All Health Service Journal articles in 1 December 2011
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Trust hits back at 'scandalous' Mid Staffs comparison
PERFORMANCE: James Paget University Hospital FT has hit back at GPs and local politicians for making a “scandalous comparison” with Mid Staffordshire Hospital.
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NewsKing's Fund and Future Forum challenge GP contract 'barrier'
The King’s Fund is throwing its weight behind proposals to define and expand the services required from NHS GP contractors.
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NHS Cumbria looks for extra measures to offset projected £4m acute overspend
FINANCE: The primary care trust has pulled together plans for £3m worth of “further measures” to offset a projected overspend on its 2011-12 acute provider contracts.
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New chair named at Southend FT
STRUCTURE: Southend University Hospital FT has appointed a new chair, following the retirement of a long-serving director.
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Southend FT looks at lease deals to preserve cash buffer
COMMERCIAL: Southend University Hospital FT is considering radical financial plans to tackle a cash shortage, including selling off £23m of assets to be leased back.
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Board meets to set up Anglia Ruskin academic partnership
STRUCTURE: Universities and hospitals in the East of England are planning to come together in a “collaborative” partnership, according to board papers.
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West Suffolk Hospitals upgrades to digital breast scanners
COMMERCIAL: West Suffolk Hospital Trust is spending £1.2m upgrading its breast cancer scaning equipment with the latest digital technology.
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Peterborough and Stamford needed 'advance payments' for cash position
FINANCE: Peterborough and Stamford FT has secured “advance payments” from PCTs to continue operating despite a cash shortage, according to board documents.
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Southend FT falls £2m behind on savings plan
FINANCE: Southend University Hospital Foundation Trust has fallen £2m behind on its savings plans in the first six months of the 2011-12 financial year, according to board papers.
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Basildon and Thurrock FT in talks to stay within private income cap
COMMERCIAL: Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals is renegotiating a contract with a private provider to ensure the FT does not breach its private patient income cap, as it did last year.
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PCT visit highlighted care and records issues at Peterborough and Stamford FT
PERFORMANCE: Care quality and medical records issues at Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals FT were highlighted in an unannounced visit from the PCT, public board minutes reveal.
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NewsNicholson: 'End criticism of managers'
The NHS chief executive has called for an end of criticism of health service managers, hours after the health secretary said too much money had been “wasted” on them.
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NewsDH tightens the screws with uncompromising NHS operational plan for 2012
NHS providers face increased strain next year, with the price for their services cut by at least another 1.5 per cent and commissioners obliged to strictly enforce financial penalties and to clear their own debts.
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NewsPCTs to be monitored to protect against public health cuts
Primary care trusts will be monitored to ensure they are maintaining “appropriate” investment in local public health services during the transition to council control.
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NewsPharma suppliers put export ahead of NHS - Burns
Drugs for NHS patients are being delayed because suppliers make more money by selling medication to eurozone countries, the government has said.
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NewsBMA declares full opposition to reforms
Doctors’ leaders have declared all-out opposition to the government’s NHS shake-up amid claims they will give too much influence to the private sector.
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Manchester PCTs poised to award home oxygen contract
FINANCE: PCTs across the North West are being recommended to approve a contract for Air Liquide (Homecare) Ltd to provide home oxygen services across the region.
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Greater Manchester lacks capacity to cope with disease outbreak
PERFORMANCE: Infection control teams in Greater Manchester PCTs would struggle to cope with disease outbreaks over the winter months, the area’s cluster board heard.
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CommentDoes the NHS really believe information technology can improve healthcare?
I doubt that anybody within airlines, financial services, or manufacturing goes to meetings to debate whether information technology can improve what they do. It already has, and continues to. Why, then, have we in healthcare grown very sceptical about information technology, asks Richard Smith.
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AQP areas announced in Manchester
FINANCE: Greater Manchester PCTs have identified podiatry and diagnostics as priorities for introducing any qualified provider.