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NewsExperts challenge data publication
Publishing surgeons’ performance data is “unlikely” to correctly identify poorly performing medics in some specialities, researchers have said.
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NewsLast chance to join HSJ's debate on 24/7 working
As HSJ’s ongoing conversation on how the NHS can deliver 24/7 working draws to a close, we are asking our readers to help us prioritise the more than 3,300 contributions already made.
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HSJ LocalCouncil goes to judicial review over minor injuries unit move
STRUCTURE: A council is at loggerheads with local NHS bodies after applying for a judicial review to block a plan to move a minor injuries unit to a new facility just two miles away.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England and CCG managers dodge fit and proper person test
Plans for a fit and proper person test for senior NHS managers will not apply to NHS England or clinical commissioning group staff, HSJ has been told.
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Barnsley Hospital has interim chief executive
WORKFORCE: Barnsley Hospital has appointed an interim chief executive to replace chief executive Paul O’Connor.
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Fareham and Gosport overspends on Portsmouth trust
FINANCE: Fareham and Gosport clinical commissioning group’s contract with Portsmouth Hospitals Trust was £1.5m over plan at the end of 2012-13.
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Barnet and Chase Farm predicts £16.4m deficit
FINANCE: Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals Trust is predicting ending this financial year with a £16.4m deficit.
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NewsHospital trust loses two chairs in eight days
A hospital trust is on its third chair in nine days after an interim chairman appointed by the NHS Trust Development Authority resigned three days into the job.
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Durham Dales Easington and Sedgefield launch campaign against medicines waste
FINANCE: A campaign aimed at reducing unnecessary medicines waste has been launched across North Durham, Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield.
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Newcastle FT governors announced
WORKFORCE: Election results for the council of governors for The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have been announced.
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DH paid consultants £73,000 to prepare official for MPs' grilling
The Department of Health spent more than £73,000 to prepare a senior official for a single appearance at the Public Accounts Committee.
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NewsSecond wave of community budgets announced
A second wave of areas adopting community budgets, bringing together funding for local public services, has been announced by communities secretary Eric Pickles.
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NewsDetails of NHS fit and proper person test emerge
A fit and proper person test for senior healthcare managers will be made a requirement of Care Quality Commission registration it has emerged.
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NewsWork still to be done on health integration
Adult social care and health service leaders have highlighted issues that still need to be ironed out before NHS and social care services can be fully integrated, a new poll indicates.
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NewsDorrell warns 'Nicholson challenge' will remain in place
Health bosses will have to keep pursuing efficiency and savings after the next general election, the chair of the Commons health select committee has told MPs.
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Growth of payment by results 'unsustainable', says Monitor director
The past decade’s rapid expansion in the number of nationally set “payment by results” prices for NHS services is unsustainable - and “may already have gone too far”, Monitor’s pricing director has told HSJ.
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NewsAnalysed: The reform of payment by results
In the HSJ Briefing week we examine the proposals for changing NHS payment systems.
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Richmond CCG achieves QIPP target for 2012-13
FINANCE: Richmond CCG has achieved its £8.5m savings target for 2012-13, board papers reveal.
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North West London Hospitals Trust plans £17.4m saving
FINANCE: North West London Hospitals Trust is planning a £17.4m saving plan for 2013-14, board papers reveal.
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Watford Health Campus project takes major step forward
COMMERCE West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust has brokered a financial and legal agreement with partners to build a multimillion pound “health campus”, the trust has announced.