Health Service Journal
7 June 2012
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‘Watershed’ moment for Brighton and Sussex
STRUCTURE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has received Department of Health approval for major redevelopment plans. -
AWP wins prison contract
COMMERCIAL: Avon and Wiltshire Partnership Trust has been awarded a contract to provide substance misuse services to HMP Bristol. -
CCG in Kent to launch patient network
STRUCTURE: The emerging clinical commissioning group in Thanet is launching a “health network” to help inform its decision making. -
CCGs tender £22m worth of services from Nottingham treatment centre
COMMERCIAL: Clinical Commissioning Groups around Nottingham are advertising for a provider to deliver services up to a value of £42m from Nottingham Treatment Centre. -
City Hospitals Sunderland implements BridgeHead
COMMERCIAL: City Hospitals Sunderland Foundation Trust has successfully implemented BridgeHead Software’s healthcare data management software. -
Coventry and Warwickshire gets FT support from SHA
PERFORMANCE: The Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust has told HSJ it has secured the backing of the Midlands SHA to go through to the next step of its bid to become a foundation trust. -
Cumbria clinical commissioners take on £676m budget
FINANCE: The primary care trust, NHS Cumbria, has delegated control of over £600m of its £900m budget for 2012-13 to Cumbria’s clinical commissioning group. -
Exclusive: NHS property company to take on 2,500 PCT staff
The new NHS property company will have 2,500 staff and a portfolio of “several thousand” properties with a total value of around £5bn, HSJ has learned. -
Funding boost for Somerset's GP federations
STRUCTURE: Commissioners in Somerset have agreed to double the funding for the county’s nine GP federations in 2012-13 to £500,000. -
Gloucestershire considers unlicenced use of Avastin
FINANCE: The Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group has agreed to support Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust decision to allow clinicans to prescribe an unlicensed medicine. -
Interim finance manager joins St George's
WORKFORCE: Bill Boa has joined St George’s Healthcare Trust as interim director of finance. -
Kent, Surrey and Sussex NHS 111 provider named
A partnership between out-of-hours provider Harmoni and South East Coast Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has been named preferred provider to deliver NHS 111 in Kent, Surrey and Sussex. -
Leicester gets all-clear from CQC
PERFORMANCE: Inspectors from the Care Quality Commission have given the University Hospitals of Leicester Trust the all-clear after it was issued with a warning notice by the watchdog earlier this year. -
London Ambulance performance on life threatening calls falls sharply in run up to Olympics
PERFORMANCE: London Ambulance Service’s response to life threatening calls has fallen dramatically following the introduction of a new software system, with just weeks to go until the capital hosts the 2012 Olympic Games. -
Merger of Epsom hospital with Ashford and St Peter's FT a step closer
STRUCTURE: The merger of Epsom Hospital with Ashford and St Peter’s Foundation Trust came a step closer today after a transaction board announced the Surrey foundation as the preferred partner. -
Mixed picture for emergency admissions at Somerset trusts
PERFORMANCE: Emergency admissions to Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust fell by 4.7 per cent in 2011-12 compared with 2010-11, equivalent to a reduction of 607 spells. -
North Bristol Trust appoints new chief executive
WORKFORCE: North Bristol Trust director of nursing Marie-Noelle Orzel is to take over as interim chief executive on 2 July. -
Nursing agency seeks recruits in south coast area
WORKFORCE: The British Nursing Association has launched a major recruitment drive for nurses and healthcare assistants to fill temporary positions in Kent, Sussex and Surrey. -
Record fine for data breach to be appealed
PERFORMANCE: A south coast hospital trust is to appeal against a decision to fine it £325,000 for a serious breach of the Data protection Act. -
ROH CQUINs worth over £600,000 at risk
FINANCE: The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation Trust identified an increased risk in achieving Commissioning for Quality and Innovation requirements for 2012-13. -
ROH finances 'embarrassingly good', says new CEO
FINANCE: The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation Trust’s chief executive has warned his board against potential complacency after describing the trust’s finances as “almost embarrassingly good”. -
Southern Health to open new learning disability unit
STRUCTURE: Southern Health Foundation Trust has set up a specialist team to provide support, assessment and treatment for people with complex learning disabilities. -
St George's begins strategy review
STRUCTURE: The south west London acute trust is considering its strategy over the next eight years. -
Uncertain future for Somerset learning disability services
COMMERCIAL: Learning disability services in Somerset could be put out to tender or spun off into a social enterprise, board papers reveal. -
Unequal GP access could hamper NHS reforms, MPs warned
The continued “severe iniquity” in the geographical distribution of GPs threatens to place clinical commissioning groups in poor areas at a “large disadvantage”, MPs have been told. -
West Middlesex ends in surplus after revaluing estate
FINANCE: West Middlesex University Hospital Trust ended the financial year 2011-12 with a surplus of £1.5m after a revaluation of its assets saw a decrease in its asset valuation of £2.3m. -
Wiltshire CCG appoints accountable officer
WORKFORCE: Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group has appointed a former primary care trust director as its interim accountable officer.
