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NewsHunt: GPs must improve elderly care
Jeremy Hunt has called on GPs to “rediscover family doctoring”, and again said he wants to make changes to their contracts to encourage them to “take better care of older patients and ensure that fewer of them end up in hospital”.
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NHS 111 implementation hit Yorkshire Ambulance finances
FINANCE: Yorkshire Ambulance Service Trust has reported spending more than budgeted this year, partly because of unexpected costs associated with NHS 111.
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Countess of Chester plans £7.4m savings in 2013-14
FINANCE: Countess of Chester Hospital Foundation Trust aims to make cost improvement programme savings of £7.4m in 2013-14.
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Monitor takes more action at Dorset Healthcare
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has imposed an additional condition on Dorset Healthcare University Foundation Trust’s licence due to concerns its leadership is failing to get a grip on ongoing quality and governance concerns.
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NewsMonitor suspends FT pipeline over quality assurance concerns
Monitor has decided not to grant foundation trust status to any further NHS trusts until it can receive “robust assurance” from the Care Quality Commission that the applicants are providing good quality care, the health sector regulator will announce later today.
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QE King’s Lynn performance troubles persist
Queen Elizabeth King’s Lynn Foundation Trust posted a £1m larger than forecast deficit for August and continued to breach its four-hour accident and emergency target.
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East Lancashire Trust receives two Rule 43 reports
PERFORMANCE: The Blackburn with Darwen coroner has issued East Lancashire Hospitals Trust with two Rule 43 reports, board papers state.
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Primary care strategy in development by Darlington CCG
PERFORMANCE: Darlington CCG has announced it is developing a primary care strategy, aimed at developing integrated care services around practices.
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Durham and Darlington CCGs examine community services ahead of contract break
COMMERCIAL: CCGs in County Durham and Darlington are to examine their community services, as the end of their contract with the provider, County Durham and Darlington Foundation Trust, approaches an end.
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital makes senior appointments
WORKFORCE Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn Trust has made a raft of senior appointments, according to trust board papers.
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Croydon among first group to be investigated
PERFORMANCE: Croydon Health Services Trust is one of the first batch of trusts to be investigated by the chief inspector of hospitals.
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Cambridge reports ‘lower than expected’ mortality
PERFORMANCE Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust was one of 12 trusts which had “lower than expected” mortality rates in five recent summary hospital-level mortality indicator data publications.
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James Paget reports ‘lower than expected’ mortality
PERFORMANCE James Paget University Hospitals Foundation Trust was one of 12 trusts which had “lower than expected” mortality rates in five recent summary hospital-level mortality indicator data publications.
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Norfolk and Suffolk sickness absence rate second highest in region
WORKFORCE Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust had the second highest average sickness absence rate for the first three months of 2013 across the East of England region, according to HSJ analysis of official data.
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Sunderland CCG fully authorised by NHS England
STRUCTURE: Sunderland CCG has been fully authorised.
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King's asks for £3.1m in Project Diamond cash
FINANCE: King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust has asked for £3.1m in Project Diamond funding in 2014-15.
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Camden and Islington Foundation Trust appoints new chair
WORKFORCE: Camden and Islington Foundation Trust has appointed a new chair.
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Frimley Park aims to complete Heatherwood takeover by April
STRUCTURE: Frimley Park Hospital Foundation Trust is planning to acquire neighbouring Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust at the beginning of April next year, HSJ has learned.
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NewsKeogh recommendation on cosmetic surgery is ignored
Cosmetic surgery clinics are still offering perks such as chauffeurs and package deals despite NHS England recommending they should be banned.
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NewsBurnham sets out plans for repeal of Health Act
Labour would force clinical commissioning groups to include a wider range of clinicians and reverse the increased private patient income cap, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has told HSJ.