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NewsIntermediate care provision 'stuck', DH director admits
Intermediate care is under pressure with demand outstripping capacity, according to a national audit by a group of leading healthcare organisations.
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NewsKeogh reveals plan to redesignate emergency services
Hospital emergency departments are set to be reclassified, with as few as 40 of them offering a higher level of staffing and expertise, NHS England has revealed.
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HSJ LocalCouncil loses bid to halt reconfiguration
Enfield Council has lost its legal challenge to a large reconfiguration scheme in north London.
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George Eliot Hospital Trust appoints finance director
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust has appointed Shahana Khan as its director of finance
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NewsNAO condemns outsourcing deals
Outsourced public sector contracts lack transparency and are won by a small number of firms, the National Audit office has warned.
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NewsRefreshed mandate 'less like political shopping list'
The government has published its refreshed mandate for NHS England, apparently withdrawing or watering down a number of commitments following a struggle between the two organisations.
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NewsPM focused on A&E winter measures
Downing Street has confirmed that David Cameron is getting personally involved in overseeing the NHS’s response to expected pressures on casualty departments in England this winter.
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NewsConfederation and FTN fill top posts
The two main NHS organisation representative bodies have announced senior appointments today.
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NewsNHS leaders 'need more commercial nous'
The Department of Health’s procurement strategy has been described as a “missed opportunity” to bring about better partnerships between NHS bodies and private or voluntary sectors, in a report shared with HSJ.
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Mansfield and Ashfield uses contingency funds to plug Sherwood overspend
Board papers reveal Mansfield and Ashfield CCG has had to take money from its contingency fund in order to account for a £2.4m overspend at Sherwood Forest Hospitals in the middle of the financial year.
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Basildon and Brentwood CCG forecasts £2m end of year deficit
FINANCE: Basildon and Brentwood Clinical Commissioning Group had a year to date deficit of £1.86m, as of September, and a forecast year end deficit of £2.024m, according to board papers.
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Cambridge and Peterborough CCG's financial position £1m worse than planned
FINANCE: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough clinical commissioning group’s year to date financial position is £1m worse than planned, according to board papers.
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NewsChief executive of London specialist trust to retire
The chief executive of a leading London specialist trust is stepping down ahead of a major capital project.
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NewsNursing directors warned to ensure safe staffing levels
Directors of nursing who fail to ensure their hospitals have adequate numbers of nurses could find themselves facing fitness to practise panels, the Nursing and Midwifery Council has warned.
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Norwich CCG reviews voluntary contracts
FINANCE: Norwich Clinical Commissioning Group is reviewing all its voluntary contracts.
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NewsNew database hailed in cancer fight
Weather forecasting science is being used to predict the most effective ways to fight cancer in a ground-breaking new development.
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NewsMonitor suggests changing primary care payment
The health sector regulator has suggested primary care payment mechanisms and commissioning responsibilities should be reorganised, to improve contracting of walk-in centres.
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NewsAnalysed: drug pricing scheme promises better access to new medicines
Commissioners have been told they will gain easier access to the latest drugs approved by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence after the Department of Health reached a deal on pricing with the pharmaceutical industry.
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Paul Jenkins appointed as chief executive of mental health trust
The new chief executive of Tavistock and Portman Foundation Trust has been announced as Paul Jenkins.