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NewsNHS London offers GPs training to smooth passage into CCGs
London’s GPs are being offered management training worth £7m in an attempt to smooth their passage to becoming clinical commissioning groups.
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NewsLansley identifies 20 'unsustainable' trusts
The government has identified 20 trusts whose “clinical and financial stability is at risk” because of “cash-flow shortages” and legacy debt.
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NewsEarl Howe urges Lords to pass bill quickly
Ministers wrote to all peers this morning appealing for their support on the Health Bill after talks between Conservative and crossbench peers broke down.
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NewsUneaten meals costing trusts £20m a year
Nearly eight per cent of hospital meals are returned uneaten at a cost to the NHS of more than £22m a year, according to trusts’ figures.
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NewsLord Owen motion on health bill stripped back after talks with ministers
A motion to enable greater scrutiny of key sections of the Health and Social Care Bill has been changed at the last minute following discussions between ministers and crossbench peers.
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NewsMedics' calls to scrap reforms backed by high profile figures
Ministers are facing demands from more than 60 leading medical professionals to scrap or substantially rewrite the coalition government’s proposed NHS reforms.
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NewsHealth Bill: medical royal colleges and GPs step up concern
The medical royal colleges have today issued a joint statement to peers expressing concern the Health Bill “could damage patient care”, as a Royal College of GPs survey reports strong opposition among the profession.
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NewsNHS Confed: Health Bill could lead to vital decisions 'paralysis'
The government should change and clarify the Health Bill to help the NHS deal with its enormous financial pressures, the NHS Confederation has said.
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NewsLabour peers prepare amendments for health bill
Labour peers are taking aim at the Health Bill’s planned new accountability regime, emphasising the need for a stronger patient voice and for the relationships between statutory bodies to be clarified.
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Success for dementia training pilot at East Sussex Healthcare
WORKFORCE: East Sussex Healthcare staff have taken part in a pilot project to train them in improving care for patients with dementia.
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Kent launches new mental health website
PERFORMANCE: A new website has been launched to support Kent’s five-year strategy for mental health and wellbeing.
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South Essex rehab reconfiguration plan gets support
STRUCTURE: There is “widespread support” for a plan to reconfigure mental health services in South Essex which is billed to save £3.5m, according to a report.
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HSJ Local
Frimley Park eyes market in Berkshire
COMMERCIAL: Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to increase its “market share” in its outer catchment area, particularly in Berkshire.
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HSJ Local
Surplus dip expected at Frimley Park in 2012-13
FINANCE: Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust hopes to maintain a net annual surplus of around £3m over the next few years, but expects a dip to come during the next financial year.
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Frimley Park aims to save £0.5m to allow ward closure
STRUCTURE: Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust hopes to be able to close one of its surgical wards this year.
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Frimley Park positions itself to become 'major emergency centre'
STRUCTURE: Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust plans to have a new emergency department and day surgery unit fully operational by 2013-14.
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Lab scientists to vote on industrial action at Central Manchester FT
WORKFORCE: Biomedical scientists at Central Manchester University Hospitals are to be balloted for industrial action which their union warns could force the foundation trust to close at night.
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Frimley Park will seek to renew MoD contract
COMMERCIAL: Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust will look to retain its £7m contract with the Ministry of Defence during the next financial year.
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Ipswich chief pledges vascular move will bring 'gold-standard care'
STRUCTURE: The chief executive of the Ipswich Hospital Trust has written a public letter explaining a vascular surgury configuration that will see services moved to Colchester General Hospital.
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Queen Elizabeth FT appoints new chief exec
WORKFORCE: The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn FT has appointed a new chief executive.