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HSJ Local
Trust's high activity level costs commissioners £27m
FINANCE: Oxford University Hospitals Trust exceeded planned levels of activity by 3.7 per cent in 2011-12, costing the local health economy £26.6m more than expected.
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HSJ Local
McKinsey dominates consultancy spend by NHS North West London
FINANCE: McKinsey accounted for nearly three-quarters of NHS North West London’s consultancy spending of £8.8m in 2011-12, new documents reveal.
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NewsExclusive: Commissioning board engagement and information director revealed
Tim Kelsey is to become the NHS Commissioning Board’s director of patient and public engagement, insight and informatics, HSJ understands.
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NewsCQC whistleblower faces sack
The Care Quality Commission board member who gave highly critical evidence about the regulator to the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry is facing the sack, it has emerged.
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PCTs to pay GPs an extra £1.1m following system error
The Department of Health has told primary care trusts to make an additional £1.1m of payments to GPs by the end of June, to correct an error dating back to 2004.
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NewsInformation strategy an early example of major policy process - DH
The government’s newly launched information strategy for health and social care is an early example of how major policy will be made under its reformed system, according to the Department of Health.
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NewsProviders urged to collaborate to speed clinical trial approvals
Providers need to work together to speed up the approval process for clinical trials if the NHS is to realise its potential as a research resource, a senior pharmaceutical industry figure has said
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NewsExpand independent sector provision, says 'most powerful' hospital chief
The NHS’s most powerful hospital trust chief executive has used a HSJ interview to call for an expansion of independent sector provision.
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HSJ LocalGP quality monitoring project under threat from reform
PERFORMANCE: A groundbreaking project monitoring the quality of GPs faces an uncertain future once its host strategic health authority is abolished.
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NewsCommissioning board seeks £130k GP to 'influence CCGs'
The NHS Commissioning Board is advertising a series of senior jobs with salaries over £100,000, including a deputy medical director whose job will need to “actively influence CCGs in their commissioning decisions, providing assurance the activity has robust clinical leadership”.
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NewsNew infection threats emerging to replace MRSA and C difficile
A third of healthcare associated infections are now caused by bacteria that need to be tackled with different infection control techniques to MRSA and C difficile, a report has warned.
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NewsAdopting clinical decision support systems - FREE HSJ webinar
HSJ invites you to view and participate in an exclusive FREE webinar on the growing importance of clinical decision support systems, in association with UpToDate.
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NewsMPs criticise delays in education and training reform
Ministers must provide more detail on their plans to reform health education and training to avoid service disruption and putting patients at risk, the health select committee has warned.
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HSJ Local
Shropshire Healthwatch consultation
STRUCTURE: Shropshire Council has launched a consultation on plans to set up its local Healthwatch.
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HSJ Local
Derbyshire chief executive seconded to push FT pipeline in North
WORKFORCE: Derbyshire Healthcare Foundation Trust chief executive Mike Shewan has been seconded to become director of provider development for the North of England.
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NewsGMB members overwhelmingly reject pension deal
Thousands of NHS workers in the GMB union have voted to reject the government’s “final” pension deal by a majority of 96.5 per cent.
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HSJ Local
Gloucestershire could set up CFT
STRUCTURE: NHS Gloucestershire will be allowed to consider setting up a community foundation trust to house its provider arm, after being granted special permission from the Department of Health.
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HSJ LocalBristol acutes consider merger
STRUCTURE: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust and North Bristol Trust have set up a project board to consider whether the two organisations should merge to create an organisation with a turnover close to £1bn.
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HSJ LocalMorecambe Bay 'not sustainable' without reconfiguration, says new chief
Troubled foundation trust University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay “can’t work” in the future without the reconfiguration of key services, its new chief executive has told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: a healthcare crisis facing Cumbria
HSJ Local Briefing is our new in-depth analysis of the key issues facing the NHS’s major health economies. This week, HSJ looks at the healthcare crisis in Cumbria.