 will place disproportionate financial pressure on providers, in an exclusive interview with HSJ.
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NewsMinister casts doubt on use of tariff across mental health
Funding for mental health services needs to change to remove an “institutional bias” in the NHS, health minister Norman Lamb has told HSJ.
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NewsConfusion surrounds councils' public health budgets
Councils face fresh confusion over their public health budgets, after the Department of Health cast doubt on a claim by the Department for Communities & Local Government that the funding would rise from £2.2bn to £2.6bn.
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UKIP suspends candidate after NHS spending slur
A UK Independence Party candidate has been suspended over suggestions that compulsory abortion should be considered for foetuses with Down’s syndrome or spina bifida.
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HSJ LocalImperial College Health Partners appoints managing director
Adrian Bull has been appointed as the managing director of the Imperial College Health Partners, the prospective academic health science network.