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HSJ LocalSustainability at risk from high GP referrals, CCG claims
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners in south London have told GPs to curb referral rates after figures showed they rose by 16 per cent in a year.
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HSJ LocalUPDATED: Community hospitals review underway as CCG forecasts £11m deficit
STRUCTURE: Surrey Downs Clinical Commissioning Group is undertaking a review into the future of its four community hospitals.
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NewsRanked: Whipps Cross poorest hospital rated by CQC to date
Whipps Cross University Hospital is by one measure, the poorest hospital to be rated by the Care Quality Commission to date.
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NewsExclusive: DH agreed extra bailouts for trusts where performance was at risk
The Department of Health arranged at least £39m in extra ‘essential’ capital funding for foundation trusts where patient safety or ‘ongoing operations’ were at risk because of maintenance backlogs, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: FT to receive £328m as part of takeover of neighbour
The Department of Health has agreed a package of support and capital payments totalling £327.7m with Frimley Park Hospital Foundation Trust as part of its takeover of another trust, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalUpdated: Leading foundation trust buddies with Medway
PERFORMANCE: Struggling Medway Foundation Trust has been buddied with Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust to try and help the hospital improve its performance.
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HSJ LocalAmbulance handover policy criticised by clinicians
STRUCTURE: A new handover policy introduced by South East Coast Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has been described as ‘unsafe’ by clinicians at Brighton and Sussex University Hospital Trust.
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HSJ LocalNew chief executive for beleaguered acute trust
WORKFORCE: Medway Foundation Trust has appointed a new chief executive.
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HSJ LocalTwo more trusts reach foundation status
STRUCTURE: Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust and Kent Community Health Trust have been granted foundation trust status by Monitor.
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HSJ LocalControversial MSK contract could stay with current providers, CCG says
STRUCTURE: Commissioners in West Sussex will begin discussions with local providers to continue delivering musculoskeletal services after the preferred bidder pulled out of the contract.
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HSJ KnowledgeUnleash workforce creativity with staff engagement building blocks
The King’s Fund proposes ways to build confidence among the workforce to lead on safety
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NewsLord Crisp: Money and beds are not the answer for mental health
Increased funding and more beds may not be the solution to capacity pressures in mental health services, according to Lord Crisp who is heading up a new inquiry into the sector.
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News'Pioneering' cancer care buddying scheme launched
A new scheme has been launched to ‘buddy’ trusts struggling to deliver a good care experience to cancer patients with higher performing trusts.
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NewsCCGs taking on full primary care co-commissioning powers revealed
NHS England has revealed the 64 clinical commissioning groups that will take full control of their local primary care budgets from April.
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HSJ LocalCMA to investigate Surrey trusts' merger plan
The proposed merger between two trusts in Surrey has hit a stumbling block after the Competition and Markets Authority said the merger could have ‘adverse effects’ for patients and it has launched an investigation.
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HSJ LocalGP 'super-practice' care model will 'break commissioning barriers'
STRUCTURE: A GP ‘super-practice’ is seeking to trial new models of care outlined in the NHS Five Year Forward View to ‘break down commissioning barriers’ and ‘innovate at a faster pace’.
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HSJ LocalDermatology procurement delayed after preferred bidder pulls out
STRUCTURE: The procurement of a new dermatology service in Brighton has been delayed because the preferred bidder has pulled out after it was unable to reach agreement with organisations it wanted to subcontract work from.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe system-wide approach to turn around a struggling health economy
Lessons learned by Guildford and Waverley CCG
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News'Hard evidence' special measures worked at Keogh trusts, say researchers
There is ‘hard evidence’ that the special measures regime has reduced death rates at the 11 Keogh trusts and potentially saved hundreds of lives, researchers have claimed.