News – Page 943
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Central Manchester CCG investigates options for chronic pain service
COMMERCIAL: Practices in central Manchester are being asked to participate in an audit to “ascertain the impact of a chronic pain service”, according to clinical commissioning group board papers.
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Barts Health Trust aiming for 6.5 per cent CIP savings in 2013-14
FINANCE: Barts Health Trust is aiming for £77.5m in savings during 2013-14
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Bury CCG to run block contracts with main providers
FINANCE: NHS Bury CCG has said its main contracts for 2013-14 will be operated on a “block basis”, meaning the provider does not get paid more if activity is higher than planned.
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Troubled Rotherham FT plans £5m 'corporate' savings
Rotherham Foundation Trust is planning to save £5m from its “corporate overheads” as it battles to deliver £50m cost cuts in the next three years.
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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG report healthy financial position
FINANCE: The two primary care trusts that were replaced by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group both posted surpluses last financial year, according to CCG board papers.
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Kingston Hospital plans savings of £10.8m this year
FINANCE: Kingston Hospital Foundation Trust are planning savings of £10.8m this year, HSJ research reveals.
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Barnet CCG makes less than half the expected QIPP savings
FINANCE: Barnet CCG has made less than half of its expected QIPP savings in 2012-13, a report revealed.
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Temporary safety changes to maternity services take hold in East Sussex
STRUCTURE: East Sussex Healthcare Trust has confirmed that temporary changes to maintain the safety of its maternity and paediatric services were implemented on 7 May.
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NewsAnalysed: Rotherham's IT system and performance struggle
How the troubled implementation of a new IT system exacerbated financial woes at Rotherham and what lies ahead for the trust
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SASH launches new nursing and midwifery strategy
PERFORMANCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust has published a three-year Nursing and Midwifery Strategy intended to take frontline care to a “higher level”.
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NewsLamb invites bids from 'integration pioneers'
Health economies have been invited to bid to become integration “pioneers” running large-scale experiments in integrated care, in an initiative launched by health minister Norman Lamb.
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NewsExclusive: Francis presses government on criminal sanctions
The absence of an ability to prosecute individual NHS staff in cases of serious patient neglect would cause “public confidence” in the service to “evaporate”, Robert Francis QC has told HSJ.
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NewsFrancis concerned about failure to merge regulators' 'leadership'
The refusal to merge NHS provider regulation into a single organisation could leave the system open to mistakes, Robert Francis QC has told HSJ.
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NewsFrancis warns recommendations could be lost in 'long grass'
Robert Francis QC has cautioned the government against allowing its review of safety in the NHS to “disappear beneath the long grass”. He also called for an “honest” conversation between the NHS and the public about which health services could be safely provided.
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NewsNHS leaders must make improvements, warns Francis
NHS leaders who fail to make improvements in response to the Francis report should not have “a place in that system”, Robert Francis QC has told HSJ.
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NewsFrancis criticises nursing leaders
The leaders of the nursing profession have been criticised by Robert Francis QC, who told HSJ he has seen little to “give him cause for optimism”.
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NewsA&E performance tracker: England's hospitals miss waiting target
HSJ is tracking the performance of hopsitals in England every week
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New breast cancer unit takes shape at West Sussex
STRUCTURE: Work has begun on new breast cancer services at Western Sussex Hospitals Trust.
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Improved weekend patient care in East Kent
PERFORMANCE: Patients at East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust are getting better, safer care thanks to an initiative to improve the training and supervision of junior medical staff, especially at weekends.
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South Manchester targets prescribing savings
FINANCE: South Manchester Clinical Commissioning Group plans to make higher quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) savings on its prescribing budget than on any other area of expenditure in 2013-14, board papers show.