South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1327
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NewsCancer drugs fund threatens NHS England's bottom line
The NHS commissioning system is forecast to miss its target surplus by £184m in 2014-15, with much of the overspend attributed to the cancer drugs fund
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NewsExclusive: Social care to benefit most under better care fund
Local authority run social care services will receive a greater financial benefit than NHS community services from the £5.3bn better care fund project, analysis reveals
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Somerset trust waiting times prompt Monitor probe
PERFORMANCE: The regulator Monitor has launched an investigation into a south west acute trust due to concerns over the number of patients waiting longer than 18 weeks for elective treatment.
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Bedfordshire CCG appoints lay member
WORKFORCE: Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group has appointed a local supermarket manager as a lay member on its governing body.
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Cambridge Hospitals fined in face of 'unrelenting demand pressure'
PERFORMANCE: Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust has highlighted that it has been fined by commissioners over the trust missing the accident and emergency waiting target, while it is facing “unrelenting demand pressure”.
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Maternity unit to close at Ealing
STRUCTURE: The maternity unit at Ealing Hospital Trust will close “as soon as possible” following agreement by local commissioners.
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NewsTim Kelsey reveals ‘NHS app store’ plan
The NHS is set to make a fresh push to encourage GPs to prescribe the use of apps and other digital tools in a key strategy document next week
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NewsHospital nursing posts dip for second month in a row
The numbers of nursing staff employed in NHS hospitals has dipped for the second month in a row for the first time since the start of the “Francis effect” on nurse recruitment
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HSJ LocalControversial MSK contract award to be checked
FINANCE: A controversial £235m musculoskeletal contract awarded to private provider Bupa as part of a joint venture is to be independently scrutinised following concerns from Western Sussex Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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NewsRenewed calls for CCGs to join hospital inspections
A clinical commissioning group leader has renewed calls for CCGs to be given a role in hospital inspections after it emerged an NHS England official had led one in London
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NewsCCGs permitted to ditch QOF and national GP contract
Clinical commissioning groups will be free to allow GP practices to move off the national pay for performance framework and to create new contract arrangements
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NewsTrust special administration process under fire after Mid Staffs' demise
The process established to dissolve Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust should be overhauled to make it more “financially efficient”, two of the chiefs taking over its services have said
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Council refuses to sign off integration plan
A council has refused to sign off its better care fund plan after failing to reach an agreement with NHS commissioners on how to use part of the pooled budget
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NewsHSJ Live 04.11.2014: NHS England to set out plans for ‘NHS app store’, says Kelsey
The NHS is set to make a fresh push on allowing GPs to prescribe apps under plans for an ‘NHS app store’, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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HSJ KnowledgeBankers: the unlikely role models for NHS diversity
Why the financial sector performs better for top level diversity
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HSJ KnowledgeRoot out inequality in breast cancer care
Asian women in the UK have very high incidence of the disease
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NewsHSJ celebrates healthcare's BME pioneers
A week of articles examining equality and diversity at all levels of healthcare
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CommentHow to put the forward view's words into action
The NHS should be accountable for how it delivers what matters to patients
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NewsExclusive: Stevens warns leaders that funding increase will depend on A&E performance
Senior NHS chiefs have begun ramping up the pressure on providers and commissioners to improve performance in A&E during a round of high level meetings which began last week