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Community hospitals could close under CCG's plans
STRUCTURE: Five community hospitals in Surrey could have services changed, and two could close, under plans drawn up by their clinical commissioning group.
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One in three trusts reject financial targets for next year
Regulators issued a financial “control totals” to every trust in England for 2016-17, which they must agree to, to secure their share of the £1.8bn sustainability and transformation fund NHS Providers says two-thirds of trusts have accepted their offer, but many have done so with conditions and caveats Finance ...
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Staffordshire CCGs anticipate 'virtual' merger
Chief officer of three Staffordshire CCGs says they could streamline all functions except governing body meetings Andrew Donald says any CCG merger should be the result of “natural evolution” Large scale organisational development work underway STRUCTURE: The chief officer of a trio of clinical commissioning groups in Staffordshire ...
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Midlands FT chief executive resigns
The chief executive of Burton Hospitals Foundation Trust has resigned after steering the trust out of special measures last October.
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Analysed: The best and worst regions for delayed transfers of care
Delayed transfers of care have risen steadily for the past two years and are becoming a major area of policy focus during 2016. HSJ’s detailed analysis of local delayed transfers figures reveals:
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Mapped: How has your region performed on transfers of care?
Full analysis: The best and worst regions for delayed transfers of care HSJ’s exclusive map of delayed transfers of care performance illustrates the full extent of variability across the country in this increasingly important indicator.
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Executive Summary: Who wants to join David Dalton's club?
HSJ’s roundup of the day’s must read stories and debate
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Exclusive: Rocketing death rate provokes calls for national investigation
There were 5.4 per cent more deaths in England in Wales in 2015 than in 2014 – the biggest year on year increase in several decades Many of the deaths were during winter in early 2015 Potential causes include public spending cuts and constraint, problems with flu vaccine, and ...
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Unsustainable Midlands trust picks merger partner
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust name preferred organisation to merge with Sherwood Forest Hospitals NUH proposal was chosen because if offered the best long term benefits to patients The trust will provide immediate assistance ahead of a formal merger STRUCTURE: Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has been named as the ...
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East Sussex maternity services switch to Kent trust
RECONFIGURATION: Maternity services in part of east Sussex are to transfer to Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust in Kent.
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Third trust considers joining Dalton’s ‘hospital chain’
Bolton was previously reluctant to join Salford Royal and Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh in their foundation group Trusts expected to retain separate boards under the new model, but could be run by a joint executive team The three FTs have begun discussions over reconfiguration of breast surgery and women’s ...
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Virgin legal challenge forces CCG to row back primary care plans
Hull CCG wants to create geographical groups of practices, each operating as larger scale providers HSJ understands initial plan to create the groups were challenged by Virgin Care There will now be a full procurement process for eight GP practices, grouped into four lots COMMERICAL: A legal challenge ...
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Taskforce delivers blueprint for future of mental healthcare
Government mental health taskforce outlines changes for mental health to 2020 Funding pledge of £1bn has previously been announced and DH has confirmed it is not new money Taskforce chair Paul Farmer says recommendations are “feasible and afforable” Mental health services in the NHS should undergo significant reform ...
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BMA will consider 'every form and frequency' of industrial action
Junior doctors’ committee chair writes that the BMA will consider “every form and frequency” of industrial action Johan Malawana says the union needs to be “smart” to ensure the government is the target, not other doctors or the NHS Comments suggest sustained strike action could happen in coming months ...
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Executive Summary: The descent into farce
How chief executives signing up to support Sir David Dalton’s proposals for the junior doctors’ contract became a debacle, and the rest of the week’s important NHS news.
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Revealed: How Dalton's contract letter unravelled
NHS chief executives were given just four hours to agree whether or not their name was included in Sir David Dalton’s letter sent to health secretary Jeremy Hunt, it emerged on Friday.
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CCG seeks to recreate PCT system via devolution bid
STRUCTURE: Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group and the county council have asked the government for powers to jointly commission all the area’s specialised services, primary care, social care and public health services in a bid to recreate the commissioning system that existed before the Health Act 2012.
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NHS England to cut clinical reference groups by half
Clinical reference groups to be cut from 71 to 38 Clinical representatives to be reduced from 14 per group to four, and patient representatives from four to two NHS England says move aims to ensuring “greater alignment of clinical advisory structures” NHS England has proposed to reduce the ...
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Whistleblowing finance director warns trusts may be pushed to ‘cook the books’
Finance director tells MPs regulators are pressurising providers to “potentially mislead the public and government departments” over their finances Trusts urged to meet their targets in 2015-16 to help DH balance revenue budget, and achieve financial balance next year Other finance director tells HSJ “they know where he or ...
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Special measures ambulance trust chair steps down after seven years
Chair of London Ambulance Service Trust to step down Richard Hunt due to be replaced by Heather Lawrence LAS is only ambulance trust in England to have been placed in special measures An ambulance trust put into special measures last year has appointed a new chair.