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HSJ LocalNorth West trust approaches council for £10m loan
FINANCE: Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust has abandoned its bid to secure a £10m loan from Blackpool Borough Council which it hoped would ease its cash flow problems.
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NewsGovernment's £250m campaign fails to clear waiting list backlog
The number of patients waiting over 18 weeks for treatment has increased despite the government pouring £250m into the NHS to clear the backlogs of longest waiters
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HSJ LocalMental health trust chair steps down
The chair of West London Mental Health Trust has announced he is stepping down, midway through his second term.
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NewsMonitor costing regime promises to 'reduce burden' on trusts
Providers of NHS services are to simplify the way they submit patient level reference cost data to national bodies, under proposals from the regulator Monitor designed to improve comparisons between providers.
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Exclusive: Agency pay variations revealed
Hospitals across the North West paid the highest rates for locum medical staff, an analysis of expenditure on temporary staff in 2013-14 has indicated.
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NewsCarter's procurement review to scrutinise temporary staff costs
A government backed review of NHS procurement has been expanded to examine the “concerning” rise in temporary staff bills, its head has revealed to HSJ.
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HSJ LocalFirst inspection report for ambulance trust published
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has published its first inspection report for an ambulance trust.
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NewsCQC agrees half a million pound out of court libel deal
The Care Quality Commission has reached an out of court settlement with its former deputy chief executive who had sued for libel
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NewsSurvey finds strong support for NHS Leadership Academy
Health leaders have given a strong vote of approval to the NHS Leadership Academy in HSJ’s joint survey with FTI Consulting
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NewsSchism emerges over Stevens' integrated care organisation models
Plans to introduce a range of new care models into the NHS over the next parliament has split the opinion of provider chiefs and clinical commissioning group leaders
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News'Success regime' will direct struggling areas to new models, Stevens reveals
National officials will create a ‘success regime’ in which struggling areas are directed to move quickly into the new care models proposed in the NHS Five Year Forward View, Simon Stevens has revealed, while warning local leaders against attempts to ‘re-spray’ their existing plans.
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NewsStevens: Increased NHS budget will boost underfunded CCGs
Simon Stevens has indicated CCGs that are behind their target funding allocations will receive greater shares of the additional NHS funding announced by the government
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NewsNHS England chief defines 'multispecialty community providers'
The NHS England chief executive has set out nine requirements that define a ‘multispecialty community provider’, one of the key care models in his vision for the future of the NHS.
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HSJ LocalWirral CCG chair and accountable officer step down after long absence
WORKFORCE: Two leaders of a troubled North West clinical commissioning group have formally stepped down following a long period of absence.
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NewsExclusive: Monitor urged to block 'anti-competitive' CCG
Lawyers have urged Monitor to block a commissioner’s plan to allow a private company to run an NHS urgent care centre.
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NewsAvoid financial ‘arms race’, warns watchdog boss
Providers and commissioners should end the escalating “arms race” that threatens the sustainability of their health systems, the NHS Trust Development Authority finance director has warned
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NewsCommissioners brace for key ruling on patient data access
Southend Clinical Commissioning Group has made a crucial submission to the Confidentiality Advisory Group which NHS England hopes will help overcome a major barrier to integrating health and social care.
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NewsExclusive interview: Dalton sets out plan to restart FT pipeline
Sir David Dalton has predicted that ‘every single’ NHS provider in England will be touched by the options for organisational change described in his government commissioned review
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HSJ LocalNew interim chief at troubled North West CCG
WORKFORCE: A troubleshooting commissioning boss is taking over as interim chief officer of Wirral Clinical Commissioning Group.
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HSJ LocalNEW Devon imposes widespread restrictions on smokers and obese patients
Morbidly obese patients in most of Devon will have to lose up to 5 per cent of their weight before undergoing any elective surgery, under plans confirmed by the country’s largest clinical commissioning group.