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HSJ LocalAppointments at special measures trust
WORKFORCE: Two major appointments have been made at the troubled University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust.
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NewsExclusive: CCGs to be involved in 'bulk' of specialised services
Clinical commissioning groups could be asked to co-commission “the bulk” of NHS England’s £14bn specialised services budget, the head of its specialised commissioning taskforce has said.
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NewsHSJ Value in Healthcare Awards winners revealed
Winners showcase outstanding efficiency and improvement in the NHS
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NewsBurnham wants ‘every hospital to be an integrated care organisation’
Andy Burnham will announce that every hospital would need to become an integrated care organisation if Labour were in government during his address to the party conference tomorrow.
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NewsLabour 'needs to address funding to universities' to meet workforce pledge
Labour would have to address a shortage of funding to universities if it were to deliver on its pledge for 36,000 extra NHS staff if it formed a government, HSJ has been told
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NewsFinance experts: Labour £2.5bn pledge 'not enough' for long term
A Labour proposal for a funding increase for the NHS has been welcomed by health economists – but met immediate calls for a longer term financial settlement to secure and transform the service.
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HSJ LocalSouth London and Maudsley chair stands down amidst Monitor review
STRUCTURE: The chair of South London and Maudsley Foundation Trust has announced she is leaving her post.
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NewsMiliband announces £2.5bn NHS 'time to care fund'
Labour party leader Ed Miliband today announced it would introduce a “£2.5bn NHS Time to Care Fund”, increasing health service funding at a greater rate than at present, if he formed a government next year.
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NewsLib Dems propose health and wellbeing boards commission primary care
The Liberal Democrats want GP services to be commissioned by health and wellbeing boards, according to a paper setting out the party’s likely policy direction in the run up to next year’s general election.
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NewsHearing aid charging opposed in feedback exercise
FINANCE: North Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group has revealed overwhelming public opposition to its proposals to restrict funding for hearing aids. However, the CCG claimed that much of the evidence cited by a national charity opposing the plans “lacked relevance”.
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NewsNHS England outlines successor to telehealth programme
NHS England has revealed details of the long awaited successor to its 3 Million Lives telehealth programme, which has been scrapped
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HSJ LocalSomerset abandons alliance ambitions
STRUCTURE: A pioneering project to improve the integration of care in south Somerset has abandoned its ambition to boost cooperation among providers with an ‘alliance contract’.
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NewsWarning over trauma admissions
Doctors have warned that major trauma admissions among the elderly are increasing across the UK but their care is currently “poorly managed”.
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NewsBurnham: Change will be 10 year journey not a ‘big bang’
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has today unveiled further details of his 10 year plan to merge health and social care
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HSJ LocalBerkshire CCGs explore merger
STRUCTURE: Four clinical commissioning groups in west Berkshire are considering merging into a single organisation amid concerns GPs’ time is being ‘wasted’ on board meetings.
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HSJ LocalSouthend FT chief executive to leave
STRUCTURE: The chief executive of troubled Southend University Hospital Foundation Trust is to leave her job.
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HSJ LocalLeicester provider breaches waiting target for second year
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals of Leicester Trust has failed to meet its four-hour accident and emergency waiting target on a monthly basis for two years in a row.
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NewsInterim appointed to lead specialised services for NHS England
NHS England has appointed Richard Jeavons to lead its commissioning of specialised services in an interim capacity, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalSecond inquest into Stafford Hospital death resumes
A second inquest into the death of a man who died after being treated at Stafford Hospital in 2006 was due to resume in Leicestershire today.
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NewsTDA launches NHS communications strategy
The NHS Trust Development Authority has launched a strategy to support NHS trusts with their communication activities.