All Health Service Journal articles in 14 June 2012 – Page 2
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NewsGovernment wrong to focus on 'breakthrough' drug research, warns pharma chief
Fears have been expressed for the future of medical drug research in the UK by the head of the association representing Britain’s pharmaceutical industry.
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Birmingham FT workers strike over pay cuts
Workers at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust went on strike yesterday in a row over cuts to a pay premium designed to improve recruitment and retention.
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Mother attending Mid Staffs told healthy baby had died
PERFORMANCE: An investigation has been launched into how doctors at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust told a pregnant woman she had lost her baby - and tried to remove it - only to discover it was healthy.
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Hampshire trust tenders for new cancer centre
COMMERCIAL: Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust is calling for bids to design a new cancer treatment centre in Basingstoke.
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Councils using social care cash to plug funding gaps
A new report claims that almost half of councils are plugging gaps in access to existing social care services by using additional social care funding from the NHS, rather than spending it on providing additional services or improving quality.
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UCLH joint venture aims to reduce PFI costs
One of the NHS’s most prestigious foundation trusts is spearheading a joint venture to drive down PFI costs.
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NewsPatients to rate doctors' surgeries
A new points scoring system will allow patients to rate doctors’ surgeries.
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'Crisis' in child health could arrive in 12 months
The NHS could be a year away from a “crisis” in the care given to children, the new president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has told HSJ.
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NewsFT applications given higher risk rating
The efforts of three London trusts to achieve foundation status have been given a higher risk rating HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: new CQC chief executive revealed
Department of Health director general of social care David Behan has been appointed chief executive of the Care Quality Commission, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsCouncils claim lack of DH engagement on public health budgets
LGA fears funding for new health role will be insufficient
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Trust plan to cut mortality
PERFORMANCE: Walsall Healthcare Trust has developed a plan to cut the trust’s high mortality rate.
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Hampshire commissioners fail to cut prescribing costs
FINANCE: Hampshire commissioners failed to reduce their spending on medicines during 2011-12, latest primary care trust data shows.
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Cluster bosses meet Southampton FT over demand and infection rates
PERFORMANCE: University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust is in talks with its primary care trust cluster over ongoing difficulties in managing demand and the knock on effects for care quality.
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Trust launches clinical audit tool
WORKFORCE: Junior doctors working at Burton Hospitals Foundation Trust are undergoing a special clinical audit training programme to improve patient safety and care.
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Isle of Wight trust launched
STRUCTURE: The Isle of Wight NHS Trust legally came into being on 1 April, bringing the purchaser-provider split to the island for the first time.
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Report condemns trust's use of information and technology
PERFORMANCE: An external report has found that the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation Trust has “no coherent vision” for information management and technology and is failing to use it to drive efficiencies.
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Cluster fears NHS 111 could create significant cost pressure
FINANCE: The introduction of the new non-emergency NHS 111 phone number in Gloucestershire and Swindon could lead to a recurring cost pressure on commissioners of £744,000 by the fifth year of the contract.
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Swindon vaccine success
PERFORMANCE: NHS Swindon had the third highest uptake of the human papilloma virus vaccine among year 8 pupils in the whole country during 2010-11.
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A&E performance improves at Glos Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: Performance against the four hour accident and emergency standard has improved “significantly” at Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust following an intervention by Monitor.