News – Page 952
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Coventry and Warwickshire to bid to take over George Eliot
STRUCTURE: A financially challenged NHS trust is set to launch an attempt take over a struggling neighbour in a bid to secure the future of both over the long term, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalLisa Rodrigues announces retirement
Lisa Rodrigues, chief executive of the Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust, has told HSJ she plans to retire next year.
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NewsGP budgets could be added to pooled integration funds
NHS England may contribute additional funding to bolster the £3.8bn integration transformation fund announced in the 2013 comprehensive spending review, Sir David Nicholson has said.
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NewsExclusive: Competition rules hold back quality, says Nicholson
NHS England’s chief executive has said the government may need to change the law because competition rules are standing in the way of improvements to NHS services.
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HSJ LocalNorfolk and Norwich to spend £2.3m on pathology pay offs
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Foundation Trust is set to spend an estimated £2.3m on severance and redundancy payoffs directly related to a regional reconfiguration of pathology services.
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NewsGP commissioning not accountable, says Burnham
The shadow health secretary has said he opposes “GP control or domination of commissioning” because it is not “accountable” and compromises “the public interest”.
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News'More time' on admin than patients
Doctors spend more than twice as much time on paperwork as they do on home visits, a survey suggests.
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NewsBurnham: NHS 'hearts and minds' behind my integration plan
NHS staff will back further reorganisation of the NHS by a Labour government because their “hearts and minds” are behind the party’s plans for integration of the health and social care systems, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has said.
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HSJ LocalBaby's parents condemn 'cover-up'
A “cover-up” into failings surrounding the death of a baby girl who was treated at a scandal-hit health trust was “unforgiveable”, say the child’s parents.
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NewsMiliband backs integrated health service
Labour leader Ed Miliband has said his party will seek to create an integrated healthcare system if it wins power in 2015.
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HSJ Local
South West hospitals perform well against SHMI
PERFORMANCE: Five trusts in the south west had higher than expected mortality under the standardised hospital mortality indicator.
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HSJ Local
Ambulance Service records highest absence rate in region
WORKFORCE East of England Ambulance Service Trust had the highest average sickness absence rate for the first three months of 2013 across the East of England region, according to HSJ analysis of official data published in July.
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Taunton chief welcomes scrutiny by chief inspector
PERFORMANCE: The chief executive of Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust has welcomed the trust’s inclusion in the first wave of hospitals to be inspected under the new chief inspector of hospitals’ regime.
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HSJ Local
North Essex Partnership extends mental health support phone line
PERFORMANCE North Essex Partnership and Mid Essex Mind, has secured funding to extend an out of hours mental health support line service it has been piloting for the last year.
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Complaints stay level year-on-year at South west London and St George's Mental Health Trust
PERFORMANCE: Complaints have stayed level year-on-year at South West London and St George’s Mental Health Trust, a board report reveals.
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HSJ Local
St Helens and Knowsley plans £15.4m savings in 2013-14
FINANCE: St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals Trust aims to make cost improvement programme savings of £15.4m in 2013-14.
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South London and Maudsley IAPT services sees increase in advice calls regarding sexual abuse
PERFORMANCE: South London and Maudsley’s Increasing Access to Psychological Therapies services have seen an increase in calls regarding historical sexual abuse, board papers report.
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Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust planning to re-model community services
STRUCTURE: Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust is planning to re-structure Enfield community services, which it took over in the Transforming Community Services programme in 2010.
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Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust sets up new services after GP concerns
PERFORMANCE: Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust has set up two new services in response to access concerns from GPs.
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NewsExclusive: Employers seek to link pay rise to seven-day working
Next year’s pay rise for NHS staff could be linked to changes in their working practices to help force more seven-day working, it has emerged.