All Health Service Journal articles in 30 June 2011
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HSJ Local
SHA steps in over quality issues at West Herts
NHS East of England has stepped in to arrange an “escalation meeting” at West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust to discuss quality issues.
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HSJ Local
Complaints not falling at Luton and Dunstable FT
PERFORMANCE: The number of significant complaints at Luton and Dunstable Hospital FT is “not reducing”, according to the trust’s board papers.
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HSJ Local
Hinchingbrooke appoints interim chief
STRUCTURE: Hinchingbrooke Health Care has appointed an interim chief executive, as it waits for ministerial sign off for its franchise deal with Circle.
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HSJ Local
Trafford Healthcare faces deep cuts to core acute contract
FINANCE: Trafford Healthcare faces having its core contract for acute work cut from £75.5m to just £39.5m over the next five years, its latest finance report warns.
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HSJ Local
Hinchingbrooke franchise delay could threaten savings plan
FINANCE: Delays in the franchise contract for Hinchingbrooke Health Care could have an impact on the trust’s challenging savings targets, according to board papers.
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HSJ Local
Approval for Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent community provider delayed
STRUCTURE: The Department of Health has deferred the approval of a new organisation made up of the provider arms of NHS Stoke on Trent, NHS North Staffordshire, South Staffordshire PCT and adult social services from Staffordshire County Council.
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HSJ Local
Great Yarmouth and Waveney bids for SHA funds
FINANCE: The NHS in Great Yarmouth and Waveney’s bids to the regional health authority for funding have included a coordinated discharge and admissions team, according to board papers.
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HSJ Local
Only 18 per cent of nurses got flu jab at Luton and Dunstable FT
WORKFORCE: Only 18 per cent of nursing staff at Luton and Dunstable Hospital Foundation Trust received a flu vaccination this winter, according to board papers.
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NewsTrusts to be held to account for training funds
Providers will be held much more heavily to account for their investment in training, the government has announced.
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NewsClare Chapman resigns from DH
The Department of Health’s workforce director Clare Chapman has resigned.
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NewsHSJ publishes latest in series of interactive online simulations
The simulations, created by Simul8, allow users to experiment with healthcare improvement ideas in areas such as operating theatre management, stroke care and falls prevention.
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NewsImperial appoints SHA figures to board
Imperial College Healthcare Trust has appointed two senior managers from strategic health authorities as its chief financial officer and chief information officer.
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HSJ Local
Coventry PCT beats surplus target, despite commissioning overspends
FINANCE: Coventry PCT delivered an additional £500,000 in savings on top of meeting its surplus target for 2010-11, despite a more than £10m over-performance in acute and non-acute commissioning.
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HSJ Local
Royal Bournemouth ditches closure plans
STRUCTURE: Proposals to close a hospital and redevelop the entire site as an older people’s village have been ditched after overwhelming public opposition, despite potential savings of £1.5m a year.
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HSJ Local
Portsmouth Hospitals Trust breaches full-year diagnostics target in one month
PERFORMANCE: Portsmouth University Hospitals Trust has launched a recruitment drive after failing to meet a target on diagnostic waiting times, recording more than double the allowed breaches for a year in the first month of 2011-12.
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NewsDH in row with NAO over value for money of social enterprises
A report claiming that social enterprises run by staff might not deliver better services or produce financial savings, has sparked a row between the Department of Health and the National Audit Office.
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NewsDistrict generals face questions over their survival
The Department of Health’s head of provider development has questioned whether district general hospitals can survive within their present “organisational boundaries”.
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NewsHealth Bill: government publishes 181 amendments
The government has tabled 181 amendments to the Health Bill following a review of health secretary Andrew Lansley’s controversial original proposals.
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NewsAbuse case care home closes today
The Bristol care home at the centre of allegations of routine abuse of vulnerable adults with learning difficulties will close today (24 June).
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NewsFour GP visits before cancer diagnosis for quarter of young patients
A survey of young people with cancer found that six in 10 believed they could have been diagnosed earlier.