All Health Service Journal articles in 12 May 2011
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HSJ Local
North West London Hospitals Trust over performing against maternity contract
PERFORMANCE: The acute trust has seen “a significant over performance against the contracted level of births” a report says.
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HSJ Local
Epsom and St Helier misses MRSA target
PERFORMANCE: The Surrey and London borders acute trust had 11 MRSA cases in 2010/11 against a target of seven.
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HSJ Local
Assura to bid for Surrey community services contract
STRUCTURE: A private provider and a well known social enterprise are among the bidders hoping to take over the running of Surrey Community Health.
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NewsCardiologists call for better specialist centres
Senior cardiologists have called for a reduction in the number of hospitals performing heart transplants because they want “bigger and better resourced centres” instead.
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NewsLib Dems to demand coalition concessions on NHS
Liberal Democrat deputy leader Simon Hughes has indicated that the party will demand concessions on issues like NHS reform and immigration in retaliation for the Conservative conduct of the campaign against electoral reform.
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HSJ Local
Minister announces merger option for non-FT acute
STRUCTURE: A merger or independent franchise are among the options for a hospital trust which has a private finance deal preventing it from achieving foundation status.
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HSJ Local
Confidential report sets out quality issues for every provider in the region
PERFORMANCE: A confidential report commissioned by NHS London has listed the strategic health authority’s quality concerns about the capital’s provider bodies.
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HSJ LocalHospital chief executive steps down after board delays FT application
STRUCTURE: A London hospital trust chief executive has stepped down, saying the trust board’s decision to delay its foundation application “has led me to consider my position”.
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HSJ Local'Troubling' DH delay stalls Mid Staffs inquiry
The public inquiry into Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has been held up by the Department of Health’s failure to disclose relevant documents until last month, despite being asked for them last July.
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HSJ Local
Carbon tax to cost West Herts trust £250,000
FINANCE: West Hertfordshire Hospitals has predicted a new carbon tax introduced by the government will cost the trust £250,000 this year.
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HSJ Local
Five commissioning consortia in North Yorks
STRUCTURE: There are five emerging commissioning consortia in North Yorkshire, and a small number of practices which have joined a neighbouring Bradford and Airedale group.
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HSJ Local
Work to begin on Newcastle FT health centre
STRUCTURE: The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is due to begin construction work on the Walkergate Healthcare & Diagnostic Facility.
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HSJ Local
Doubts over Mid Essex Trust's chances of FT status
FINANCE: Mid Essex Hospital Services Trust has “weak governance” and “major financial issues” which threaten its bid for foundation trust status, according to board papers.
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HSJ Local
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust shortlisted for coding award
PERFORMANCE: North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust has been shortlisted for the CHKS data quality award for England.
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HSJ Local
Leicestershire care homes vary in quality
PERFORMANCE: Assessments of care homes in Leicestershire have found wide variation in the quality of services on offer.
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HSJ Local
'Stretch' savings target for Hertfordshire Community Trust
FINANCE: Hertfordshire Community Trust has set itself a £5.4m cost improvement plan for the 2011-12 financial year.
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HSJ KnowledgeTools to help commissioners deal with disinvestment
Tough choices are facing many health organisations, but with the right tools those unwelcome decisions can be made in a more manageable way, write Iestyn Williams and colleagues from Birmingham University’s school of social policy.
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Comment
Ben Gowland: changing the minds of managers in a clinically led NHS
In all the talk of radical health service reforms, one of the factors which has almost been forgotten is the revolutionary shift in mindset required of the NHS manager in primary care.
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NewsWe will block reforms without concessions - Clegg
Liberal Democrats will block the government’s NHS reforms unless they secure significant concessions, deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has said.
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HSJ Local
Young patients oppose child cardiac changes
STRUCTURE: Young patients who have been battling heart and lung conditions have come together to oppose plans to end children’s heart surgery at a hospital.