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News'Wholly inappropriate' NHS England appeal thrown out of court
NHS England loses Court of Appeal bid and must pay costs Father accuses national commissioning body of “bully boy” approach Judge says there was “no good reason in the public interest” for the appeal to proceed NHS England is facing a £200,000 legal bill after pursuing a court ...
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NewsPrivate hospital firm reports 13pc rise in NHS revenue
Spire reports jump in NHS work £293m in NHS funded revenue in 2016 is a significant year on year rise Company suggests NHS work will continue to increase Private hospital group Spire Healthcare saw the size of its NHS business grow from £262m in 2015 to £293m in ...
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HSJ LocalHospital trust removed from quality special measures
East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust is to exit special measures for quality, NHS Improvement announced today.
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NewsNHS Improvement starts search for new chief executive and chair
NHS Improvement confirmed this afternoon that its chief executive Jim Mackey will stand down from his role this autumn as originally planned, with preparations underway to begin the search for his successor.
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NewsExclusive: Trusts get £187m incentive payments despite plans slipping
Analysis shows 40 providers now forecast to breach their deficit target after receiving nearly £200m of incentive payments Sustainability and transformation fund was introduced to reward trusts that agree and meet their financial targets Some trusts have received more than two-thirds of their STF allocation, yet are forecast to ...
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HSJ LocalTrust names successor to chief executive on NHSI secondment
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole FT appoints Richard Sunley as interim chief executive He succeeds chief executive Karen Jackson who has been seconded to NHS Improvement A struggling hospital trust has appointed an interim chief executive after its previous leader was seconded to NHS Improvement.
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NewsSystem leaders set out new A&E 'minimum requirements'
New standards issued on how to divert minor injuries away from A&E to co-located services NHS England requirements must be met either by Easter or September Measures are intended to alleviate A&E pressure NHS organisations have been given months to meet new “minimum requirements” for diverting accident and ...
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HSJ LocalBristol foundation trust rated outstanding
A trust in the South West has become the first acute provider in the country to jump from requires improvement to outstanding across just two inspections.
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NewsDaily Insight: A plan about a plan
The must read stories and biggest talking points in health policy
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NewsPrivate firms warn Stevens over end of purchaser-provider split
The head of the body representing private providers of NHS work has warned Simon Stevens that STPs must act within competition laws.
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NewsAnalysis: The trusts posing the biggest risk to NHS's financial plan
HSJ analysis shows which providers must deliver the biggest improvement in the final three months of 2016-17 If the average performance in the first nine months is projected across the whole year, the sector would report a deficit of £1.14bn, against the £580m control total Hospital trusts with ...
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HSJ LocalCCG faces £50m deficit despite 'radical' savings plan
Vale of York CCG publishes medium term financial strategy to address spiralling deficit CCG admits even if it makes £47.7m of savings and achieves an in-year surplus, it will still have a cumulative deficit of £51.5m by 2020-21 Deficit has quadrupled from £6.3m in 2015-16 to a forecast of ...
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NewsTreasury cuts force redundancies at arm's length body
Budget cuts force Health Education England to announce redundancy scheme available for all staff Cuts also likely to reduce specialty training budgets including for GP training HEE faces a £70m cost saving in 2016-17 and a “flat cash” settlement until 2020 Cuts to Health Education England’s budget have ...
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NewsTrade body for NHS suppliers to start publishing complaints data
The Association of British Healthcare Industries is to start publishing information on complaints made about its members, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalStruggling CCG bids to resolve 'financial crisis' with service review
Shropshire CCG to review clinical and financial sustainability of several services to address “financial crisis” Commissioners to look into why some GP practices have higher levels of emergency admissions than others STP to review MSK and orthopaedic services A financially challenged CCG has announced it will carry out ...
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NewsTop trust chief executives could command a £126k salary premium
NHS Improvement says salary ranges are indicative and still under discussion Numbers reveal a 34 per cent difference in pay between small and very large acute trusts Health secretary launched a crackdown on senior pay in 2015 The best chief executives at the largest NHS acute trusts could ...
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News£190k salaries for leading trust operating officers and finance directors
70 percent salary discrepancy expected between the chief operating officers of the largest and smallest acute trusts Of all acute trust leadership roles, COOs are expected to see the biggest pay differentials between different sized acute providers Finance directors also expected to see a 25 per cent salary difference ...
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Pay gap between medical and nursing directors widens at largest trusts
Medical directors at largest acute trusts in line to receive a median salary over a quarter higher than those at the smallest Median pay differential between nursing directors even higher at 39 per cent between the largest and smallest acute providers Medium sized mental health trusts expected to offer ...
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HSJ LocalTrust to remain in special measures despite rating upgrade
West Hertfordshire trust now rated requires improvement, 15 months after it was rated inadequate CQC recommends it remains in special measures as it “was clear” that the trust had benefited from the support regime Concerns raised about emergency care across all three of the trust’s hospital sites but praise ...
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