All Health Service Journal articles in 9 August 2012
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NewsDavid Stout leaves NHS Confederation to run commissioning support organisations
NHS Confederation deputy chief executive David Stout has been appointed as managing director of two commissioning support units, covering Hertfordshire and Essex.
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Complaints fall at Yeovil FT
PERFORMANCE: Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust saw a 13 per cent fall in the number of formal complaints received in 2011-12 comparted with the prevoius year.
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Neglect contributed to death of patient at Somerset community hospital
PERFORMANCE: A patient who choked to death at a hospital run by Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust had been neglected by staff, a coroner has ruled.
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RJAH to invest £11m in facilities
COMMERCIAL: Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation Trust has agreed an £11m three-year investment plan to improve hospital facilities.
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Research establishes gender link in allergy hereditary
RESEARCH: Clinicians at Southampton University Hospital Foundation Trust have discovered a child’s risk of developing an allergic disease is doubled if a parent of the same sex has suffered from it.
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3.2pc of Pennine Care diagnostic waits over six weeks
PERFORMANCE: 3.2 per cent of patients awaiting diagnostic tests from the trust in June had been on its waiting list for more than six weeks, against a national target that fewer than 1 per cent of patients should wait that long.
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5.4pc of East Cheshire Trust diagnostic waits over six weeks
PERFORMANCE: 5.4 per cent of patients awaiting diagnostic tests from the trust in June had been on its waiting list for more than six weeks, against a national target that fewer than 1 per cent of patients should wait that long.
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Sefton over the threshold for diagnostic waits
PERFORMANCE: In June NHS Sefton was one of five North West primary care trusts to miss the national target of less than 1 per cent of patients waiting more than six weeks for diagnostic tests, latest Department of Health data shows.
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Great Ormond St says delay to lifting of private patient cap a 'key risk'
COMMERCIAL: Great Ormond Street Hospital has identified a delay to the lifting of the private patient cap as a “key risk”.
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King's has seen 'no evidence' commissioners will reduce referrals
FINANCE: King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust said the impact of commissioners’ demand management plans had been built into its plan it had seen “no evidence” to support them.
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Guy's and St Thomas' plans to cut costs by £23m
FINANCE: Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust intends to cut costs by £23m over the next two years, its annual plan review reveals.
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Homerton plans to grow turnover by 6 per cent
FINANCE: Homerton University Hospital Foundation Trust intends to grow its turnover from £243m last year to £259m in 2014-15, its annual plan review reveals.
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Hillingdon Hospitals plans to reduce caesarian rate
PERFORMANCE: Hillingdonn Hospitals Foundation Trust hope to reduce their caesarian section rate to 27.6 per cent over the next two years, a report said.
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Central and NW London FT looks to expand private provision
COMMERCIAL: Central and North West London Foundation Trust is looking to expand its private mental health services, a document sent to Monitor reveals.
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East London FT faces ongoing problems on women's intensive care
PERFORMANCE: The East London Foundation Trust is working to address continuing problems with the “provision of [a] Female Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit”.
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Chelsea and Westminster predicts pay inflation will cost an extra £3.4m next year
FINANCE:The central London acute provider Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Foundation Trust “anticipates” annual payawards of no more than 1 per cent in 2013-14 and 2014-15.
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Mental health trust looks at savings through bed cutting
PERFORMANCE: The north central London mental health provider Camden and Islington Foundation Trust has “savings requirements” of £6.6m in 2012-13 and 2013-14, according to a document it submitted to the foundation trust regulator.
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Chelsea and Westminster FT anticipate smaller surpluses
FINANCE: Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Foundation Trust is anticipating smaller surpluses in 2013-14 and 2014-15.
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Concerns over diagnostic performance in Birmingham and Solihull
PERFORMANCE: Increased demand for endoscopy tests has caused the Birmingham and Solihull primary care trust cluster to struggle to hit its target on diagnostic waits.
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Elective activity through the roof in Birmingham cluster
PERFORMANCE: GP referrals in the Birmingham and Solihull area are 32 per cent above plan in May this year, with other activity level indicators also showing significant overperformance.