News – Page 1386
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Safeguarding processes found wanting at Northampton General
PERFORMANCE: An eight month-old baby, who was taken to Northamptonshire General Hospital numerous times with life threatening injuries, was let down by authorities, a serious case review has found.
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UCLH commits to financial risk rating of at least three for 2011-12
FINANCE: The central London foundation trust pledged to stay in the lowest three categories of financial risk maintained by FT regulator Monitor - despite challenges from commissioners.
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NewsExclusive: politicians 'grandstanding' on competition, says review chair
One of the leaders of the NHS reform “listening exercise”, Sir Stephen Bubb, has accused politicians of “grandstanding” and “playing on misconceptions” about competition.
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NewsExclusive: Clegg aide signals major delay to bill
Nick Clegg’s right hand man has told HSJ the Health Bill may not re-enter the Commons until the autumn to ensure some of its most controversial provisions can be “thoroughly and comprehensively” redrafted.
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Continued under-performance on ambulance handover times at London A&Es
PERFORMANCE: A strategic health authority report has revealed continued under-performance on ambulance handover times at the capital’s accident and emergency departments.
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Imperial's 2011-12 plan includes a £70m CRP and a £30m deficit
FINANCE: The trust, the largest in the country, has included a £70m cost reduction plan and £30m deficit without transitional funding in its budget for 2011-12.
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London PCTs predicted to miss demand management and decommissioning targets by £77m
FINANCE: NHS London predicted that its primary care trusts would miss their 2010-11 demand management and decommissioning targets by £77m
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Blackpool Teaching Hospitals drafts plan to cut out £1.5m of management costs
WORKFORCE: A document presented to the foundation’s 30 March board meeting outlined draft plans to save £1.5m by “streamlining” its clinical management.
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NewsClegg: 'NHS managers will continue where GPs are not ready'
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has given the clearest signal yet the transition to commissioning consortia will be slowed down, with other structures remaining in place “where GPs are not yet ready” to take over.
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NewsCQC attacks NHS elderly care levels
Inspections into care standards have raised serious concerns about the way NHS hospitals treat elderly people.
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NewsApproval for £77m hospital redevelopment
Initial plans for a multimillion-pound redevelopment of a North Wales hospital were approved by the assembly’s health minister Lesley Griffiths.
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NewsPublic health funding cut threatens skilled staff
Valuable health intelligence expertise is facing “fragmentation and dissolution”, following a 30 per cent cut in the core funding of public health observatories, MPs have been warned.
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NewsStruggling trusts owe DH quarter of a billion in bailout cash
Trusts owe the Department of Health a quarter of a billion pounds, with most of the debt resulting from mass bailouts made during the financial crisis of 2006, DH figures reveal.
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NewsSqueezed trusts received £28m in 'sweetener' loans
Three struggling acute providers set to be acquired by other trusts received £28m of “sweetener” loans from the Department of Health, HSJ can disclose.
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Shared support services arm up for sale
COMMERCIAL: Trusts in the East of England region are selling a support services body that serves primary and mental health services in two counties.
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NHS South West overrules PCT in 'any qualified provider' and ISTC conflict
FINANCE: NHS South West has overruled commissioners who were restricting use of the “any qualified provider” policy to avoid the risk of paying for work carried out by private providers.
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NewsDH remains committed to personal health budgets
The Department of Health has indicated its determination to roll out personal health budgets despite NHS managers warning they result in increased bureaucracy and run counter to the need to control costs.
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NewsReforms face further delay and confusion, concedes Lansley
The health secretary has admitted his NHS reform bill might have to return to committee stage in the Commons – leading to warnings of further delay and uncertainty.
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NewsMental health PbR to be reviewed
The government is to review the much-delayed drive to introduce payment by results to mental healthcare.
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NewsMixed sex ward breaches drop under tougher regime
Mixed sex accommodation breaches have dropped sharply since the launch of a tougher performance regime four months ago