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North Somerset CCG picks GP accountable officer
STRUCTURE: North Somerset CCG has appointed a GP as accountable officer - Dr Mary Backhouse.
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Spinal implant first at South Tees
CLINICAL RESEARCH: An anaesthetist and pain specialist at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has carried out the first implant in the UK of a new spinal cord stimulation system that is magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) compatible.
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South East Coast uses own care staff to reduce handover delays
PERFORMANCE: South East Coast Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has started using its own staff to look after cohorts of suitable patients at hospitals to free ambulance crews to respond to other calls – rather than taking patients to other, less busy, hospitals.
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Exclusive: Hospitals and GPs to be required to tell truth about errors
Healthcare providers which conceal mistakes or failures that lead to harm of patients will be held to account under a new statutory duty of candour, HSJ can reveal.
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Yorkshire cancer doc named national cancer director
WORKFORCE: Sean Duffy, director and medical director of the Yorkshire Cancer Network, has been appointed the national clinical director for cancer.
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Independent provider hitting waiting performance in Herts
PERFORMANCE: A troubled independent sector treatment centre is contining to affect performance in Hertfordshire.
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NewsOFT extends its remit over NHS mergers
Healthcare sector regulator Monitor has confirmed the Office of Fair Trading will in future have responsibility for assessing any merger involving an NHS foundation trust.
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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough FT taken out of ‘significant breach’
PERFORMANCE: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust has made significant improvements and is no longer in significant breach of its terms of authorisation as a foundation trust, Monitor has announced.
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New accountable officer for NHS South Norfolk CCG
STRUCTURE: Ann Donkin has joined NHS South Norfolk CCG as accountable officer.
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More complaints at Herts Community Trust
PERFORMANCE: Hertfordshire Community Trust saw complaints rise to 68 in the third quarter compared with 56 in quarter two and 51 in quarter one.
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Herts CCG expecting £12.5m acute overspend
FINANCE: East and North Herts CCG is expecting to overspend on acute services by £12.5m by the end of the financial year – but is offsetting them by underspends elsewhere. A report to NHS Hertfordshire’s board showed significant underspends on areas such as re-enablement in the forecast outcome of £3.7m.
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NewsExclusive: CQC reveals overhaul of inspection regime
The Care Quality Commission is about to launch a massive overhaul of its inspection regime which could see the best hospitals go five years without an inspection and the worst face intense scrutiny, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsExclusive: CQC admits it cannot spot poor hospitals
The Care Quality Commission has not been able to “really assess” the safety and quality of hospitals under its current model, the regulator’s new chair has told HSJ.
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NewsExclusive: One breach could put a trust in 'failure regime'
Just one breach of new fundamental standards to be developed by the Care Quality Commission would see a provider tipped into a new “single failure regime” – but all enforcement action will be left to other regulators, HSJ has been told.
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News'Star rating' style system back on the agenda for NHS
Hospitals and care homes will receive single quality ratings under plans being developed by the Care Quality Commission, HSJ can reveal.
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Monitor supports Heatherwood and Wexham Park takeover talks
STRUCTURE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust may be put into special administration if talks which would see it merged with another NHS organisation fail.
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Nottingham medic is NCD for trauma
STRUCTURE: A doctor at Nottingham Uni Hospitals Trust has been appointed as the national clinical director for Major Trauma.
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NHS Midlands and East may struggle with mortality rates probe
PERFORMANCE: NHS Midlands and East could struggle to complete special reviews which will underpin the government-led probe into hospitals with high mortality rates by the summer deadline, HSJ has learned.
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Cambridgeshire kicks off community services restructure
STRUCTURE: Cambridgeshire commissioners have begun considering the future of their community services, after it was decided the provide trust would not survive independently.
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NewsExclusive: Employers warn against new laws post Francis
Creating new laws with the threat of criminal sanctions in the NHS would be the wrong response to the Mid Staffordshire scandal, according to NHS Employers.