All Health Service Journal articles in 3 April 2015
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News
City's social workers transfer to healthcare provider
All 172 of Plymouth City Council’s social workers are now employed by Plymouth Community Healthcare
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HSJ Partners
Video: Learn how GS1 standards are transforming the NHS
To help NHS organisations better understand how GS1 standards are implemented and what the benefits will be, GS1 have created a short video.
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HSJ Local
New Hertfordshire hospital to open in May
ACUTE CARE: The new Queen Elizabeth II hospital in Welwyn Garden City is on schedule to start delivering services in May.
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News
Explained: Labour's ‘profit cap’ to prevent 'tide of privatisation'
Labour’s NHS ‘private profit cap’ explained
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News
Labour's 'profit cap' policy faces European legal hurdles, say lawyers
Ed Miliband’s proposal to cap the profits of private sector providers of NHS services at 5 per cent would come up against EU legislation, lawyers have told HSJ.
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News
Winter A&E analysis: More ambulance queues and cancelled operations
Ambulance handover delays, cancelled elective operations and delayed transfers of care all saw huge increases this winter, in what has been the most difficult year for accident and emergency departments in a decade.
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HSJ Local
CCG extends £30m community services contract
COMMERCIAL: Bromley Clinical Commissioning Group has extended its contract for community services with Bromley Healthcare by one extra year to end in March 2017.
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HSJ Local
Monitor tells London trust to reduce waits and improve finances
PERFORMANCE: King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust has been told to reduce waiting times and make improvements to its finances, following an investigation by Monitor.
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HSJ Local
New foundation trust slips £10m into the red
FINANCE: St George’s University Hospitals Foundation Trust has seen a steep decline in its finances and is expecting to report a £10m deficit for 2014-15.
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News
HSJ Live 02.04.2015: Labour's 'profit cap' policy faces European legal hurdles, say lawyers
Lawyers say Ed Miliband’s proposal to cap the profits of private sector providers could come up against EU legislation, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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HSJ Local
Mental health team reduces waiting list by two-thirds
MENTAL HEALTH: A team based in Swindon has reduced the number of patients waiting for an assessment of their mental health needs by two-thirds in just two months.
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HSJ Local
Performance of ambulance trust worries CCG
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners in East Anglia has expressed concern that East of England Ambulance Service Trust has missed a large number of targets relating to responses to 999 calls.
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HSJ Local
Essex trust heading for £7.8m deficit
FINANCE: Southend University Hospital Foundation Trust is expected to post a deficit of £7.8m this financial year.
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HSJ Local
New Papworth Hospital given the green light
STRUCTURE: Building work is due to start soon on a new Papworth Hospital to provide specialist treatment for heart and lung patients from across the UK on a seven acre site.
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HSJ Local
Chief exec concerned by ‘unacceptable’ allegations of bullying
WORKFORCE: Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership has produced a new anti-bullying and harassment policy because of reports of ‘unacceptable’ abuse and bullying in the NHS staff survey.
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HSJ Local
Trust told to improve pressure ulcer care
PERFORMANCE: Trust members and other stakeholders have called on Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare Trust to do more to reduce pressure ulcers and improve staff skill levels.
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News
Exclusive: 26 trusts responsible for half of national A&E target breach
Twenty-six hospital trusts are responsible for half of the national growth in patients waiting more than four hours in accident and emergency, HSJ analysis reveals.
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News
NHS bodies urged to bid for slice of multibillion EU fund
NHS organisations are being strongly encouraged to bid for funding from an EU pot worth £4.4bn to be spent in the UK over the next seven years.