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NewsFormer trust chair jailed for two years over false CVs
A former NHS trust chair has been jailed for two years after lying about his qualifications to secure senior roles in the service.
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HSJ Local
Devon QIPP interventions fail to stem secondary care activity
FINANCE: Delivery of quality, innovation, prevention and productivity savings is on track across the Devon cluster, despite planned interventions not having the anticipated impact on secondary care activity.
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HSJ Local
Activity puts Devon cluster QIPP plans at risk
FINANCE: The Devon, Plymouth and Torbay primary care trust cluster’s QIPP plan has been rated amber by NHS South of England due to high levels of activity.
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HSJ LocalDevon Virgin contract 'tainted by illegality'
COMMERCIAL: Commissioners in Devon failed to fully discharge their duties under the Equality Act when awarding a £132m contract to Virgin Care, a judge has ruled.
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HSJ LocalLegal challenge to Virgin's children's services contract
COMMERCIAL: A primary care trust’s decision to award a £132m contract for children’s services to Virgin Care is to be challenged in court next week.
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HSJ Local
Sam Barrell named as South Devon and Torbay CCG accountable officer
STRUCTURE: GP Sam Barrell has been named as NHS South Devon and Torbay CCG’s designate accountable officer.
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HSJ Local
Torbay fined over information breach
PERFORMANCE: Torbay Care Trust has been fined £175,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office after the sensitive details of more than 1,000 employees were accidentally published on the trust’s website.
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HSJ Local
Commissioning board local director to take up acute chief exec post
WORKFORCE: An experienced primary care trust chief executive who was named a local area team director on the NHS Commissioning Board less than three weeks ago is now to take up a post as a hospital chief executive.
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HSJ Local
Bristol cluster finance director leaves post
WORKFORCE: The finance director of the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire primary care trust cluster has left.
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HSJ Local
Devon cluster meets 6 week target
PERFORMANCE: The Devon, Plymouth and Torbay cluster met the six week target for diagnostic tests for the first time in 2011-12 during February.
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HSJ Local
Devon CCGs confirm authorisation plans
STRUCTURE: South Devon and Torbay Clinical Commissioning Group is hoping to be among the first wave of CCGs to be authorised, while North East and West (NEW) Devon CCG is aiming for wave three.
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HSJ Local
South Western Ambulance reports "significant" activity increases
PERFORMANCE: South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has warned Monitor it may not achieve the A8 target during the final quarter of 2011-12.
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Comment'The NHS needs to avoid the wrong kind of integration'
Now that the government accepts that integrated care has a major role to play in the NHS, we must avoid the pitfalls that could prevent it delivering proper benefits to patients, argues King’s Fund chief executive Chris Ham.
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CommentSouth West trust chiefs in merry-go-round shake up
The impending departure of Weston Area Health Trust’s chief executive to Kettering General Hospital Foundation Trust next month has sparked a round of musical chairs in the South West.
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HSJ Local
Dentists seek to break free from Torbay
COMMERCIAL: Professionals providing community, dentistry and podiatry services in Devon are hoping to break away from Torbay Care Trust and become a social enterprise following intervention from the Department of Health.
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HSJ Local
South West clusters draw up new specialised commissioning agreement
STRUCTURE: A new agreement has been drawn up for the South West Specialised Commisioning Group (SWSCG) in light of primary care trust clustering arrangements.
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HSJ Local
NHS Devon chief executive to lead cluster
WORKFORCE: NHS Devon chief executive Ann James has been appointed to lead a cluster of two PCTs and a care trust.
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CommentCluster forming work sets sail in the South
Transition to the so called “new world” of commissioning is gathering pace in the South West and South Central regions, as work to form clusters begins in earnest.
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HSJ Local
'Historic' three way cluster announced for Devon
STRUCTURE: NHS Devon is to join with two neighbouring primary care trusts to form a cluster covering the whole of “historic Devon”.
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CommentAnswering the NHS's £14bn productivity question
Government efforts have reduced the NHS productivity challenge by £6bn, but also increased its instability