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NewsDown's syndrome patient died after being wrongly detained in hospital
A patient with Down’s Syndrome had his basic human rights ignored after he was detained in hospital and then kept locked up before he died, an investigation has found.
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NewsExclusive: DH and Monitor in 'power battle' over running of regulator
A “power battle” is underway between the Department of Health and Monitor over the extent to which the regulator needs to be split in two to avoid conflicts of interest, HSJ has been told.
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NewsMost commissioners see readmissions rate rise despite harsh penalties
Most commissioners have seen an increase in emergency readmission rates despite the imposition of new penalties that are set to cost providers more than £400m this year, an HSJ investigation has found.
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HSJ Local
CCG to fund diabetes diet service in East Sussex
STRUCTURE: A clinical commissioning group in East Sussex is to fund a two year pilot of a community dietetic service for diabetes patients.
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HSJ Local
Contraception clinics expanded in Medway
STRUCTURE: NHS Medway has announced that contraception services will be held in four new clinics, while services will cease at an “outdated” site.
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HSJ Local
Concern over HPV vaccine uptake in Eastern and Coastal Kent
PERFORMANCE: NHS Kent and Medway immunisation teams raised concerns in October about the numbers of parents that had failed to return consent forms for their daughters to have the HPV vaccine.
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HSJ Local
First summary care record goes live in Surrey
PERFORMANCE: Surrey’s first summary care records were successfully created at a GP practice this month.
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HSJ Local
New chair for North Staffs mental health trust
WORKFORCE: Ken Jarrold CBE has been appointed as chair of the North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust.
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HSJ Local
Integrated Care Service failing to realise savings
FINANCE: NHS Outer North East London plan to reduce emergency admissions by 255 against 2010-11’s total of 2,718 is failing to do so, a report says.
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HSJ Local
South Central Ambulance reports £1.8m surplus
FINANCE: South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust finished September with a £1.8m surplus - £160,000 off target.
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CCGs 'feasible' if covering 100,000 or more
Clinical commissioning groups will need a population of at least 100,000 to be able to carry out all their statutory functions, a report commissioned by the Department of Health has found.
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HSJ Local
Improvements claim at Morecambe maternity unit
PERFORMANCE: The trust running a maternity unit at the centre of a police investigation has said it has made “significant improvements” ahead of today’s deadline to raise standards or possibly face closure.
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HSJ Local
Worcestershire negotiating increase to agreed £3m surplus
FINANCE: The PCT is in negogiations with NHS West Midlands to increase its agreed year end forecast surplus of £3m.
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HSJ Local
Telford and Wrekin could be heading for deficit
FINANCE: The PCT could be heading for a £4.6m deficit under a “pessimistic” assessment of its quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) plans.
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HSJ Local
Emergency waits regularly exceed target at Telford and Wrekin
PERFORMANCE: In September the longest median wait for admitted patients among Telford and Wrekin’s providers was 350 minutes and regularly exceeded the 205 minute standard.
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HSJ Local
Community group launches survey following London HIV drugs change
PERFORMANCE: A community group has launched a survey to assess the impact of changes to London HIV drug prescribing rules.
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HSJ Local
Consultants working on 'clear and credible plans' with North Tyne CCGs
STRUCTURE: Management consultants are working with clinical commissioning groups in North Tyneside PCT to develop “clear and credible” commissioning plans for 2012-13.
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HSJ Local
Competition panel takes York FT complaint to next stage
COMMERCIAL: The Co-operation and Competition Panel has announced a second-stage investigation of a complaint by Assura East Riding about York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and NHS North Yorkshire and York.
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NewsCommissioners and providers seek move to long-term contracts
Both commissioners and providers are calling for a “fundamental shift” towards long-term contracts of more than five years to allow for better strategic planning, the Future Forum has heard.
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NewsExclusive: NHS begins planning CCG authorisation 'pipeline'
The NHS has begun constructing a “pipeline” to authorise clinical commissioning groups, in an effort to avoid a log jam before the April 2013 target.