All Health Service Journal articles in 24 May 2012
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HSJ Local
Monitor directs foundation trust to tackle A&E performance
PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust regulator has stepped in at Gloucestershire Hospitals in a bid to redress its “persistent failures” to tackle long waits for accident and emergency treatment.
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NewsMiliband: attacks on nursing are 'totally unfair'
Attacking the nursing profession over isolated examples of bad practice “is totally unfair”, Labour leader Ed Miliband has told HSJ’s sister title.
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NewsDrug costs 'have to be secret' under new pricing system
Drug prices agreed under the government’s proposed new pricing system would have to remain secret if drug companies are to buy into it, a senior figure in the pharmaceutical industry has warned.
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NewsCare bill to follow 'soon after' white paper
Document to include Law Commission recommendations and ‘market oversight’ measures
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NewsLansley against 'slamming together' health and social care
The health secretary has reiterated his opposition to forcing mergers between health and social care commissioners, ahead of the publication of a white paper on the issue.
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NewsLansley confirms NICE will no longer take funding decisions
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence will no longer directly decide whether the NHS funds a drug under the proposed new pricing system, health secretary Andrew Lansley has confirmed.
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HSJ Local
South Essex service restriction policy likely to change
SERVICES: A mapping exercise of clinical priority policies across the East of England is likely to lead to changes in some PCTs’ policies.
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HSJ Local
South Essex faces £43m QIPP challenge
FINANCE: South Essex PCTs have a ‘QIPP challenge’ of over £43m in 2012-13 - and CCGs in the area will have to pool their risks as their small size means they may not have the flexibility to manage budget flexibilities.
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HSJ Local
Southend breaches C. diff target
PERFORMANCE: Southend University Hospital Foundation Trust has breached its C. difficile target for the year, the South Essex PCT cluster heard.
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HSJ Local
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough non-compliant against 23 indicators
PERFORMANCE: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust was not non-compliant for 23 out of 36 indicators, its performance report has shown.
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HSJ Local
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough has £1.2m surplus
FINANCE: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust had a surplus of £1.2m, including impairments, in the last financial year, according to its draft accounts.
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HSJ Local
Non-attenders cause problems for South Essex
PERFORMANCE: Patients not attending appointments are causing problems for the South Essex Partnership University Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
Basildon and Thurrock cleaning services red rated
PERFORMANCE: Cleaning services in very high risk areas have been red-rated by Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
Basildon and Thurrock exceeds MRSA target
PERFORMANCE: Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust exceeded its yearly target for MRSA infections when a fourth case was confirmed two days before the end of the financial year.
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HSJ Local
Basildon exceeds surplus target
FINANCE: Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust finished the year with a surplus of £4.6m - against a planned surplus of just £0.1m.
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HSJ Local
Shortage of safeguarding staff in Luton and Peterborough
PERFORMANCE: A significant fall in the number of staff undergoing training in safeguarding children in Luton and Peterborough is causing concern for Cambridgeshire Community Services Trust.
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HSJ Local
Colchester makes £12.3m surplus
FINANCE: Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust made a surplus of £12.3m including one off payments for 2011-12.
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HSJ Local
Colchester red-rated on C. Diff
PERFORMANCE: Three C. difficile cases may lead to Monitor red-rating Colchester Hospital Foundation Trust for governance.
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HSJ Local
James Paget's performance slumps
PERFORMANCE: Performance against some important standards slumped at the James Paget University Hospitals Foundation Trust in the last quarter of the financial year.
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HSJ Local
Luton and Dunstable appoints medical director
WORKFORCE: Mark Patten has been appointed as medical director at Luton and Dunstable Hospital Foundation Trust.