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NewsBurnham tells councils 'caveats' will be placed on health role
The shadow health secretary has warned councils would not be given “free rein” under his plan to put the lion’s share of NHS funding in local government’s hands.
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Chelsea-West Middlesex merger business case due by end of 2013
STRUCTURE: The merger of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Foundation Trust and West Middlesex University Hospital Trust could move a stage closer after the completion of the due diligence work this year.
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North Cumbria takeover fails to proceed
The planned acquisition of a ‘Keogh trust’ by a neighbouring foundation trust failed to go ahead on 1 October.
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NewsExclusive: Mark Britnell rules himself out of NHS England chief race
Mark Britnell, who has been considered one of the leading contenders to become the next NHS England chief executive, has said he has not applied for the role.
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NewsLabour to force vote on CCG allocations
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has pledged to force a vote in Parliament over plans to redistribute clinical commissioning group funding on the basis of age.
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'Non-blaming' obesity tone advised
Doctors should not blame patients for being fat, according to new NHS guidance.
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Workload woes of GPs highlighted
Family doctors are “running around a hamster wheel just trying to stand still” due to their huge workload, a leading doctor has said.
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NewsSecond wave of trust inspections announced soon
The second wave of trusts to be inspected by the Care Quality Commission’s new quality teams will be announced shortly.
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NewsJeremy Hunt predicts 'extremely difficult' winter
The health secretary has predicted this winter will be as “difficult” for the health service as last, when many patients waited for long periods in accident and emergency units.
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NewsBournemouth and Poole merger is blocked
The proposed merger of two Dorset foundation trusts has been blocked by the Competition Commission after it concluded there was insufficient evidence patients would benefit from the plans.
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NewsCSUs prepare to form partnerships to ensure survival
Commissioning support units are engaged in a “ritual dance” to find appropriate partners after NHS England signalled another round of consolidation in the sector.
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NewsMinisters propose extension of special administrator powers
Both NHS trusts and foundation trusts which are the neighbours of failing providers could be ordered to reconfigure services under a proposed law change.
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NewsFury at hospital parking charges
Campaigners have slammed car parking charges at hospitals, with some NHS organisations charging almost three times the national average.
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Complaints about doctors increase
The number of complaints about doctors made by their colleagues or patients is on the rise, according to new figures.
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NewsOFT to rule on key pathology mergers as another project collapses
Fresh evidence has emerged of the impact competition probes are having on plans to reconfigure services after Office of Fair Trading investigations were cited as barriers to two major pathology reorganisations.
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NewsBennett promises flexible Monitor
The Monitor chief executive has emphasised the need for its regulation to be flexible to respond to new types of provider, and to the need for change in the NHS.
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NewsTariff on A&E 'is wrong', says head of emergency care review
The man leading NHS England’s review of urgent and emergency services in England has said an activity-based funding model was “wrong”.
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NewsCCGs resist NHS England over support services
Clinical commissioning group leaders have firmly asserted their independence ahead of an attempt by NHS England to encourage them to make more use of commissioning support units.
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NewsCare.data will ‘reduce flow of confidential data around NHS’
The establishment of a new national patient database will “reduce the flow of patient identifiable data” around the NHS, the Health and Social Care Information Centre’s clinical director said yesterday.