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CQC orders improvements at Great Western Hospitals FT
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has ordered Great Western Hospitals Foundation Trust to make improvements to the safety of its operating theatres.
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Great Western signs up with Swindon Town FC
COMMERCIAL: Great Western Hospitals Foundation Trust has won a contract to provide MRI scans to Swindon Town Football Club.
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GPs suggest 'radical' approach for Mid Staffs future
STRUCTURE: GPs in Staffordshire have proposed a “radical” approach to service provision at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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Competition panel approves two hospital mergers and will look at two more
The Co-operation and Competition Panel has approved two hospital mergers, called another in for further scrutiny and opened a file on a fourth.
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Council plans £100m loan to buy out foundation's PFI contracts
A local authority is in negotiations to lend up to £100m to a foundation trust seeking to buy out its private finance initiative contracts, HSJ has learned.
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Senior NHS manager headcount falls 9 per cent
The number of senior managers working in the NHS has dropped nearly 9 per cent in one year, while nurse numbers have fallen 1.3 per cent, figures show.
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Cameron backs Lansley as health secretary
David Cameron has hailed his health secretary for doing “a very good job” and as someone who understands the NHS better than most, as he again defends the under-fire minister.
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Imperial 'not likely' to hit VTE target until October
PERFORMANCE: A report from NHS North West London said the acute trust was on track to miss the venous thromboembolism target until Q2 of 2012-13.
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Imperial blames blood culture techniques for failing MRSA target
PERFORMANCE: The west london hospital trust has reported 12 cases of MRSA this year against an “annual ceiling” of nine, cluster documents showed.
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Westminster GPs want community nursing in borough 'substantially changed'
COMMERCIAL: The commissioning intentions of Central London Health CCG regarding the service were revealed in a cluster board paper.
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Exclusive: Most troubled trust could be allowed to go bankrupt
The most financially troubled hospital trust in England could effectively be allowed go bankrupt and see its work redistributed between the independent sector and other trusts.
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Commissioning board a 'folly', says Diabetes UK chief
The structure of the NHS Commissioning Board is an “act of total folly”, a leading charity chief has told HSJ.
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Public against NHS reforms, poll suggests
More than half of all voters believe the government should drop its controversial NHS reforms, according to a new opinion poll.
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Emergency services to stage Olympics incident drill
The emergency services will practise their response to a major incident during the London 2012 Games when a large scale exercise is staged this week.
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CQC board flags concerns over 'vindictive' inspection regime
The Care Quality Commission is pushing through significant changes to the inspection regime on the back of a flawed consultation process, one of its own board members has warned.
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Heart of England pulls out of mooted George Eliot takeover
STRUCTURE: Heart of England Foundation Trust has pulled back from a mooted takeover of George Eliot Hospital Trust, HSJ has learnt.
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Exclusive: Lansley assures CCGs over competition
The health secretary has written to clinical commissioning groups to assure them that that they will be in control over crucial issues such as competition, integration, and buying support services.
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Exclusive: PM reveals government's four NHS commitments
The prime minister has revealed “four Fs” which he believes sum up the government’s approach to the NHS. They came while he attempted to bat off criticism of the Health Bill at a Downing Street summit today.
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£1.9bn hospital and mental health merger a step nearer
The boards of three trusts have moved a step closer to creating a single organisation with a turnover of roughly £1.9bn.
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