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NewsAmended private patient income cap 'will have little impact'
A government proposal to cap the amount of private income foundation trusts can earn at 49 per cent will have little practical impact on the health reforms, experts have claimed.
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NewsNHS pensions deal to be offered to private sector
The government has offered to extend the NHS pensions scheme to staff transferred out of the service to make it easier for private firms to bid for NHS contracts.
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NewsExclusive: contractual penalties to combat ‘hidden waits’ will not take effect until 2013-14
The government has said new contractual penalties to tackle “hidden” waits for elective procedures will not be introduced nationally for 15 months, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHS market could fragment further, warns Supply Chain CEO
The “fragmented” way the NHS is developing could make it harder for it to make savings on procurement, the chief executive of NHS Supply Chain has warned.
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NewsClinical data regulation not robust, say experts
Leading doctors have called for an end to “incomplete data disclosure” and more robust regulation of information in clinical trials.
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NewsNHS Confederation home care call backed
The NHS Confederation’s call to prioritise treating people in their home rather than hospital has been backed by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.
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Barts plastic surgery nurse given MBE
WORKFORCE: Daren Edwards, clinical nurse specialist in plastic surgery at Barts and the London, has been awarded an MBE for services to nursing.
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Gong for CUH estates director
WORKFORCE: Richard Howe, former executive director of estates and facilities at Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust, has been awarded an OBE for services to the NHS.
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Former Sheffield chief exec handed OBE
WORKFORCE: Chris Sharratt, the former chief executive of Sheffield Children’s Foundation Trust, has been awarded an OBE for services to child health.
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Former Kingston chair gets CBE
WORKFORCE: Former NHS Kingston chair Neslyn Watson-Druée has been awarded a CBE for services to healthcare.
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East Lancs midwife gets OBE
WORKFORCE: Sheena Byrom, a consultant midwife at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, has been awarded an OBE for services to midwifery.
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Liverpool PCT chair gets OBE
WORKFORCE: NHS Liverpool chair Gideon Ben-Tovim has been awarded an OBE for services to health.
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NHS Bury forecasts breakeven after £3m additional allocation
FINANCE: The primary care trust was forecasting it would break even for 2011-12 at the end of October after receiving an additional £3m in-year allocation, its latest finance report shows.
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Education changes will lead to £3m training income loss at Nottingham
FINANCE: Proposed changes to education funding will lead to a future loss of education and training income of £7.7m over a three year period.
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Permanent chief exec appointed at Royal Cornwall
WORKFORCE: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust interim chief executive Lezli Boswell has been appointed to lead the trust on a permanent basis.
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Nottingham exceeds A&E assessment time target by 100 per cent
PERFORMANCE: The trust is taking twice as long to assess patients admitted to accident and emergency as it should be.
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Southampton and Hampshire release contingencies to keep up with QIPP target
FINANCE: Southampton and Hampshire primary care trusts have had to use contingency funding to offset overperformance on acute contracts.
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Chief nurse mentioned in honours list
WORKFORCE: Hilary Chapman, chief nurse and operating officer at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust, has become a CBE
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Southampton overperforms on all referral targets
PERFORMANCE: Southampton primary care trust is overperforming against plan on all its activity indicators, cluster board papers reveal.
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2gether ahead on surplus
FINANCE: 2gether Foundation Trust is reporting a surplus of £2.2m, £946,000 ahead of plan.