All Health Service Journal articles in 13 October 2011
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NHS Blackpool nearly £1m under-spent by July 31
FINANCE: At the end of July the primary care trust was showing a year-to-date under-spend of £929,000, its latest finance report shows.
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NewsLansley told to produce evidence that personal budgets work
The government must produce evidence that personal health budgets improve outcomes, cost and patient experience before they are fully rolled out, according to a report.
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NewsCCGs call for more choice over commissioning support
Clinical commissioners have called on ministers to allow them to access a greater variety of commissioning support, as soon as possible.
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NewsJohn Healey steps down as shadow health secretary
Shadow health secretary John Healey has resigned from the shadow cabinet, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTreatments for drug addiction fall
The number of patients needing treatment for hard drug addiction fell by almost 10,000 over the last two years, figures show.
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NewsPatients facing 27-week waits for physiotherapy services
Patients needing to access NHS physiotherapy services are facing waits of up to 27 weeks, according to a new report.
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Hospital trust asks staff to consider working unpaid after recording £4.5m deficit at month five
WORKFORCE: Whipps Cross University Hospital has asked staff to consider sacrificing leave and do extra unpaid work, a leaked letter reveals.
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NewsBurnham moves back to health in shadow cabinet reshuffle
Andy Burnham has been confirmed as John Healey’s replacement as shadow health secretary.
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Hospital says Greek private patients owe £1.8m
FINANCE: King’s College Hospital reported that private patients from the financially-stricken state owe it £1.8m.
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Hillingdon Hospitals downgrade surplus estimate
FINANCE: The north west London trust has reforecast its surplus down to £220,000, £2.3m below what it aimed for in its annual plan.
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NHS London expects Imperial to plan for a deficit in 2012-13
FINANCE: The troubled west London acute trust revealed in a finance report that strategic health authority NHS London expects them to plan for a deficit in 2012-13 as well as this financial year.
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NewsBMA 'alarmed' about CCGs excluding some GPs and LMCs
The British Medical Association GPs committee chair is “becoming increasingly alarmed” by how clinical commissioning groups are developing, he has said in a letter to GPs.
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County Durham and Darlington stroke change proposals move forward
STRUCTURE: The joint board of NHS County Durham and Darlington will consider a proposal to consolidate a single site for hyperacute stroke services at the University Hospital of North Durham at a board meeting to be held in public on 1 November.
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Council's public meeting opposes Hartlepool A&E plans
STRUCTURE: A public vote at a Hartlepool Council-organised meeting expressed “no confidence” in the board of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust.
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NHS Greenwich says it will probably need to dip into its top-slice
FINANCE: The south east London PCT says it will probably need to access the 2 per cent of its budget that NHS London top-sliced at the start of the financial year in order “to maintain its financial position”.
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UK’s first mental health ‘recovery college’ opens in SW London
STRUCTURE: An education institution specifically aimed at teaching about mental health recovery has been formerly opened at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
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QVH plans to shut unit next April
STRUCTURE: Queen Victoria Hospital FT plans to divest itself of a loss making inpatient community ward in April 2012-13.
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Queen Victoria Hospital FT sets out surplus plans for next three years
FINANCE: Queen Victoria Hospital FT hopes to make a surplus of more than £2m next year though it predicts financial performance will have slipped to £1.6m by 2013-14.
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Ashford and St Peter’s aims for £7m surplus in 2014
FINANCE: Ashford and St Peter’s Hospital FT says it plans to make a surplus of £7.3m in the financial year 2013-14, more than double its surplus last year.
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Ashford and St Peter’s sets 4 per cent savings targets
FINANCE: Ashford and St Peter’s Hospital FT wants to deliver annual recurring savings of 4 per cent until 2013-14.