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HSJ LocalIan Cumming no longer to join North Bristol
WORKFORCE: Ian Cumming has decided not to take up the post of chief executive at North Bristol Trust in order to continue with his roll as national director for quality during the transition full time.
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Mid Yorks awards exclusive locum doctor contract
COMMERCIAL: Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has awarded a contract for sole supplied of locum doctor staff.
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Central Manchester FT acted 'unlawfully' over pay freezes
WORKFORCE: Central Manchester Foundation Trust acted “unlawfully” by attempting to withhold incremental pay rises from staff who took too much sick leave, a tribunal has found.
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NewsRCN: coalition MPs turning against reforms
The Royal College of Nursing’s chief executive has said the government’s Health Bill can still be defeated, even though the prime minister has reiterated his support for the reforms.
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Southampton FT 10 per cent behind on CIP
FINANCE: University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust was 10 per cent short of its cost improvement plan target in the year to December.
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Central Manchester FT spent £86,000 contesting £1m race discrimination tribunal
WORKFORCE: The foundation spent £86,000 contesting an employment tribunal which awarded a former manager around £1m for race discrimination and unfair dismissal, HSJ has learned.
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NewsMPs reject healthcare cost statement plans
Proposals to issue yearly statements on people’s individual NHS healthcare costs have been voted down by MPs.
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NewsPaediatricians become latest college to reject bill
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has become the latest professional organisation to call on the government to withdraw the Health and Social Care Bill.
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NewsGPs overpaid millions for 'ghost patients'
Doctors have received millions of pounds in payment for patients who have moved practice, died or been forced to leave the country, according to a new report.
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NewsCQC chief Cynthia Bower resigns
Care Quality Commission chief executive Cynthia Bower has resigned.
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Northamptonshire Healthcare investigates 26 incidents
PERFORMANCE: Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust is investigating 26 serious incidents.
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NewsUS private health firm cuts UK executive team
American private health company UnitedHealth has made 40 per cent of its UK executive team redundant as part of a “change in strategic priorities”, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHS estate savings could reach £2bn, report claims
The amount of underused space in the NHS estate has dropped by more than a third over the past three years, according to a report by a leading property consultancy.
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NewsTrusts refusing to release doctors for leadership work
Doctors are struggling to gain permission from trusts to undertake nationally important policy and leadership work, according to senior medical figures.
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C difficile target unlikely to be met by Leeds
PERFORMANCE: Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust is likely to fail targets for the numbers of C difficile and MRSA cases in this financial year.
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Leeds looking doubtful on 18 weeks
PERFORMANCE: Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust had 2,187 patients waiting longer than 18 weeks for treatment at the end of March - more than it had planned if it is to meet government standards of 92 per cent of outstanding patients waiting less than 18 weeks.
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Tough surplus target for Hull acute
FINANCE: Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust faces financial challenges as it battles to deliver a surplus this year and to plan for cost reductions in 2012-13.
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Delay in Hull A&E revamp
STRUCTURE: Plans for a major revamp of A&E services at Hull have fallen slightly behind schedule.
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Harrogate FT behind plan
FINANCE: Harrogate and District Foundation Trust was £790,000 behind plan for the period to the end of November.
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New chief exec appointed to BANES cluster
WORKFORCE: Ed Macalister Smith has been appointed to lead the Wiltshire and Bath and North East Somerset primary care trust cluster through its last year of existence.