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NewsExclusive: 'Exhausted' inspectors raise concerns about unsustainable CQC regime
Inspectors feel like they are part of a “lynch mob not a serious regulator”, and “used, deflated and exhausted”
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Bath hospital delivers maternity services after 22 years
PERFORMANCE: Royal United Hospital Bath Trust has taken back the provision of maternity services after 22 years of the services run by other NHS providers.
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NewsBetter care fund hits £5.4bn
Councils and healthcare providers plan to pool £5.4bn as part of their efforts to integrate health and social care for the government’s Better Care fund, the Local Government Association has revealed.
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Joint closure date for London emergency departments
STRUCTURE: The accident and emergency departments at Hammersmith Hospital and Central Middlesex Hospital are due to be downgraded on the same day in September under a joint plan between Imperial College Healthcare Trust and North West London Hospitals Trust.
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NewsUncertain future for Project Diamond funding
The future of funding for highly specialist treatments in various hospitals has been thrown into uncertainty after the Department of Health decided to stop providing a £62m budget that supplements it.
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Ealing reports a £1.5m deficit
FINANCE: Ealing Hospital Trust is reporting a £1.5m deficit for this financial year to date.
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Troubled mental health unit 'improving'
PERFORMANCE: Regulators have told the trust running an inpatient mental health centre where an 18-year-old man avoidably died last year that it is “improving”, following an unannounced inspection.
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HSJ LocalAintree maintenance staff go on strike
WORKFORCE: Maintenance staff at Aintree University Hospital Foundation Trust have gone on strike in a dispute over pay.
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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals exceeds target on cancelled operations
PERFORMANCE: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust exceeded its target for the number of operation missed for non-clinical reasons in 2013/14, according to papers discussed at its May board meeting.
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Lancashire Care secures new probation work
COMMERCIAL: Lancashire Care Foundation Trust has secured extra funding to deliver specialist mental health services to offenders, the trust’s latest board papers state.
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NewsHSJ future of leadership inquiry opens public call for evidence
Contribute to HSJ’s inquiry exploring what leadership the healthcare service needs now and in future
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NewsNMC presses government ahead of Queen's Speech
The nursing regulator has urged the government to introduce a bill to transform healthcare regulation in the Queen’s speech this week.
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NewsHealth information agency chokes data flow
The government agency that distributes NHS data to external research bodies has choked the flow of information while it conducts a wide-ranging review, sparking “frustration” among the researchers and charities which rely on the data.
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NewsCourse closure dents Maidstone's surgical training ambition
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust
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NewsSmaller trusts outperforming larger counterparts
Smaller trusts are outperforming their larger counterparts on several measures, research by healthcare data company CHKS reveals.
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NewsGP surgeries 'on brink of collapse'
Millions face a postcode lottery in GP services as chronic underfunding has left doctors surgeries’ “on the brink of collapse”, a senior GP has warned.
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NewsFirst interview with Simon Stevens: transcript, reaction and analysis
Analysis, reaction and the full transcript of Simon Stevens’ first major interview in post.
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First Simon Stevens interview: The reaction
The first major interview with new NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens was met with a range of reaction - largely positive - from NHS and political leaders. Here are some highlights.
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NewsSimon Stevens' first interview: the transcript
In in HSJ’s in-depth interview, the NHS England chief executive talks about small hospitals, service reform, NHS funding, competition and much more
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NewsAnalysis: What did Stevens really say about small and community hospitals?
Comments by the new NHS England chief executive have been taken as meaning he might preserve small and community hospitals.