All Health Service Journal articles in 12 January 2012 – Page 6
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Cluster goes back to the drawing board on AQP
COMMERCIAL: A south west primary care trust cluster has been told it will have to select an additional service to open up to any qualified provider after one of its first choices did not comply with national guidance.
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Court date set for NHS Gloucestershire judicial review
STRUCTURE: Lawyers for NHS Gloucestershire will be in the high court next month to defend the primary care trust in a judicial review of the transfer of its provider arm.
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Imperial advertises chief executive's job
WORKFORCE: The west London hospital trust, one of the largest in the UK, is advertising for a permanent chief executive and applications must be submitted by January 27.
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Oxford trust overspends on PCT contract
FINANCE: Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust over-performed by £10.9m – or 7.5 per cent – against its contract with Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust in the first six months of 2011-12.
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Buckinghamshire fails on 18 week target
PERFORMANCE: Buckinghamshire commissioners are struggling to meet the 18 week referral to treatment target.
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Oxygen cylinder explosion to be investigated by HSE
PERFORMANCE: Patients had to be evacuated from the intensive care unit at Royal United Hospital Bath after an oxygen cylinder exploded.
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Bath and North East Somerset under-using ISTC contract
FINANCE: NHS Bath and North East Somerset is under using its contract with independent provider UK Specialist Hospitals by £243,000.
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Two mental health trusts criticised over homicide
PERFORMANCE: Failure to appreciate the complexity of patients’ conditions, low staffing levels and inadequate supervision contributed to two patients being treated by a South West mental health trust going on to kill.