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Private hospital groups forced to sell sites
Two private hospital operators have been told by the Competition Commission that they must sell off nine hospitals between them in order to improve competition in the private healthcare market.
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Peninsula appoints medical director
Peninsula Community Health has appointed a medical director, a new role at the Cornish body.
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New MD at South Warwickshire
WORKFORCE: South Warwickshire Foundation Trust has appointed a new medical director.
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Monitor approves proposal to dissolve Mid Staffs
Monitor has approved the trust special administrators’ proposal for Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust to be dissolved.
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NewsUse of deprivation of liberty safeguards rises
There has been a sharp increase in the number of applications to use deprivation of liberty safeguards for people over the age of 75, it has emerged.
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NewsFour CSUs form 'strategic alliance'
Four commissioning support units covering a vast swathe of the Midlands and Yorkshire have announced they are forming a “strategic alliance”.
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NewsWoman's fight over partner's sperm
A woman has launched a legal battle for the right to “harvest” her seriously-ill partner’s sperm so that she can have his children.
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NewsNHS contracts 'going to private firms'
Almost 70 per cent of NHS contracts awarded since the government’s controversial reforms became law have been won by private firms, a campaign group has claimed.
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NewsExclusive: Consecutive years of productivity growth achieved
There have been two consecutive years of productivity growth in the NHS for the first time since the late 1990s, according to research shared exclusively with HSJ.
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Trust plans to borrow £36m for A&E expansion
University Hospitals of Leicester Trust plans to borrow up to £36m to fund the expansion of Leicester Royal Infirmary’s accident and emergency department.
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New undergraduate medical course in Lancs
Two Lancashire acute trusts are partnering with the University of Central Lancashire to support a new self-funded undergraduate medical degree programme.
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CCG: Blackpool making progress against Keogh actions
PERFORMANCE: The clinical commissioning group responsible for Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust believes the provider has made significant progress against its Keogh review actions, recent board papers state.
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Humber FT misses early intervention target
PERFORMANCE: Humber Foundation Trust missed its target for early intervention in psychosis services in September, according to board papers.
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Tees, Esk and Wear misses waiting time targets for seven consecutive months
PERFORMANCE: Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys Foundation Trust missed failed to hit its targets for patients waiting no more than four weeks for an appointment each month from April to October 2013.
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NewsMajor London trust's A&E 'unfit for purpose', says CQC
University College Hospital London Foundation Trust has been issued with four compliance actions following a new-style Care Quality Commission inspection.
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NewsExclusive: Non-acute providers allege institutional bias
Healthcare leaders from across the community and mental health sectors have united against plans to cut the tariff price for their services by a fifth more than the reduction proposed for acute providers.
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NewsNHS the second most gay friendly employment sector
The health service is the second most gay friendly employment sector, according to Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index.
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NewsTreat patients in ambulances - MP
More patients should be treated in the back of ambulances rather than taken to hospital, MPs have heard.
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NewsPharmacies aim to absorb GP strain
A new campaign to increase awareness of the pharmacy service aims to take pressure off GPs and A&E departments.
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NewsFT boards to be independently reviewed every three years
Monitor has detailed how it expects foundation trusts to arrange external reviews of their board’s effectiveness every three years.