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NewsTrusts receive £1 billion bailouts since 2006
Struggling NHS trusts have received more than £1 billion in bailout funds in six years, figures show.
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NewsMidlands director appointed commissioning board director of strategy
NHS Midlands and East director of commissioning Robert Harris has been appointed as the NHS Commissioning Board’s director of strategy, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCCGs may get to rate commissioning board's behaviour annually - mandate
The NHS Commissioning Board may be rated annually for its commitment to autonomy by a survey of clinical commissioning groups, according to its first “mandate” from the government.
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NewsPrivate MH hospitals facing tighter margins
Reduced profits in NHS may starve some private mental health hospitals of investment.
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NewsMedia Watch: Lansley's failure regime process
Last week was a big one for hospital news in the national papers, with a trust finding itself declared “bankrupt” for the first time.
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NewsPlan launched to integrate health and social care data
Health and social care data sets are to be joined up for the first time to aid integrated commissioning under the NHS Commissioning Board’s final information operating model.
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New interim chief executive for troubled teaching hospital
An interim chief executive started work today at University Hospitals of Leicester Trust.
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HSJ Local
Reconfiguration looms at £26m deficit trust
FINANCE: Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust has announced it plans to record a £26m deficit for 2012-13 and confirmed it is considering the reconfiguration of services, with the business case set to be completed in October.
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HSJ Local
Warwickshire CCGs merge
STRUCTURE: Two clinical commissioning groups have merged to form a single organisation in north Warwickshire following advice from the NHS Commissioning Board.
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HSJ Local
Death rates still climbing at George Eliot
PERFORMANCE: Death rates at George Eliot Hospital are continuing to rise despite attempts from both commissioners and the trust to bring them under control.
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HSJ Local
Warwickshire hospitals struggle on ambulance handover
PERFORMANCE: Acute providers in Warwickshire are struggling against targets for emergency admissions and ambulance handovers.
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HSJ LocalMid Staffs draws up formal partnership with neighbour
STRUCTURE: A memorandum of understanding between the troubled Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust and its larger neighbour the University Hospital of North Staffordshire is set to be approved by both hospital boards this week.
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NewsSuccessful CSSs to be given a 'licence to operate'
Commissioning Support Services that pass the NHS Commissioning Board’s assurance process will be awarded a “licence to operate” setting out the rules under which they will conduct business.
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NewsNHS pays out £1.2bn in litigation claims
The NHS has paid out a record £1.2bn in litigation claims in one year in England, it has emerged.
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NewsNHS may need to reduce range of free health services after 2015, IFS warns
The most comprehensive analysis yet published of the prospects for health funding after 2015 has warned that politicians may need to increase taxes or “reconsider” the range of free services the NHS provides.
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HSJ Local
CMFT opens £6m research unit for musculoskeletal diseases
RESEARCH: The trust launched a new £6m research unit for musculoskeletal diseases on 4 July, alongside the National Institute for Health Research and the University of Manchester.
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HSJ Local
NW London launches consultation on major service reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: NHS North West London has launched a consultation into a major shake-up of services across its eight boroughs.
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Matt Walsh becomes full time accountable officer for Calderdale CCG
WORKFORCE: Matt Walsh, formerly NHS Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield medical director, has become the transitional accountable officer of Calderdale CCG on a full time basis.
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HSJ Local
Leicester hospitals opens new ward to meet targets
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals of Leicester has opened a dedicated ward for fractured neck of femur patients, after commissioners issued the trust with a contract query for failing to meet targets.
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HSJ Local
North Kirklees transitional accountable officer named
WORKFORCE: North Kirklees Clinical Commissioning Group has named Chris Dowse as its transitional accountable officer.