All Health Service Journal articles in 23 August 2012
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Plymouth in top fifth for cancer patient experience
PERFORMANCE: NHS providers in Plymouth scored in the top 20 per cent in the country in the National Cancer Patient Experience Survey.
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Royal Cornwall scores well on involving patients
PERFORMANCE: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust was one of the best performing trusts for cancer patients felling involved in decisions about their care, according to the National Cancer Patient Experience Survey.
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Royal Devon and Exeter gets middle ranking most cancer survey measures
PERFORMANCE: Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust scored in the top 20 per cent on 13 out of 70 measures in the National Cancer Patient Experience Survey.
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Poole comes out on top in cancer survey
PERFORMANCE: Poole Hospital Foundation Trust has come out top in a key indicator for cancer care, with 94 per cent of patients rating their care excellent or very good.
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'MRI-safe' pacemaker installed at Watford
SERVICES: Watford General Hospital’s cardiology team has implanted the world’s first ‘MRI-safe’ pacemaker.
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Dementia centre gets go-ahead in Essex
SERVICES: A flagship centre for people with dementia has been given the go-ahead in south Essex.
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Ipswich site could be sold off for housing
FINANCE: The site of a hospital in Ipswich could be sold off to fund mental health developments in the area.
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Q1 A&E target problems for Royal Surrey County
PERFORMANCE: Royal Surrey County Hospital Foundation Trust breached the four-hour target for accident and emergency waits more often than it met it during the first quarter of 2012-13, according to board papers.
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New X-Ray machine for Isles of Scilly
STRUCTURE: Peninsula Community Health has installed a new x-ray machine at St Mary’s Hospital on the Isles of Scilly that means residents will no longer have to visit the mainland for an x-ray.
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NHS London grants £800k to NHS South East London for global sum equivalent transition
FINANCE: NHS South East London was granted £800,000 of its two per cent topslice back by NHS London to “support transition” to the Global Sum Equivalent payment system.
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NHS London approves £1.5m NHS 111 set-up costs in SW London
FINANCE: NHS London has agreed NHS South West London could use £1.5m of the funds the SHA had top-sliced from it to fund part of the set-up costs for NHS 111.
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NHS London agrees use of topslice funding to set up maternity network
PERFORMANCE: NHS South West London has had its bid to use funding topsliced by NHS London to establish a maternity network approved.
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£5.4m for long term conditions in SW London
PERFORMANCE: NHS London has agreed that NHS South West London can use £5.4m in top-sliced funding to set up a long term conditions programme delivery board.
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HSJ LocalCancer services at Chesterfield Royal in UK top ten
PERFORMANCE: The Chesterfield Royal Hospital Foundation Trust’s cancer service has been placed in the country’s top ten following the results of the latest patient experience survey.
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Barking, Havering and Redbridge hospitals given £9.6m for 'turnaround costs'
FINANCE: The east London primary care trust cluster has given Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust £9.6m in “turnaround costs”, a Freedom of Information Act request reveals.
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East London cluster spends £6.4m on redundancy costs and CSS set-up
FINANCE: The east London primary care trust cluster has had funding of £6.4m approved by NHS London to pay for redundancy costs and the transition costs of setting up commissioning support services.
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HSJ LocalConsultation pledge on Worcestershire acute service review
STRUCTURE: NHS Worcestershire has committed itself to holding a second round of public engagement on major plans to reconfigure acute services in the county.
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Guy's and St Thomas' given £4.7m loan to tackle waiting list backlog
FINANCE: NHS South East London applied to NHS London for a £4.7m loan to tackle the waiting list backlog at South London Foundation Trust, HSJ can reveal.
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NHS East London and the City applies for topslice funding
FINANCE: NHS East London and the City applied to NHS London for £55,000 of the two per cent top-slice funds to kickstart its sexual health tariff programme.
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Cluster gives Barts Health Trust £15m to help with merger
FINANCE: Documents released under the Freedom of Information Act show the East London primary care trust cluster gave Barts Health Trust £15.1m to help with its merger.