News – Page 717
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NewsProvider deficit forecast tops £800m
The overall deficit forecast across trusts and foundation trusts has hit £823m, in the latest sign of the ‘continuing deterioration’ in the health service’s finances.
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HSJ LocalSubstance misuse clinic to close due to financial losses
STRUCTURE: A substance misuse centre in London will have to close because the trust that manages it cannot afford to keep it open.
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HSJ LocalOut of hours GPs struggle with workload and staff shortages
PERFORMANCE: The workload for West Yorkshire Urgent Care’s out of hours GPs in Bradford was 70 per cent heavier than expected over winter.
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NewsExclusive: Employers push BMA on pay deal 'fairness'
The British Medical Association has been accused of taking an ‘untenable position’ in refusing to accept that changes to NHS redundancy pay apply to doctors.
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HSJ LocalTemperature alarms trialled to prevent older people becoming ill
PUBLIC HEALTH: Hull Clinical Commissioning Group has given 50 households ‘cold alarms’ that alert a communications centre or family member when rooms drop below a certain temperature.
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HSJ LocalSustainability at risk from high GP referrals, CCG claims
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners in south London have told GPs to curb referral rates after figures showed they rose by 16 per cent in a year.
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HSJ LocalCommissioners 'shocked' at hospital ward conditions
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners and governors visiting Chesterfield Royal Hospital Foundation Trust have described a litany of problems found in one of its wards including overcrowding, staffing concerns and a failure to report incidents.
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HSJ LocalCCG overspends by £1m across acute contracts
FINANCE: Erewash CCG had overspent by more than £1m on acute contracts by the end of November – largely as a result of work by Derby Hospitals Foundation Trust and Nottingham University Hospitals Trust.
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HSJ LocalCCG makes recommendations after murder case review
PERFORMANCE: A review of a murder case by clinical commissioning groups, child protection experts and police has concluded that training for staff in recognising domestic abuse should emphasise the role of ‘coercive control’ in relationships.
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HSJ LocalTrust posts £8m surplus after third quarter
FINANCE: South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare Foundation Trust had a surplus of £8.26m on income and expenditure as of 31 December.
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HSJ LocalUPDATED: Community hospitals review underway as CCG forecasts £11m deficit
STRUCTURE: Surrey Downs Clinical Commissioning Group is undertaking a review into the future of its four community hospitals.
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HSJ LocalCommissioners told to tighten up job applicant checks
WORKFORCE: Counter fraud specialists at NHS Protect have warned West and South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Commissioning Support Unit about ‘inconsistencies’ and ‘weakness’ in their pre-employment checks.
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HSJ LocalHinchingbrooke to return to NHS management next month
STRUCTURE: The UK’s only privately-run NHS hospital will be handed back to the health service next month, the NHS Trust Development Authority has confirmed.
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NewsMapped: Quarter of area teams resort to NHS England arbitration
HSJ’s map of NHS England arbitration of disputes between providers and clinical commissioning groups since April 2013
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HSJ LocalCCG to consider future for GP ‘acute visits’ scheme
PERFORMANCE: Hardwick Clinical Commissioning Group is examining the future of a scheme which allows patients with acute problems to be visited during daytime by a nurse within two hours of a call to a GP surgery.
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HSJ Local£25m mental health hospital opens in Liverpool
MENTAL HEALTH: Mersey Care Trust has opened a £25m, 80 bed hospital for mental health patients providing short stay treatment and a psychiatric intensive care unit.
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NewsBudget round up: Chancellor outlines £1.25bn mental health package
Chancellor George Osborne today outlined how a £1.25bn mental health funding package will be spent over the next five years, as part of plans for the government’s next budget.
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HSJ LocalNurse shortages at trust highlighted in 25 incident reports
WORKFORCE: Shortages of ward nurses were recorded in 25 incident reports in January at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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HSJ LocalTrams to hospital will ease congestion and car parking, says chief executive
ACUTE CARE: Power lines are being tested on tram tracks scheduled to open later this year going to the Queen’s Medical Centre is Nottingham.
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NewsTougher penalties under new NHS contract
Penalties for breaching referral to treatment targets have been toughened up to try to bring down waiting lists, in the final standard contract issued by NHS England, but sanctions for accident and emergency and elective treatment breaches have been reduced.