All Health Service Journal articles in 28 July 2011
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HSJ Local
Wye Valley C difficile allowance increased after outbreak
PERFORMANCE: Wye Valley Trust has had its C difficile trajectory for 2011-12 increased from 21 to 38 cases for following an outbreak.
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HSJ Local
Wye Valley warns it could run out of cash
FINANCE: Wye Valley Trust could run out of cash this August if its revenue performance does not improve.
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HSJ Local
Suffolk community services to be more independent
STRUCTURE: Suffolk Community Healthcare will “revise” its governance arrangements after a review found it needed to be more separate from the primary care trust.
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HSJ Local
Video conferencing technology improves access in South West
COMMERCIAL: Clinicians at Bristol Royal Children’s Hospital can now assess a baby’s heartbeat from more than 170 miles away after the trust installed video conferencing equipment by Radvision.
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HSJ Local
'Outstanding issues' in Peterborough and Stamford FT's contract
FINANCE: Peterborough and Stamford Foundation Trust still has issues around payment by results to work out in its contract with the local primary care trust for the current financial year.
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HSJ Local
Princess Alexandra savings shouldn't lead to 'slashing' workforce - DH
FINANCE: The Department of Health has warned that workforce numbers should not be “slashed” and quality should not be compromised due to the scale of Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust’s savings plan.
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HSJ Local
Gloucestershire Hospitals FT reports on risks to savings plans
FINANCE: Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust is reporting a high risk it will not achieve its £20m savings plan and has yet to fully identify almost a third of the target.
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HSJ Local
CQC revisit Great Western Hospitals FT
PERFORMANCE: Great Western Hospitals Foundation Trust received an unannounced visit from Care Quality Commission inspectors at the beginning of July.
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HSJ Local
Durham and Darlington have highest summary care record takeup
PERFORMANCE: County Durham and Darlington PCTs have the best uptake of the summary care record nationally, according to a PCT report.
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HSJ Local
Avon and Wiltshire experiments with new forms of independence
STRUCTURE: Swindon and Wiltshire’s improving access to psychological therapies service (IAPT) is looking to become more independent from Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Trust.
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HSJ Local
CCP review of Basingstoke merger delayed
The Co-pperation and Competition Panel have extended the first phase of their review of Basingstoke and North Hampshire NHS Foundation Trust’s planned takeover of Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare.
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HSJ Local
Isle of Wight plans single provider body
STRUCTURE: Proposals have been set out for a single provider organisation for the Isle of Wight, covering acute, community, mental health, ambulance and prison healthcare services.
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HSJ Local
Derby picks Morrisons in estate sell-off
COMMERCIAL: Derby Hospitals Foundation Trust has selected Morrisons to develop the first phase of a new mixed use scheme planned for the old Derbyshire Royal Infirmary site.
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HSJ Local
'Significant clinical risk' at St George's after doctors' letters are left unsent
PERFORMANCE: A report to the board said a serious incident investigation had been started after 5,000 letters went unprocessed.
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HSJ Local
Croydon could be next for London 111 pilot
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust, part of the the south west London cluster, has submitted a business plan to pilot the 111 non-emergecy number in London.
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HSJ Local
Dispute over Leeds children's heart surgery
PERFORMANCE: Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has rejected a charity’s criticism of standards of its children’s heart surgery, as the Care Quality Commission says it will look at the concerns.
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HSJ Local
Outer north east London submits proposal to pilot 111 scheme
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust cluster, which consists of Waltham Forest, Barking & Dagenham, Redbridge and Havering PCTs, has submitted a business plan to pilot the 111 non-emergency number in London.
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HSJ Local
At least half of University Hospitals of Leicester services make a loss
FINANCE: University Hospitals of Leicester Trust makes a loss on at least half of its services and the remainder do not make enough to cover the losses, an analysis has shown.
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HSJ Local
Issues raised by DH and SHA over Cambridgeshire and Peterborough cluster
STRUCTURE: The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough primary care cluster has been criticised for a lack of “true collaborative working”.
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NewsGovernment will act as guarantor on PFI
The government will continue to act as a guarantor for private finance initiative schemes, the health secretary has announced.