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NewsPractices increasingly relying on primary care staff to fill GP shortfalls
GP surgeries in areas with some of the highest patient to doctor ratios are increasingly relying on nurses to plug gaps left by the shortage of medics
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NewsFrancis to explore NHS 'culture of fear' in new whistleblowing inquiry
Sir Robert Francis QC is to lead a review of how whistleblowers are treated in the NHS, it has been announced today.
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Sussex Partnership reports deficit despite cutting costs of out of area beds
FINANCE: Despite cutting the cost of out-of-area beds Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust is reporting a year to date deficit of £1.78m against a break-even plan.
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HSJ LocalBarking publishes improvement plan to turn around performance
PERFORMANCE: Troubled Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust has published an improvement plan which includes attracting more senior accident and emergency staff by sharing rotas with neighbouring trusts.
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HSJ LocalFoundation trust set to start running GP practices
STRUCTURE: Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust is set to take over the “full ownership” of two GP practices, it has said, and is offering to run others.
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NewsRevealed: the trusts set to be highlighted for reporting concerns
Six trusts that have been in special measures over the past year are among those set to be named as having a poor culture of reporting patient safety incidents
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Exclusive: Consultants could give up weekend working 'veto'
Hospital consultants could give up their veto on delivering non-urgent care at weekends if employers agree to safeguards
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HSJ LocalManchester trust secures £25m loan to support PFI debts
FINANCE: The University Hospital of South Manchester Foundation Trust has secured a £25m government loan to keep on top of its private finance initiative repayments, Department of Health papers have revealed.
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NewsCQC chief pledges action on inspection workloads
CQC chief executive David Behan has acknowledged that the heavy workloads of the new inspection regime have had a “negative impact” on staff morale
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NewsNew website to identify trusts with 'poor reporting culture'
Hospitals with low numbers of the most serious patient safety incidents are among those set to be highlighted as having a poor reporting culture on a website being launched by the health secretary later today.
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Hurley Group wins south-east London urgent care centre contract
COMMERCIAL: Bexley CCG has awarded a contract to run two urgent care centres to the Hurley Group.
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HSJ LocalTrust wins back community services contract via GP partnership bid
COMMERCIAL: Pennine Care Foundation Trust has won one of the first community service contracts to be retendered with a partnership bid involving Age UK and a GP consortium.
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New deputy chief executive for UCLH
WORKFORCE: Neil Griffiths has returned to University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust as deputy chief executive after leaving for a stint at management consultancy McKinsey.
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NewsNHS restructure was a 'step backwards' for IVF services, watchdog says
The coalition’s radical reshaping of the health service has been a “step backwards” for the commissioning of fertility services in the NHS, the chair of the national fertility watchdog has said.
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NewsTrust's response to toddler's death 'seriously inadequate', review concludes
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
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NewsKeep politics out of NHS, says poll
The vast majority of the public believe that MPs play political football with the NHS, a new poll suggests, as doctors called for the government’s controversial reforms of the NHS to be scrapped.
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Fix for elective reporting issues at Barnet and Chase Farm delayed
PERFORMANCE: Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals Trust’s difficulties with reporting waiting list figures could drag on into the autumn, amid signs that a staggering number of patients have waited more than a year for treatment.
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NewsBMA: National GP contract will diminish in significance
The nationally agreed GP contract will diminish in significance as CCGs increasingly agree local deals with practices, the BMA’s GP committee chair has acknowledged
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What we learnt this week
NHS financial woe won’t wait until after next year’s general electionThe BBC majored this week on the prospect of an NHS “funding gap” of £2bn in 2015-16. While some politicians and officials will undoubtedly seek to hold off any cash crisis until after May next year, HSJ analysis this week ...