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NewsManagers back calls for top earners to pay more towards pensions
The vast majority of managers responding to a snap online HSJ survey think higher earners should pay more towards their NHS pensions.
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NewsMPs told of budget topslicing 'risk'
Providers could face financial difficulties if commissioning consortia decide to topslice their budgets to create risk pools, the Commons health committee has heard.
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NewsLabour tables amendments to planned Monitor role
Labour has put forward amendments to the Health Bill to remove Monitor’s planned powers as an enforcer of competition law.
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NewsPerformance linked pay for managers labelled a 'distraction'
Linking the stay of senior staff to national objectives would be an “unhelpful distraction”, according to the NHS managers’ union.
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NewsDH struggling to achieve consultant choice within deadline
Patients’ ability to choose between named consultant led teams for elective hospital care looks unlikely to be significantly extended by the government’s deadline in April.
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NewsChallenged hospitals funds used to bail out PCTs
Nearly 40 per cent of a £392m fund set up to pay off the historic debts of London’s financially challenged organisations has been used to bail out commissioners.
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NewsKing's Fund calls to unite health and social care budgets
The government must adopt a single budget for £121bn of health and social care funding to stop the two systems fighting against each other, the King’s Fund has warned.
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NewsMonitor 'happy' with Mid Staffs death toll
A former board director at Mid Staffordshire has spoken of his “amazement” that Monitor did not pick up on the hospital’s problems during its authorisation process to become a foundation trust.
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NewsNHS must reverse falling productivity ahead of reforms
Falling NHS productivity must be urgently reversed before planned reforms go ahead, the public accounts committee has said.
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NewsMidwife numbers to be reviewed
The Department of Health has said it will prioritise a review of nurse and midwife numbers.
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HSJ Local
East Kent Hospitals University FT likely to seek £8m surplus next year
FINANCE: East Kent Hospitals University FT is considering whether to set an £8m surplus target for the next financial year.
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Kent & Medway FT authorisation delayed till 2011-12
STRUCTURE: Kent & Medway will not achieve foundation status this financial year, according to its strategic health authority.
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HSJ Local
Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells Hospitals to seek FT status in 2013
STRUCTURE: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells will submit an application for foundation status to the Department of Health in 2013, according to its strategic health authority.
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Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals set to apply for FT status in May
STRUCTURE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals will submit its authorisation for foundation status to the Department of Health in May 2011, according to its strategic health authority.
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HSJ Local
Western Sussex Hospitals Trust to apply for FT status in May
STRUCTURE: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust is set to apply for foundation trust status in May 2011, according to its strategic health authority.
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HSJ Local
Sussex Community NHS Trust to apply for FT status in 2013
STRUCTURE: Sussex Community NHS Trust will submit an application for foundation status to the Department of Health in January 2013, according to its strategic health authority.
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HSJ Local
East Kent Community Services Trust to apply for FT status in 2012
STRUCTURE: East Kent Community Services NHS Trust will submit an application for foundation status to the Department of Health in October 2012, according to its strategic health authority.
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East Sussex Hospitals Trust to make FT application in 2012
STRUCTURE: East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust will submit an application for foundation status to the Department of Health in October 2012, according to its strategic health authority.
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HSJ Local
Surrey & Sussex Healthcare to seek FT status in 2013
STRUCTURE: Surrey & Sussex Healthcare will submit an application for foundation status to the Department of Health in 2013, according to its strategic health authority.
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Campaigners credited with Forestry U-turn targets NHS reforms
Campaigners credited with playing a large role in the Government U-turn on selling off forests have turned their attentions to NHS reforms.