All Health Service Journal articles in 15 September 2011 – Page 6
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HSJ Local
United Lincolnshire praises staff response to major fairground accident
WORKFORCE: Staff at Pilgrim Hospital in Lincolnshire have been praised for their “outstanding” response to a fairground accident in which 40 people were injured.
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HSJ Knowledge
Open to suggestions: can the National Programme for IT be saved by open source software?
Although a single electronic care record is still a ‘worthwhile’ aim, according to the Commons public accounts committee, the DH’s admission that it cannot be delivered poses a real problem for IT practice within the NHS. Nuffield Trust senior fellow Dr Geraint Lewis looks at one option for the beleaguered ...
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News
Revised DH figures predict 8,000 fewer redundancies from NHS reforms
Savings from the NHS reforms will be £700m less than previously thought but 8,000 fewer redundancies will be made, according to details released by the Department of Health.
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News
Hospital PFI deals attacked after car park charges increase
Private finance initiative contracts signed by the last Labour-led administration to build hospital car parks have been attacked following a decision by one hospital to increase charges by 62 per cent.
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News
Overseas nurses a 'risk' to healthcare - Lord Winston
Nurses with a poor command of English pose potential risks to healthcare levels, fertility expert Lord Robert Winston has warned.
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HSJ Local
Morecambe maternity services rapped by regulator
PERFORMANCE: Divisions between senior medical staff contributed to maternity services at University Hospitals Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust failing to meet essential safety standards, the Care Quality Commission has warned.
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HSJ Local
Commissioners had 'no confidence' in data supplied by Imperial
FINANCE: Minutes from a commissioner meeting said the west London trust had presented them with data “in which [it had] no confidence”.
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HSJ Local
West London PCTs identify £24m risk to their QIPP delivery
FINANCE: Ealing, Hillingdon and Hounslow primary care trusts reported a £24m risk to their QIPP delivery to the cluster this month and are “considering alternative measures”.
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HSJ Local
Kettering General the main driver of Northants acute overspend
FINANCE: NHS Northamptonshire had already overspent on its acute budget by more than £1m only three months into the financial year.
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HSJ Local
PCTs warned to watch spending on Milton Keynes FT
PERFORMANCE: Northampton and Milton Keynes primary care trust cluster has been warned they should “align” to monitor performance at Milton Keynes Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
£6.9m gap in Wirral University Teaching Hospital savings plans at end of April
FINANCE: At the end of April the foundation had identified just £6.9m of the £13.8m cash-releasing savings it needs in 2011-12, board papers show.
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HSJ Local
Countess of Chester behind on saving and surplus targets in first month of 2011-12
FINANCE: The foundation’s recorded surplus for the first month of 2011-12 was £19,000 below plan, mainly due to under-performance on its savings plans, board documents state.