News – Page 922
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NewsLeading foundation trusts explore moves into primary care
Two of the most powerful acute and tertiary trusts in the country are looking to expand into providing primary care to establish vertically integrated provider organisations, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsJulie Moore: leading trusts could run hospital chains
Dame Julie Moore told HSJ she wanted to see top providers running chains of hospitals, arguing the district general hospital could be “redefined” as an outpost of a larger trust.
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NewsMalcolm Grant: I don't use private healthcare
The NHS England chair has refuted suggestions that he uses private healthcare, saying he is registered with an NHS GP and does not have health insurance.
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NewsStruggle to fill senior trust posts 'getting greater'
High turnover and difficulty filling vacancies is not confined to managerial executive posts, according to NHS Trust Development Authority chief executive David Flory.
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NewsClash over allocation of £3.8bn integration fund
Department for Communities and Local Government officials are battling for a £3.8bn health and social care fund to be weighted more heavily towards deprived areas, in order to address criticisms that cuts have hit these places hardest, HSJ sister title LGC has reported.
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HSJ LocalMonitor to investigate University Hospital of South Manchester
FINANCE: Monitor has launched an investigation into University Hospital of South Manchester Foundation Trust’s finances.
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NewsFamily demands inquiry over liver surgery deaths
Health chiefs are being urged to publish the results of an inquiry which caused a top flight liver surgeon to be banned from carrying out operations.
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NewsGrant: Stevens will take NHS into 'next phase' of transformation
The health service is entering a “transformational” next phase in which services spanning different sectors are likely to be contracted to serve specified segments of the population, according to NHS England’s chair.
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NewsNHS England 'shouldn't beg for money'
NHS England should not “become an agency that begs for more money for business as usual”, Sir Malcolm Grant has said.
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Interim chief executive announced for Great Ormond Street
Great Ormond Street Hospital has appointed an interim chief executive to replace Jan Filochowski when he leaves at the end of the year.
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New non-executive director joins Kent and Medway Trust
Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust has appointed a new non-executive director.
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New rapid access medical unit reduces A&E admissions
Princess Royal Hospital has launched a rapid access medical unit in an attempt to reduce accident and emergency admissions and long stays.
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18 week referral to treatment target missed for over a year
North West London Hospitals Trust has missed its 18 week referral to treatment target every month since last September.
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CQC lifts warning notice against Basildon and Thurrock
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has lifted a statutory warning notice it placed against Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust with immediate effect.
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Keogh review trust's chief resigns
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of East Lancashire Hospitals Trust has announced he is resigning with immediate effect.
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Monitor probes Lancashire Teaching Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has launched an investigation into failure to hit waiting time to treatment targets at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust recruits 84 nurses from Spain and Portugal
WORKFORCE: West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust has recruited 84 nurses and midwives from Spain, according to board papers from its November governing body meeting.
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NewsNHS funds will subsidise councils' services, CCG leaders believe
Mandatory budget pooling with councils will improve care outside hospital, local commissioning leaders believe.
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NewsSurge of concern about commissioning support relationships
There is strong support among local leaders for changes to the nine-month-old commissioning system, including support arrangements and NHS England’s responsibilities.
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