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HSJ LocalControversial £175m Oxfordshire outcomes based contract delayed
COMMERCIAL: A major outcomes based contract for adult mental health services in Oxfordshire, which was first mooted more than two years ago, has been delayed because the local provider and commissioner have still not agreed the scope of the deal.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: NHS England will not stop hearing aid ‘rationing’ plan
NHS England will not intervene in a clinical commissioning group’s attempt to ‘ration’ access to hearing aids, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsExclusive: Hospitals fail to hit staffing targets despite recruitment drive
The ability of NHS acute trusts to employ sufficient numbers of nurses on hospital wards has worsened this year compared with 2014 despite record levels of recruitment, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsInteractive: How your trust is performing on staffing levels
HSJ’s analysis of the proportion of nursing shifts filled according to acute hospitals’ own staffing plans, as reported in the ‘safe staffing’ data collected by NHS England.
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NewsHigh Court rules against regulator in pharma transparency case
A High Court judge has concluded that the Health Research Authority acted unlawfully in applying new transparency rules on pharmaceutical companies carrying out clinical trials.
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NewsExecutive Summary: £400m to stop an exodus
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Staffordshire CCGs appoint joint nursing director
WORKFORCE: North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Clinical Commissioning Groups have appointed Jayne Downey as joint director of nursing and quality.
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Acute trust meets A&E target for first time in nine months
PERFORMANCE: Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Foundation Trust has met the national four hour accident and emergency waiting time target for the first time in nine months.
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HSJ LocalMonitor probes trust governance following unfair dismissal ruling
LEADERSHIP: Monitor is investigating how a mental health trust is run after an employment tribunal found that a trust director was unfairly dismissed after being harassed by the former trust chair.
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NewsCap on clinical negligence costs could save £400m, says Litigation Authority
The health service could save £400m a year if the government changed the law to fix the costs for clinical negligence schemes alongside other measures, the NHS Litigation Authority has said.
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HSJ LocalTrust that took over Stafford Hospital ‘requires improvement’
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has rated University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust ‘requires improvement’.
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HSJ LocalTrust calls for success regime to take over ‘shambolic’ procurement
COMMERCIAL: Northern Devon Healthcare Trust has called for a controversial community services procurement to be taken over by NHS England or the county’s ‘success regime’.
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NewsExecutive Summary: Sir Ron bows out
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HSJ LocalLong serving teaching hospital boss to step down
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of Guy’s And St Thomas’ Foundation Trust is stepping down after eight years in post.
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HSJ LocalWest Midlands acute chief resigns
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of a struggling West Midlands acute trust has resigned with immediate effect.
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NewsRise in hospitals using ‘risky’ 12 hour shifts for nurses
There has been an increase in the use of 12 hour nursing shifts that potentially put care quality at risk, according a review commissioned by England’s chief nursing officer.
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NewsExecutive Summary: The next wave of new care models
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HSJ LocalTrust launches review after agency spend doubles
WORKFORCE: A West Midlands acute trust has launched a review of its agency spending, after figures revealed it spent double the amount on agency nurses in June than it did in the same month in 2014.
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NewsCCG property sales 'will fund new care models'
Every clinical commissioning group in England has been directed to evaluate estate within its area to work out how much capital funding can be released by property sales.