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Monitor, the sector regulator for the NHS is seeking to appoint several experienced professionals for a Panel for Advising NHS foundation trust (FT) governors.

Monitor consults on Risk Assessment Framework

Monitor today sets out how it will judge whether NHS foundation trusts and other NHS-funded providers are at risk of failing to deliver key services for patients.

Monitor introduces improvements to assessment process

For the first time, board members of NHS Trusts seeking foundation trust status will be asked to make a declaration confirming that they have provided all relevant information to Monitor in the course of the assessment process.

James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust removed from significant breach

Monitor has confirmed that James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is no longer in significant breach of its terms of Authorisation having made substantial improvements to the way it deals with risks to patients.

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust removed from significant breach

Monitor has confirmed that Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is no longer in significant breach of its Authorisation having made substantial improvements to its delivery and oversight of emergency care.

Expert team likely to advise Monitor that trust is unsustainable in current form

An independent team of experts has advised Monitor that it is likely to conclude that Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust is unable to achieve long term financial or clinical sustainability in its current form.

Monitor authorises a new NHS foundation trust and defers two applications

Monitor has authorised West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust as a foundation trust, effective from 1st January 2013. The regulator also announced that applications by Leicestershire Partnerships and East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trusts have been deferred for six and 12 months respectively. The deferral decisions relate to concerns that the trusts have not yet demonstrated that they meet the necessary quality performance threshold for authorisation.  

Monitor urges NHS foundation trusts to make cost savings earlier in the year

Half way through the financial year the NHS foundation trust sector continued to perform well in the current challenging economic climate, according to Monitor’s latest quarterly report. However, a few trusts were still not making sufficient cost savings early enough in the year, the regulator said.

Monitor consults on exercising its new enforcement powers

Monitor, today sets out how it proposes to enforce the rules that it will be responsible for under the new NHS regulatory regime. Monitor's priority in exercising its new functions is to ensure that patients’ interests are protected and promoted.

Paul Corrigan and Stephen Bubb speak about the Fair Playing Field

People will have the chance to contribute to Monitor's Fair Playing Field Review this week as Monitor opens up the debate at two events taking place in Manchester and London.

Advanced course on conflict, crisis and transitions - 2013

The Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) at the Overseas Development Institute and the Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit (PRDU) at the University of York are partnering to offer an ‘Advanced Course on Conflict, Crisis and Transitions’, a week-long programme targeting mid-career and senior professionals.

Capital for the future: saving and investment in an interdependent world

This ODI and World Bank event hosts the dissemination of the Bank’s Global Development Horizons 2013 report. The aim of the report titled 'Capital for the future: saving and investment in an interdependent world' is to build scenarios for the global economy with special focus given to saving and investment. Maurizio Bussolo, the lead author of the report, will present the main findings of the report, which explores patterns of investment, saving and capital flows as they are likely to evolve over the course of the next two decades.

After the post-2015 HLP report: responses from around the world

The High-Level Panel, appointed by the UN Secretary General to advise him on the post-2015 agenda, reports on 30^th May. Will the report live up to the hype? Will its recommendations meet the aspirations of the many groups and individuals who have contributed to the debate around post-2015, and will it chart a politically effective way forward for governments? This event provides a global audience with a chance to discuss the report with each other and with two key panel members.

Open budgets: the political economy of transparency, participation and accountability

This event will discuss the findings from a 3-year research project supported by the International Budget Partnership on the causes and consequences of budget transparency, summarized in a recently published book, ‘Open Budgets: The Political Economy of Transparency, Participation and Accountability’.

Unblocking results: can aid get public services flowing?

This event will explore the findings and policy implications of the latest ODI research on how aid can be best packaged to support governance and institutional development. The research draws on case studies in Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Uganda.

Leaping and learning: linking smallholders to markets

This ODI and Agriculture for Impact event will launch two new publications discussing how to help smallholder farmers to make better links to markets in Africa.

Youth and the post-2015 agenda: making the voices of young people count

Expert panelists share their reflections on how a youth-lens to the post 2015 development framework can deliver for wider society.

Poor numbers: how we are misled by African development statistics and what to do about it

This event has been cancelled however click the register button to see other events with Morten Jerven should you be interested to hear more about his book 'Poor Numbers: How We Are Misled by African Development Statistics and What to Do about It'.

South Sudan at a crossroads: humanitarian response in a changing context

Much has been accomplished in South Sudan in recent years, but has the humanitarian situation in the world’s newest nation improved? This event will launch edition 57 of the Humanitarian Exchange on South Sudan, which examines from different perspectives the drivers of continuing humanitarian needs in the country and how humanitarian, development and government actors interpret and respond to these.

Financing for Disaster Risk Management: a bleak history

'Despite all the attention to disasters and disaster risk in recent years, and some of the largest impacts ever seen ... the commitment of the international community to supporting developing countries in managing their disaster risk has barely increased.'

Europe pours water on troubled oil

Restaurants will be allowed to serve customers bowls of olive oil to dip their bread into - as the EU ditches plans for stringent new rules amid a storm of protest.

Google's Eric Schmidt faces the tax question

I interviewed Google's Eric Schmidt about his fascinating book on how the world must adapt to cope with new technology. But first, the thorny question of tax avoidance.

Ai Weiwei releases heavy metal single - video

Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei makes his heavy metal debut with a political song called Dumbass but admits "it doesn't sound very good".

Carey Mulligan: raise dementia awareness - video

Carey Mulligan, star of The Great Gatsby, tells Channel 4 News about her plans to raise awareness of Alzheimer's, and says there is a "real problem" with how we treat the elderly in the UK.

Ray Manzarek: keyboardist behind Doors' unique sound

Jim Morrison was the figurehead and leader of The Doors. But it was the playing of keyboardist Ray Manzarek, who has died aged 74, that gave the 60s rock band their distinctive sound.

Dan Brown: 'I'm trying to write something exciting'

Dan Brown defends his new book Inferno against its slating from critics. But wouldn't life be easier if he finally gave in to the label of fiction, rather than fact?

Rod Stewart on music, life and sleaze in the 70s - video

As Rod Stewart celebrates a number one album, the 68-year-old tells Cathy Newman he hasn't joined the "pipe and slippers club yet" and jokes that there is "nothing wrong with a bit of sleaze".