News – Page 575
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NewsHead of academic health partnership to retire
The managing director of UCLPartners is retiring next week.
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Revealed: Trusts counting on back-loaded savings
NHS trusts will have to significantly improve “run-rates” to meet 2016-17 financial targets Plans assume significant efficiency savings can be delivered in the latter half of the year In many cases, those savings have not yet been identified, or there is a high level of risk that they will ...
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NewsChecklist for signing off new care model revealed
MCP joint assurance process likely to include three “gateways” To be finalised by mid October Will cover conflict of interest and why MCP has been chosen Regulators are expected to require proposals for MCPs to pass three tests under a “joint assurance process” before becoming operational, according to ...
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HSJ LocalLong-serving hospital chief to stand down
Mary Edwards, the chief executive of Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust for more than a decade, has announced she will stand down at the end of the year.
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NewsTrust chiefs deny 'low-balling' bid before major contract collapse
UnitingCare providers deny making a knowingly unrealistic bid for £750m contract Trusts, NHS England and CCG accuse previous provider of not being transparent over the service costs Previous provider Cambridgeshire Community Services Trust robustly rejects charge NHS trusts involved in the UnitingCare debacle have denied making a deliberately ...
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HSJ LocalSecond South West social enterprise to close next month
Swindon based social enterprise SEQOL to close next month after losing main contract to Great Western Hospitals FT Adult community services due to be transferred in February 2017 but process brought forward because of SEQOL’s “challenging financial position” It is the second social enterprise in the South West to ...
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HSJ LocalSpecialist hospital rated 'one of the best trusts in England'
Liverpool Heart and Chest hospital is the first specialist acute hospital to be rated outstanding One of only eight English trusts to receive highest quality rating Specialist acute hospital trusts currently outperforming non-specialists, with 78 per cent rated good or outstanding Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital Foundation Trust ...
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HSJ LocalChief of 'inadequate' CCG resigns
The accountable officer of a troubled clinical commissioning group in the North West has resigned
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HSJ LocalSir Howard Bernstein to retire
Long-serving Manchester chief executive to leave next spring
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HSJ LocalSouth West trust takes action following mortality concerns
Weston Area Health has second highest summary hospital level mortality indicator in England “Further increase” expected in data to be published this month Trust has launched two reviews to investigate the mortality concerns Weston Area Health Trust has launched two external reviews into its mortality rates, after it ...
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NewsChild protection system still lacks data on 87,000 children
Local authorities face technical difficulties uploading information None of the four children’s specialist trusts have successfully implemented child protection information sharing system False negatives “raise a risk” for children with protection plans Nearly three quarters of children with child protection plans do not have their details stored on ...
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NewsMost areas should publish STPs by end of the year, says NHS England
National guidance says “most” areas should publish their STP by the end of the year However, “every area will be working to a different timeframe” “Most areas” should publish a version of their sustainability and transformation plan by the end of the year, according to national guidance due ...
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NewsDaily Insight: Another NHS naughty step
The must read stories and talking points in health policy
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NewsNew rules to follow £750m contract debacle and Brexit
There will be a new “checklist” for CCGs and assurance process for providers involved in big contracts Simon Stevens suggests Brexit could offer opportunity to change procurement rules Strategic Projects Team was disbanded because NHS England was “not satisfied with the quality of their work” System leaders are ...
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News'Special measures' considered for trusts failing on A&E
NHS Improvement considering new “special measures” category for operational performance including A&E Comes as English hospital sector records worst quarter one A&E performance since 2003 HSJ analysis shows worst performing 40 trusts responsible for 63 per cent of year on year decline NHS Improvement is considering a new ...
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HSJ LocalTrust makes controversial pension offer to reduce vacancies
East and North Herts Trust to offer a higher salary to new nurses if they opt out of NHS pension NHS Pension Board previously raised concerns that similar scheme at Oxleas FT “induced” staff to choose pension opt-out NHS Improvement aware of ENHT’s decision for “some time” A ...
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HSJ LocalTrust to receive millions as mental health research centre
Oxford Health FT and Oxford University named second mental health biomedical research centre Announcement part of £816m investment in medical research by DH Cash will be split between 20 research centres with Oxford set to receive £12.8m A foundation trust has been named the country’s second mental health ...
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