All Health Service Journal articles in 16 February 2012 – Page 6
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£6.8m CCG contract overspend anticipated in Sheffield
FINANCE: CCG commissioning contracts are overspent by £4.9m at the end of November and could rise to £6.8m overspent by the end of the financial year.
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CCG contracts overspent by £3.1m in Barnsley
FINANCE: Clinical commissioning group contracts in the Barnsley area are overspent by £3.1m at the end of month eight.
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West Midlands plans £9m efficiencies
FINANCE: West Midlands Ambulance Service Trust is planning £9m in cost improvements in 2012-13 to enable it to make a £4m surplus.
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South West Essex breaks even
FINANCE: NHS South West Essex is reporting a breakeven position at the end of month nine - which it also expects to be its year end position.
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Rampton praised on risk reduction and containment
PERFORMANCE: Services at Rampton Hospital, run by Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust, have been praised for its risk reduction and containment procedures.
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Leicester treating burns patients at home
SERVICES: University Hospitals of Leicester Trust is treating some burns patients in their own homes.
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Suffolk's vascular surgery moves to Colchester
SERVICES: Major vascular surgery in east Suffolk is to be centralised at Colchester General Hospital.
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North Essex to continuing hosting Suffolk community services
SERVICES: An agreement that North Essex Partnership Foundation Trust will host Suffolk community services has been extended into the next financial year.
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NHS Suffolk underspent for year
FINANCE: NHS Suffolk is £0.5m underspent on plan for the year to date and has £2.2m in unallocated contingency funds. It is aiming to make a £1.1m surplus.
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Wrong eye operated on at Hinchingbrooke
PERFORMANCE: A patient had the wrong lens inserted during an ophthalmic at Hinchingbrooke Hospital, and had to be returned to the theatre for it to be replaced with the correct one, Janaury’s board meeting was told.
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Princess Alexandra faces deficit of £1.3m
FINANCE: Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust had a deficit of £1.3m at the end of December, against a planned surplus of £0.3m.
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Princess Alexandra reports seven serious incidents
PERFORMANCE: Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust reported seven serious incidents in December, including one maternal and neonatal death and three serious pressure ulcers.
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NewsEthics expert urges health service to consider losers when cutting costs
The NHS needs to think more about who is being harmed by decisions as it battles to reduce costs, a leading researcher has said.
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NewsNHS 'to have 2,800 consultants more than it needs'
The NHS could end up with more fully trained hospital doctors than it needs - and potentially an increased wage bill - unless it makes changes to the way they are trained and used, the Centre for Workforce Intelligence has said.
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NewsInstitute of Healthcare Management joins 'drop the bill' calls
The Institute of Healthcare Management has become the latest professional body to call on the government to drop its plans to reform the NHS.
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NewsIntegrate treatment for mental and physical conditions, NHS told
The NHS could improve care and reduce costs by improving how it treats patients suffering from both mental and physical health conditions, a new report says.
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NewsDebt cap proposed for private providers to NHS
Monitor has proposed to set a cap on the level of debt carried by any organisation providing essential healthcare services to the NHS.