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Mid Staffs making ‘significant progress’ on nurse recruitment
WORKFORCE: The foundation has continued to increase its workforce, particularly for nursing staff, despite media coverage of the ongoing public inquiry into previous failures at the organisation.
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North Staffordshire forecasting retained £1.9m deficit
FINANCE: North Staffordshire is forecasting a year-end deficit of £1.89m.
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North Staffs mental health trust way behind on staff appraisals
WORKFORCE: The mental health trust has fallen significantly behind on its target for staff performance development reviews.
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Lambeth eyes one consortium with three localities
STRUCTURE: A single commissioning consortium containing three locality groups is emerging in Lambeth.
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South Staffs and Shropshire FT on course for surplus
FINANCE: The mental health foundation trust is forecasting a year-end surplus – though slightly smaller than originally planned.
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Staffs and Shropshire FT comms team drives down costs
FINANCE: The mental health FT’s communications team has slashed the cost of producing its annual report over the last three years.
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NewsNHS warned to expect surge in clinical negligence claims
The NHS faces a “massive” increase in clinical negligence claims this year, the chief executive of the NHS Litigation Authority has told MPs.
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NewsBarts double merger moves a step closer
The creation of a new £1.1bn turnover organisation has moved a step closer after NHS London ruled an acute trust could merge with two smaller hospitals.
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NewsPCTs fail to make half of savings targets
Primary care trusts are predicting they will miss their savings targets by up to 56 per cent this year, analysis by HSJ has found.
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NewsNational competency standards to regulate manager performance
Senior managers “who let people down” will be held to account by a national list of standards of competence and behaviour.
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NewsNHS slashes stroke and heart deaths
Premature deaths in Scotland from strokes have been halved a year ahead of schedule, while early deaths from heart disease have decreased by almost 60 per cent, official figures show.
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News53,000 NHS jobs 'under threat'
More than 50,000 NHS jobs face being axed, including doctors, nurses and dentists, because of government spending cuts, “destroying” claims about the funding of the health service, a new report claims.
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NewsPCT cluster retracts threat to cut public health posts
A primary care trust cluster in London has retracted letters sent to public health staff warning them their posts were “at risk”, after a minister publicly said it was wrong.
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NewsConflict of interest concern in primary care centre cuts
Primary care access centres are becoming a common early target for cuts, examples highlighted to HSJ suggest, as spending is squeezed and GPs take a greater role in commissioning.
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NewsCircle refers two PCTs to Cooperation and Competition Panel
An independent hospital group has referred two primary care trusts to the Co-operation and Competition Panel over claims of unfair procurement policy, including sub-tariff pricing.
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NewsNHS 24 launches health check service
People in Scotland turning 40 will be invited for a health check as part of a new service from NHS 24.
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NewsUnions' fury at PM privatisation plans
The prime minister has been accused of trying to take the UK back to the “divisive” years of the 1980s after suggesting that all public services could be opened up to private companies.
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Compensation payment reform backed by panel
A panel of independent experts has backed plans to reform the system of NHS compensation claims in Scotland.
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NewsConsortia to be authorised in stages, Sir David tells HSJ
Commissioning consortia could be authorised in degrees and should not “make” their own commissioning support, NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has told HSJ in a wide-ranging interview.
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Derby Hospitals selling £600 'doors' for crime scenes
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY: Derby Hospitals Foundation Trust has designed a decontamination “door” for hospital wards, crime scenes and fire-ravaged buildings costing nearly £600 a piece.