All Health Service Journal articles in 1 September 2011 – Page 4
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South Warwickshire proposes rehabilitation hospital transfer
STRUCTURE: South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust is proposing that it takes over the Royal Leamington Spa Rehabilitation Hospital.
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HSJ Local
City University joins UCLPartners
STRUCTURE: The east London university has announced it is joining academic health science centre UCLPartners.
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HSJ Local
South Warwickshire FT underperforming on C difficile and A&E
PERFORMANCE: South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust has identified concerns with its performances on infection control and accident and emergency.
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HSJ Local
Kent named as a ‘Healthy Living Pharmacy’ pathfinder
STRUCTURE: Kent has been selected as one of 20 national pathfinders sites for Healthy Living Pharmacies, which integrate pharmacy services with public health.
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HSJ Local
Bristol acutes set to begin service reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: A number of key services are to be transferred to and from University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust and North Bristol Trust during the next three years.
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HSJ Local
Royal Wolverhampton predicts £2.6m debt
FINANCE: Board papers reveal that the Royal Wolverhampton hospitals trust is likely to overspend by £2.6m this year.
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HSJ Local
New managing director for Wolverhampton
WORKFORCE: The primary care trust in Wolverhampton has appointed a new managing director.
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HSJ Local
New medical director for West Mercia Cluster
WORKFORCE: A new medical director has been appointed to the West Mercia cluster of primary care trusts.
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HSJ Local
Radiotherapy centre plans submitted in Worcestershire
STRUCTURE: A planning application for the county’s first ever radiotherapy facility was submitted last month.
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HSJ Local
New finance director for North Staffordshire
WORKFORCE: The trust has appointed a new finance director to start in September.
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NewsMonitor's transitional role could be extended beyond 2016
Monitor’s existing regulatory powers over foundation trusts could be extended beyond March 2016, under plans set out by ministers today.
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NewsNearly 90 per cent of trusts failing new A&E indicators
Almost 90 per cent of trusts are failing the accident and emergency indicator on unplanned reattendances, while all acute providers failed to keep their single longest wait below six hours.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy the National Audit Office is wrong about the future for social enterprises
A National Audit Office report on the programme intended to encourage health organisation staff to form social enterprises has found no evidence of its value for money. But, argue Cobbetts LLP colleagues Kevin Jacquiss and Ross Griffiths, this disregards the achievements the programme could deliver - given enough time.
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CommentMedia Watch: onset of autumn provides a gloomy filter for health news
Maybe it was the autumnal August Bank Holiday weather that meant the national media largely looked at health through a gloomy lens this week.
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NewsEighty trusts call in lawyers over board level exits
Nearly 80 NHS organisations have employed law firms to deal with the departure of board members over the past five years, an HSJ investigation has revealed.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe right mix: why workforce planning and rostering has an impact on quality of care
The significant role nurse managers play in the deployment of staff and the need for robust education and development of approaches to this aspect of their role has consequences for the delivery of effective and high quality care, say Mary Cumming and colleagues.
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CommentHandful of trusts let down South East Coast on performance checks
Two sets of national checks and balances have revealed the South East Coast’s A* performers and those that “must try harder” when it comes to issues of patient experience.
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HSJ KnowledgeEnsuring the correct provision of mental health services for children
The change in legal requirements for health organisations providing mental health treatment to children means trusts and providers need to ensure they are meeting all statutory duties, write Rebecca Fitzpatrick and Andrew Keefe.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow investing in therapeutic services provides a clinical cost saving in the long term
Can investing in therapy cost less than traditional case management for dissociative identity disorders, asks Cheshire and Wirral Partnership FT clinical psychologist Dr Mike Lloyd.
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CommentNHS estate wrangles in the North West
What do you do with a private finance initiative hospital when it becomes the subject of service reconfiguration?