News – Page 902
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Royal Surrey in first wave of new CQC inspections
PERFORMANCE: Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is among the first 18 hospital trusts to be test the Care Quality Commission’s new inspection regime.
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Dartford in first wave of new CQC inspections
PERFORMANCE: Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is among the first 18 hospital trusts to be test the Care Quality Commission’s new inspection regime.
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Harmoni still unpaid for poor performance on Bristol 111 contract
COMMERCIAL: Harmoni has still not received any payment for the NHS 111 service it provides in Bristol, three months after it soft launched.
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RUH appoints new A&E consultants
WORKFORCE: Royal United Hospital Bath has appointed two new emergency medicine consultants.
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Bristol mental health procurement enters next stage
COMMERCIAL: Pre-qualification questionnaires have gone out to all organisations that expressed an interest in providing mental health services in Bristol.
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NewsNHS England told to lead general practice 'scale up'
NHS England has been advised to encourage GP practices to “scale up” by creating a new type of contract and delegating more primary care budgets.
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CQC report could cause Frimley Park to 'walk away' from takeover
STRUCTURE: A damning report about the standard of care at the troubled Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust could scupper a potential takeover from a neighbouring provider.
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NewsNHS Direct wins Australian contract
NHS Direct has won its first contract outside the UK after securing a deal which will see its online health and symptom checkers used in Australia.
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Merged Barts trust records £16m in-year deficit amid savings struggle
The £1.2bn turnover Barts Health Trust has recorded a £15.7m in-year deficit, and has serious concern about making required cost savings in 2013-14.
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NewsBlood products company sold to US firm
Private equity firm Bain Capital has bought a majority stake in the government-owned blood products company Plasma Resources UK.
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NewsLabour's 'whole person care' commission seeks input from service
The independent commission created by Labour to make recommendations for delivering “whole person care” has begun an open consultation.
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HSJ LocalMid Staffs survey reveals claims of continuing poor care
Some patients at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust are continuing to suffer poor care more than four years after widespread failures at the trust first emerged.
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NewsCQC appoints social care chief inspector
The Care Quality Commission has announced the appointment of its first chief inspector for social care.
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Bolton missing pressure ulcer targets
PERFORMANCE: Bolton FT missed most of its targets for reduction of the incidence of pressure ulcers in the first two months of 2013-14, its latest performance report states.
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North East London scores well on Friends and Family
PERFORMANCE: North East London Foundation Trust has scored well on Friends and Family Test for the year to date, board papers reveal.
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Monitor gives Heatherwood three-month deadline
PERFORMANCE Monitor has given Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust three months to correct “poor care and shortfalls in accident and emergency”, the regulator has announced.
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NewsBaumann: NHS needs 'heroic' savings to pay for integration fund
Government plans to create a £3.8bn pooled fund for health and social care commissioning will take the level of savings needed by the health service in 2015-16 to at least 6 or 7 per cent, NHS England’s chief financial officer has warned.
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Calderdale CCG forecasts meeting £3.9m surplus plan
FINANCE: Calderdale CCG is forecasting to meet its £3.9m surplus plan “and other financial targets and duties”.
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NewsCare cap 'to spark huge rise in demand'
More than 50,000 extra people could demand social care assessments from councils in 2016 when a £72,000 cap on care costs is introduced, according to Department of Health figures.
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NewsCall to reshape primary health care
Increasing numbers of GPs are building organisations that are capable of preserving the personal, local nature of general practice while also offering patients and communities a greater range of services, a review has said.