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Exclusive: Nearly 50 trusts 'have no independent future'
25-Mar-2013 | By Ben Clover
Nearly 50 NHS trusts are likely to face merger or franchised management as they are unable to gain foundation status in their current form, HSJ has learned.
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Exclusive: Hospitals and GPs to be required to tell truth about errors
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Exclusive: Delay to 111 go live in third of country
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DH on course for biggest underspend this parliament
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Some commissioning groups face deficits in first year, officials admit
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CCG to invite consortium bids for integrated service
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Telehealth ‘not cost effective’
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CCG representative group names GP leads
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HSJ Live 25.3.2013: Minister confirms Mid Staffs CEO payoff
Former Mid Staffs chief signed a compromise agreement, new GMC guidance for doctors, and the rest of today’s news
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Analysed: the state of the FT pipeline
HSJ Briefing is our in-depth analysis of key issues facing some of the major NHS health economies. This week we examine the state of the foundation trust pipeline in the wake of the Francis inquiry.
Finance & Commerce
Some commissioning groups face deficits in first year, officials admit
By Crispin Dowler
Some clinical commissioning groups are forecasting they will record deficits in their first year of operation, just days before the new groups take control of NHS budgets, the NHS Commissioning Board has confirmed.
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Full coverage: DH underspending
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How HSJ has covered the DH's history of underspending
Supplements
Lean forward - an efficiency special report
This week’s special report looks at the success of the “productive” series and “lean” methodology in improving services in the NHS.
In association with Vocera
Pagers off: the end for the bleep
Many hospitals still rely on out-of-date pagers because they do not want to take a risk or invest in new communications technology. We examine how new devices can improve patient and staff experiences
Commissioning
CCG representative group names GP leads
By Dave West
A representative group for clinical commissioning groups has appointed two co-chairs of its leadership group.
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Exclusive: Weakest CSUs given three months to improve
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Exclusive: CSUs unlikely to face direct private sector competition
Opinion
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The legacy of NHS Change Day
When staff are listened to they can transform care
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Ofsted-style ratings can only work with conditions
Hospitals are too complex for a simple ratings system
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Competition isn't always the best option
We must be carfeul with how NHS competition is used
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Who guards the NHS’s reputation now?
David Nicholson’s letter to directors prompts two questions
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Your Humble Servant: smelly lasagne
“A flute blower came along and said there was a stench in the lasagne parlour.”
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An idiots' guide to the NHS competition row
Making sense of the section 75 regulations
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MPs’ push for flexibility should end underspending
There is mismatch between how FTs and the DH manage spending
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Trust: who's who on this week's cover
Did you spot all the breaches of trust on our front cover?
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Nicholson scathed at Westminster
Sir David faces a surprisingly fierce grilling at the PAC
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We have been misled over NHS funding
Large amounts of money will never leave the Treasury
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How NHS procurement can raise its game
A new strategy can give clear direction to trusts
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On the stroke ward: week 1
Reflections on the quality of care for a long-stay patient
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CCGs fall foul of the NHS abacus
CCGs fall victim to the first of many sleights of hand
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Judging the real risks to the NHS
In the last decade the NHS has been in a permanent state of “crisis”
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Competition, conspiracy and cock-ups
The row over the section 75 regulations has been chaotic
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Patients can stop trusts playing the ratings system
New quality measures should be based on local patient input
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Francis chairs survey: Odgers Berndtson's view
The majority of chairs feel empowered to challenge their executives
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'A perfect storm for more disasters' – a whistleblowing roundtable
HSJ gathered 15 experts to discuss the challenge
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Reducing the bureaucracy burden on the NHS
We need to think about how and why we collect data
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Failure regime can't escape politics
The questions are economic, but the answers are political
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Understanding savings is as key as making them
Trusts need a better idea of how savings will be made
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Could free Wi-Fi change hospital management?
Social media can provide trusts with valuable real-time data from the public
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Mortality ratios must not be misused
This data is not the last word on hospital performance
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Nicholson and Dacre are two of an autocratic kind
Sir David was more persuasive on organisational issues than personal ones
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Patients and staff can both promote innovation
Pushing ideas through the NHS from the top hasn’t worked
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The pros and cons of losing David Nicholson
Removing the NHS chief executive would cause more harm than good
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NHS productivity: more of the same or more for less?
More thought and action is required to improve
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How Gandhi's words speak volumes to the NHS today
What can the NHS learn from Mahatma Gandhi’s key principles?
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Francis and funding: an explanation for ‘failing’ hospitals
Excess mortality is rooted in funding
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The benefits of taking the NHS brand overseas
We have a golden opportunity to improve care abroad and at home
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What compassionate care means
We need to understand and value care to deliver it well
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London's commissioners get stuck in
Commissioners involved in major reconfiguration from the start
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Rewards for CCG leads must be credible
Failing to address the issue of GPs’ pay is not an option
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Abandon pious certainties and ask what Francis means for you
How NHS organisations react is what matters
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Culture is the foundation of patient safety
Hospitals must have a balanced culture following Francis
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On balance, sacking Nicholson would be worse for the NHS
Getting rid of Sir David is the easy option
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The NHS needs to think long term about contracts
Why commissioners should take a more strategic approach
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Nicholson does not deserve the Mail's vilification
The paper is set on forcing the NHS chief out of his job
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