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NewsCoroner rules lack of mental health beds contributed to death
A lack of mental health beds was a ‘contributory factor’ in the suicide of a teenager being treated more than 100 miles from home, a coroner has ruled.
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HSJ LocalHinchingbrooke reports sharp deficit rise as Circle departs
Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust has forecast a £14m deficit for 2014-15 – nearly double the size of its deficit for the first eight months of the financial year.
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HSJ LocalChief executive of major London trust resigns
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust has announced his resignation with immediate effect.
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HSJ LocalWest Midlands trust ends year with deficit millions worse than planned
FINANCE: A West Midlands trust finished last year with a deficit £18.7m worse than that it originally planned for, recent board papers reveal.
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HSJ LocalNottinghamshire Healthcare to 'buddy' special measures trust
PERFORMANCE: Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust has been appointed to ‘buddy’ Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust, the first mental health trust to have been placed into special measures.
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HSJ LocalEast Kent to consult on emergency services centralisation
STRUCTURE: East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust will launch a public consultation into moving its emergency services into one hospital later this year.
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HSJ LocalLeading teaching hospital expects £19m deficit this year
FINANCE: One of England’s largest teaching hospital trusts has submitted a deficit plan for 2015-16 to the regulator.
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NewsHSJ daily digest: Hunt's 'league table' style CCG ratings
HSJ’s daily digest of Wednesday’s significant developments for healthcare leaders
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NewsHSE criticised for ‘arbitrary’ decision not to intervene at Morecambe Bay
The Health and Safety Executive has been criticised for not intervening over the deaths of mothers and babies at the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust.
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NewsExclusive: Concern in NHS England over Hunt's CCG 'points' rating system
Clinical commissioning group leaders and some NHS England officials are questioning a move by Jeremy Hunt to impose a ‘league table’ style points ranking for CCGs, well placed sources have told HSJ.
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NewsExclusive: Improvement bodies overhaul may take further six months
A six month review of the health service’s improvement organisations has finished, but may be subject to a further extended implementation phase, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ daily digest: Exclusive election survey and tributes to patients' champion
HSJ’s daily digest of Tuesday’s significant developments for healthcare leaders
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NewsExclusive poll: Tory cash pledge fails to cut through
Voters believe Labour is the party most likely to give the NHS the money it needs over the next five years, even though the Conservatives have promised more cash for the service in the next Parliament.
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NewsElection survey: How popular are the parties' flagship health policies?
Our exclusive pre-election poll tested the popularity of a series of key health policy pledges from across the political spectrum.
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HSJ LocalMonitor and CCG brand trust’s backlog plan ‘unacceptable’
PERFORMANCE: A plan drawn up by Derby Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust to clear its elective treatment backlog has been labelled ‘not acceptable’ by both its local clinical commissioning group and Monitor.
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Commissioners dip into reserves to fund trust’s tariff option
FINANCE: Southern Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group has had to raid its reserves in order to cover the costs of implementing its main acute trust’s enhanced tariff option, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalSocial enterprise hires former private hospital chief
WORKFORCE: A non-profit provider of NHS audiology services in the South West has appointed Ian Reynolds, the former boss of Priory Hospitals, as its chief executive.
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HSJ daily digest: Tariff tremors and election lessons for the NHS
HSJ’s daily digest of Monday’s significant developments for healthcare leaders:
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HSJ LocalMental health charity tops Stonewall equality index
Mental health charity St Andrew’s Healthcare has taken top spot in Stonewall’s 2015 healthcare equality index.
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NewsRevealed: 10 potential MPs to watch in health
Three candidates with experience of NHS management feature in a top 10 list of potential MPs to watch in health after the election.