News – Page 969
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Surrey and Sussex CCGs choose new CSU providers
STRUCTURE: New arrangements for providing commissioning support services are being put in place across Surrey and Sussex, NHS England has announced.
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Circle named preferred bidder for musculoskeletal £120m contract
COMMERCIAL Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group has named private provider Circle as its preferred bidder to be prime contractor for its musculoskeletal integrated service.
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HSJ LocalMerger FTs propose friends and family test to allay competition concern
STRUCTURE: The foundation trusts whose merger plans face being blocked by the Competition Commission have proposed their performance in the friends and family test is used to mitigate against the loss of competition.
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NewsHunt calls for GP 'accountability and responsibility'
The NHS needs to provide “proper out-of-hospital care” to be sustainable in future, health secretary Jeremy Hunt said as he urged doctors to accept changes to the way they work.
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NewsBerwick nursing adviser says report was 'specific' on staffing
The Berwick report tacitly backed staffing ratios and the regulation of healthcare assistants in its recommendations, according to the senior nurse involved in the NHS patient safety review.
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NewsHospitals criticised over junk food
English hospitals have been criticised for allowing patients and visitors to gorge on crisps, fizzy drinks and chocolate.
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CCG flags diagnostics delays at Birmingham Children's
PERFORMANCE: Diagnostic waits at Birmingham Children’s Hospital have been described as the “main current performance issue” in south and central Birmingham.
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Birmingham CCG tells PropCo: we can't afford £2.3m charge
FINANCE: A Birmingham clinical commissioning group has told NHS Property Services Ltd that it cannot afford to pay a £2.3m charge to plug a gap in local premises costs.
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Oxford AHSN hires chief executive
WORKFORCE: The Oxford Academic Health Science Network has announced the appointment of Professor Gary Ford as its chief executive.
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Plymouth Hospitals patient undergoes surgery without general anaesthetic
RESEARCH: A 65-year-old woman has become the first patient at Plymouth Hospitals Trust to use an ipad as a distraction technique during surgery.
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NewsAnalysed: The latest round in Manchester's cancer conflict
Two foundation trusts have referred NHS England to Monitor over the way specialised cancer surgery services are commissioned.
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NewsIntegration fund can be used to offset social care cuts
Councils will be allowed to use some of the government’s £3.8bn integrated care fund to protect existing social care services rather than fund service transformation, according to new guidance.
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Bristol based researchers get £9m funding boost
RESEARCH: A team of health researchers based at University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust have been given £9m by the National Institute of Health Research.
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NewsExclusive: Analysis which sparked deaths controversy is axed
The national public health oversight body has stopped its regular analysis reports which drew attention to the fact that mortality among older people has been higher than expected since the beginning of 2012.
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Bristol social enterprise core contract extended
COMMERCIAL: A Bristol based social enterprise which saw its non-executives resign en masse earlier this year has been given a “clean bill of health” and awarded a two year contract extension by commissioners.
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Northern CCGs form collaborative
STRUCTURE: Clinical commissioning groups in the North East and Cumbria have formed a collaborative group for joint contracting, system leadership and sharing expertise.
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HSJ LocalMonitor probes alleged competition rule breach
A health regulator is to investigate complaints over whether NHS England breached competition rules for commissioning cancer services.
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NewsPopulation boom means '5,000 more midwives' required
Thousands of extra midwives are needed to help hospitals cope with the pressure of a rising birth rate, experts have said.
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NewsBerwick chief: review critics 'miss the point'
Critics who complained the Berwick review into patient safety was too “soft” are “fundamentally missing the point”, one of the review group’s leading members has told HSJ.
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South London and Maudsley running at £1.5m deficit so far this year
FINANCE: South London and Maudsley Foundation Trust is running at an unplanned £1.5m deficit so far this year, board papers reveal.