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Exclusive: Serco withdraws from £800m contract race
COMMERCE: Serco has become the latest bidder to withdraw from a contest to provide integrated older people’s services in a contract worth up to £800m, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCNO hails first year of success for nursing strategy
The national nursing strategy for England has “recharged pride”, following the spate of negative publicity that has been aimed at nurses in recent years, according to the chief nursing officer.
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Police launch investigation into cancer data 'manipulation' at Colchester
PERFORMANCE: Police in Essex have launched a formal investigation into cancer data ‘manipulation’ at Colchester, they have confirmed.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Data reveals costly nurse shortfall
Some acute hospitals provide a third less nursing care per occupied bed day than their peers, HSJ analysis suggests.
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NewsCCGs lobby for access to safety incidents data
Clinical commissioning groups in the North of England are lobbying for direct access to information submitted by their providers to the national database of patient safety incidents, HSJ has learned.
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NewsHospital sector on the way to centralising AAA surgery
England’s hospital sector will have largely completed a reconfiguration of surgery for abdominal aortic aneurysms by April, HSJ analysis shows.
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NewsManagers to face 'direct consequences' for failure
Senior NHS managers including chief executives could have their contracts linked to their organisation’s performance in the new Care Quality Commission ratings.
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NewsA&Es to get extra beds this winter
The government’s additional £250m funding for accident and emergency this winter will be spent on more than 2,000 extra beds and extra staff, Jeremy Hunt has said.
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NewsDoctors 'sceptical about inquiries'
Four out of 10 doctors do not think inquiries into NHS failings - such as at Mid Staffs - will have a positive impact on the way their hospital works, according to a survey.
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South Tees FT in deficit
FINANCE: South Tees Hospitals Foundation Trust was reporting a deficit of £3.171m at the end of October.
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HSJ LocalColchester Hospital cancer services probe to be published next month
PERFORMANCE: A special review of Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust’s cancer services, being carried out in the wake serious misconduct allegations, will be published in mid December.
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Kent and Medway Trust taking a green approach
Kent and Medway and Social Care Partnership Trust is seeking to cut its energy use by 23 per cent and reduce its carbon emissions by 25 per cent by 2015.
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NewsOrgan donors 'must state intention'
Only half of people who would like to be organ donors have expressed their wishes to the families, a poll suggests.
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NewsRCS calls for urgent Welsh hospitals probe
The Royal College of Surgeons has called for an urgent review of all hospitals in Wales amid “public anxiety” over standards of NHS care.
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Heatherwood and Wexham Park investigates maternity incidents
PERFORMANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park bosses have carried out a review of clinical quality in their maternity services following a cluster of serious incidents.
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NewsNHS to create 'world's largest safety programme'
The largest single patient safety improvement programme in the world will be created by NHS England in response to the Francis report, the director overseeing it has explained.
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NewsNHS England reviews 'friends and family'
NHS England is reviewing the future use of the controversial “friends and family test”, while alternative patient experience measures have been adopted for two important performance frameworks.
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Monitor to probe Wirral FT's finances
FINANCE: Monitor has launched an investigation into poor financial performance at Wirral University Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust.
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NewsOFT chief rejects need for law change on NHS merger controls
The chief executive of the Office of Fair Trading has admitted there is scope for “significant improvement” in the way the competition authorities that have taken over NHS merger controls engage with hospital trusts.
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NewsThousands of nurses exit the profession
The number of nurses actively choosing to leave their profession has jumped just over a quarter since the coalition government came into power, it has emerged.