All Health Service Journal articles in 26 July 2012
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HSJ Local
New system brings CQUIN benefit for Western Sussex
PERFORMANCE: Western Sussex NHS Trust is helping to pay for a new patient monitoring system through the benefits it is providing in helping meet commissioning for quality and innovation targets.
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HSJ Local
Ambulance trust wins Surrey patient transport deal
COMMERCIAL: NHS Surrey and Surrey County Council have awarded a new three year contract to provide non-emergency transport for patients to South East Coast Ambulance Service Foundation Trust (SECAmb).
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NewsPanel to review heart unit closure
An independent panel is set to review the planned closure of a children’s heart unit amid widespread anger among MPs at a shake-up of the services across England.
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NewsNHS spending vows 'lie in tatters'
Labour have attacked the government’s spending record on the NHS, claiming David Cameron would be “forever remembered” as the man who “cut the NHS not the deficit”.
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NewsLansley insists Dilnot proposals have avoided 'long grass'
Andrew Lansley has revealed he has “various proposals in mind” for a cap on the maximum payment on care home costs any individual faces.
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HSJ Local
Learning disability services praised by CQC
PERFORMANCE: Learning disability services run by Northumberland, Tyne and Wear FT have been praised by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ Local
Trusts join forces on new radiotherapy unit
STRUCTURE: The Royal Surrey County Hospital FT and Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust are working together to create a £10million radiotherapy unit at the East Surrey Hospital.
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HSJ Local
New clinic for living kidney donation
STRUCTURE: South Tees Hospitals Trust has launched a dedicated assessment clinic for living kidney donors at the James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough.
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HSJ Local
RDaSH wins children's mental health training contract
STRUCTURE: A partnership including Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber (RDaSH) FT has won a major contract to deliver training in psychological therapies for children.
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NewsCommissioning board names local directors to take 'strategic oversight'
The NHS Commissioning Board has appointed to 16 of its 25 local area team director posts, whose holders are charged with securing “a strategic overview of the system” and overseeing service reconfiguration.
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News'Significant deficiencies' in emergency surgical care at trust
“Significant deficiencies” have been found in the emergency surgical care offered by a trust that is part of a regional trauma network.
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NewsCommissioning board: our mandate is too detailed
NHS Commissioning Board directors have criticised the draft “mandate” they have been set by government for being confused, too detailed and over-reaching its main purpose.
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Supplements
Review: clinical decision support systems webinar
A recent webinar brought together leading experts in clinical decision support systems to discuss how access to the best proven evidence can make a big difference.
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HSJ Local
Oxleas Foundation Trust to 'develop brand'
COMMERCIAL: The south east London mental health and community services provider is looking for a firm to help it develop “sub brands” to help it compete for work.
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HSJ Local
Plymouth Hospitals chief executive to leave
WORKFORCE: Plymouth Hospitals Trust acting chief executive Helen O’Shea has announced she will be leaving to take up a new role in Jersey.
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HSJ Local
Torbay Hospital robot in worldwide first
CLINICAL: Torbay Hospital, run by South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust, has become the first place in the world to carry out a complex urology procedure as a day case.
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NewsDoctors to have annual skills assessment
Doctors skills are to be reassessed every year to ensure they are fit to practise, the General Medical Council said.
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NewsOverseas temporary doctor numbers for Olympics revealed
Doctors from 141 nations have registered to practice in the UK during the competition, figures from the General Medical Council suggest.
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NewsTime has 'run out' for Clinicenta, MP warns
Time has “run out” for an underperforming independent sector treatment centre, an MP has warned.
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NewsBME staff at risk in transition, commissioning board warned
Black and minority ethnic NHS staff risk being “significantly disadvantaged” in the transfer of employees to the health service’s new structure, senior NHS Commissioning Board executives have said.