All Health Service Journal articles in 13 January 2011 – Page 5
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New central hub for NHS South Gloucestershire ENT services
STRUCTURE: Three PCTs have been asked to agree a plan to create a central hub for head and neck cancer; ear, nose and throat; and oral and maxillofacial services.
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NHS Harrow slips further against recovery plan
FINANCE: NHS Harrow’s has slipped a further £1.3m against its break-even plan in month eight.
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NHS Lewisham concern over 'high number of nurses in borough over 50'
WORKFORCE: NHS Lewisham has asked providers in the borough what they are planning to do about the high number of nurses over 50 in the workforce.
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Torbay provider arm to expand as it becomes independent
STRUCTURE: The provider arm of Torbay Care Trust is to take on community health services for the rest of south Devon.
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Kettering General Hospital FT predicting agency overspend
FINANCE: Kettering General Hospital Foundation Trust is predicting to overspend on agency costs by £3.3m by the end of the year.
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Concern over redundancy time-tabling at NHS Southwark
WORKFORCE: The HR and corporate affairs directors of NHS Southwark have raised concerns over the time-tabling of the management cost reductions.
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NHS City & Hackney overspent by 6.3 per cent on acute budgets
FINANCE: NHS City & Hackney overspent by 6.3 per cent in month seven with its main hospital providers, a finance report said.
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Homerton over-performing on bariatric surgery
FINANCE: Homerton University Hospital Foundation Trust is over-performing on bariatric procedures by £547,000 this financial year.
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Barts and the London faces £400,000 challenge on one month's worth of consultant to consultant referrals
FINANCE: Barts and the London faces a £400,000 challenge on consultant-to-consultant referrals, after a validation exercise was carried out by GPs.
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Medical and nurse directors to lose formal board roles
STRUCTURE: The PCT is proposing reduce the size of its board from 14 to nine.
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Patient choice sees UCLH bust target for maternity work
PERFORMANCE: Patients choosing to have their post and antenatal care and delivery at University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust and the high Market Forces Factor at the trust have seen it over-perform against target for one primary care trust.
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Nearly a third of East London Foundation Trust's medium secure patients have been there for two years or more
PERFORMANCE: Nearly a third of a mental health trust’s medium secure patients have been there for two years or longer.
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University Hospitals of Leicester hit with performance notice for A&E performance
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals of Leicester Trust has been issued with a performance notice due to its failure to consistently hit the accident and emergency target.
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Leicestershire County and Rutland PCT reports cancer target red risk
PERFORMANCE: NHS Leicestershire County and Rutland is reporting a red risk for a target to treat 90 per cent of cancer patients within 62 days of a screening referral.
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Central and North West London Mental Health Foundation Trust wins prison contract
COMMERCIAL: A mental health trust has won the contract to provide services to prison inmates.
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PCT predicting management savings shortfall
WORKFORCE: NHS Heart of Birmingham is predicting a £570,000 shortfall on its management costs target.
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Only 1 per cent of smear test results delivered on time
PERFORMANCE: NHS Shropshire County has reported that only 1 per cent of women are receiving cervical screening results within two weeks.
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Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals Trust now predicting lower surplus at year-end
FINANCE: A hospital trust is predicting a year-end surplus one third of its original target.
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NHS Warrington in-year deficit rose to £1.8m by end of November
FINANCE: The primary care trust’s in-year deficit rose £336,000 over the course of November to £1.819m, a January report to its board of directors shows.
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Provider organisations to miss TCS deadline
STRUCTURE: Two new provider organisations being created in West Midlands will miss the official Transforming Community Services deadline and a third is at risk of missing it.