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Global recruitment firm Hays has registered strong results internationally, but saw an operating loss in its UK business in the six months to 31 December 2011.
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This document covers all of the stages of the application process from the SHA-led Trust Development Phase and the Secretary of State Support Phase through to Monitor’s assessment process and the application outcome. Please note that since this document was published, updates have been made to Chapters 5 and 6 and Monitor’s appendices in the Guide for Applicants published in November 2008. This update supersedes the relevant chapters in the November 2008 Guide for Applicants.

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The NHS Foundation Trust Annual Reporting Manual 2011/12 provides guidance to foundation trusts on producing their annual reports and accounts.

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Staff placements in both the temporary and permanent sectors in Scotland grew in January following declines in December, although rates of growth were still below long-term averages.
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The UK unemployment rate for the final quarter of 2011 rose 0.1% to 8.4%, reveals the Office for National Statistics (ONS), but the number of people entering employment and a rise in recruitment in January give some cause for optimism.
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Locum provider HCL Thames Medics, part of Healthcare Locums, has been appointed the sole tier one supplier of staff to the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust.
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HR services firm Penna has partnered with the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) to deliver HR support to health organisations across the UK.
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The Department of Health has published guidance on implementing the 'overseas visitors Hospital charging regulations', which clarifies the position on free treatment eligibility for those with an NHS Number.
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Healthcare services firm Valued Relationships will create over 100 jobs within the next year in Franklin, Ohio, reports the Dayton Daily News.
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Mastech Holdings, a US provider of IT and specialised healthcare staffing services, increased its revenue by 18% in the fourth quarter of 2011.
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Energy, consumer and medical industry recruiter BW Penman has opened a Asia Pacific base in Sydney, from where it will trade in the region under the name BW Penman PTY.
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Monitor held a roundtable discussion in December to explore what the proposals in the Health and Social Care Bill will mean for primary care providers and clinical commissioners. Our roundtable, held under the Chatham House Rule, brought together a number of leading primary care leaders, practitioners and policy experts.

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The NHS is expected to be at the forefront of public sector demand for interim managers this year, according to Interim Partners.
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Tour operator Club Med is recruiting in the UK for French speakers to work on its 2012 spring-summer season.
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The British Computer Society (BCS), The Chartered Institute for IT and the Department of Health Informatics Directorate have launched a project to develop clear and easy-to-follow guidance for patients and the public on the subject of health and social care records.
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The NHS Choices website now gets more than 11 million visits each month and has grown to become the most popular health website in the UK.
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This guide looks at the evidence from cost improvement plans (CIPs) across the NHS to identify important lessons and provides examples of how NHS trusts and foundation trusts can deliver CIPs whilst improving patient care, patient satisfaction and safety.

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This consultation relates to the proposed amendments of the financial reporting requirements in the NHS Foundation Trust Annual Reporting Manual 2011/12 (FT ARM). This consultation closed on Friday 16 December 2011.

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In this document, we set out our proposed Pricing licence conditions and asked for your views on how they should be developed.

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In this document, we set out our proposed Foundation Trust Enduring licence conditions and asked for your views on how they should be developed.

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In this document, we set out our proposed General licence conditions and asked for your views on how they should be developed.

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In this document, we set out our proposed Foundation Trust Governance and Financial Oversight licence conditions and asked for your views on how they should be developed.

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In this document, we set out our proposed Continuity of Services licence conditions and asked for your views on how they should be developed.

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In this document, we set out our proposed Competition Oversight and Integrated Care licence conditions and asked for your views on how they should be developed.

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An online NHS Mobile Working Knowledge Centre has been launched to help the NHS make better use of mobile technology.
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Schedule 6 of an NHS foundation trust’s terms of authorisation lists the information they have a legal or statutory obligation to supply.

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NHS Connecting for Health has appointed Vangent Inc. to replace the Quality Management Analysis System (QMAS) with a new, more flexible, calculating and reporting system that is able to support the Government's proposals for GP Commissioning.
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Dr Susan Hamer, Director of Nursing Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals, has championed the use of IT by nurses to provide good quality information, in a webinar held on the Nursing Times website.
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The Choose and Book programme is to host an industry event for suppliers in February 2012.
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Dr Peter Short, the NHS Connecting for Health national clinical lead for GPs, is to lead a webinar in January on his experiences of allowing patients to access their medical information online.
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An initial Joint Plan from the Department of Health Informatics Directorate and industry body Intellect is supporting efforts to create the best conditions for the healthcare IT market to flourish.
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The Compliance Framework is at the core of Monitor’s regulatory framework. This consultation closes at 5pm, Friday 24 February 2012.

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NHS Connecting for Health has issued a briefing to NHS chief executives who lead trusts with PACS and related services, provided through local service provider (LSP) contracts, regarding their future local plans.
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This report highlights lessons learned from the 27 TCS transactions we have reviewed between December 2010 and November 2011. These learnings are relevant to any transaction a foundation trust may be undertaking.

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N3 have won an award at the Guardian Public Service Awards 2011, for their managed video conferencing service.
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The BBC regional current affairs programme Inside Out has broadcasted a feature on NHS Pathways in the West Midlands, looking at how it could help to cut down a number of unnecessary ambulance call outs.
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This information sheet outlines Monitor’s proposed roles and responsibilities as set out in the Health and Social Care Bill.

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Monitor held a roundtable in July to explore our proposed new role, and in particular to consider priorities that Monitor could drive that would provide early wins for patients. Our roundtable, held under the Chatham House Rule, drew on expertise from a patient representative, parliamentarians, think tanks and health experts.

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Monitor held a roundtable in October to consider how to ensure that it acts in the best interests of patients when it takes on its proposed new role. Our roundtable, held under the Chatham House Rule, brought together a number of leading patient representatives, patient organisations and patient focused policy makers.

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The Department of Health has today announced a number of initiatives to support the NHS as an informed customer for IT, ensuring that local decision-making about procuring new systems delivers value for money for patients.
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The website of NHS Choices, a programme within NHS Connecting for Health, has been nominated in the 'Health and Well being' category for the British Website of the Year competition.
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This briefing aims to give commissioners of NHS services an overview of the role of Monitor and our approach to regulating NHS foundation trusts. It also sets out examples of when we would expect commissioners to contact us.

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EMIS Web's GP2GP Configuration 3 module received full roll out approval, on 25 October 2011.
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This document provides an update to Chapters 5 and 6 and Monitor’s appendices of the 2008 Guide for Applicants and supersedes the relevant chapters in that version. Appendix B12 of this document was updated in June 2011 to bring it in line with the Compliance Framework 2011/12.

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The Quality Governance Framework assesses the combination of structures and processes in place, both at and below board level, which enable a trust board to assure the quality of care it provides. The framework now forms part of the assessment process, Compliance Framework and risk-assessment of transactions.

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The Compliance Framework sets out the approach we will take in 2011/12 to assess the compliance of NHS foundation trusts with their terms of authorisation and to intervene where necessary.

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The consultation closed at 5pm on Monday 27 June 2011.

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The rules of procedure establish Monitor’s Board and regulate its procedures and that of its committees.

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