All Health Service Journal articles in 18 August 2011 – Page 3
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HSJ Local
North Staffordshire consults on mental health service changes
STRUCTURE: North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust has launched a public consultation, in partnership with NHS North Staffordshire and NHS Stoke on Trent, on its future plans for mental health services.
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HSJ Local
Chesterfield Royal gets green light for £2m eye centre
STRUCTURE: The board of directors at Chesterfield Royal Hospital FT has given the go ahead to a £2 project to revitalise the trust’s ophthalmology services.
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HSJ Local
NHS Knowsley had best smoking quit rate in NW in 2010-11
PERFORMANCE: The primary care trust had the highest rate of adults successfully quitting smoking in the North West last year, latest figures show.
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HSJ Local
Leicester trust seeks to increase car parking charges
FINANCE: Leicester’s Hospitals is asking for public views on proposals to increase the charge to park at the hospitals.
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HSJ Local
Tameside FT plans £16.1m cut to pay bill over three years
WORKFORCE: The foundation trust is planning to cut its pay bill by £16.1m in cash terms over the following three years, its three year plan shows.
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HSJ Local
Sussex Partnership issues £50m tender for informatics programme
COMMERCIAL: The mental health trust has issued a tender for the provision of its managed IT infrastructure and data management services.
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HSJ Local
Norfolk hospital opens new midwife birthing unit
STRUCTURE: A new midwifery-led birthing unit at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital opened its doors this month.
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Blackpool Teaching Hospitals FT plans to cut 675 posts over three years
WORKFORCE: The foundation plans to cut the equivalent of 675 whole-time posts over the next three years, its newly published three-year plan shows.
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HSJ Local
'Disappointing' CIP performance at Southampton
FINANCE: Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust has reported a “disappointing” performance against its cost improvement plan target.
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News
Social enterprises condemn 'slap in the face' over PCT properties
Social enterprises have been left out of plans to allow NHS providers to take over community service properties, in a move condemned as a “slap in the face” for the government’s Big Society agenda.
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News
DH reveals authorisation 'journey' for CCGs
The Department of Health has set out key details of the authorisation process for clinical commissioning groups – but stopped short of providing a clear list of requirements or a “bar” for approval.
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News
Trebled number of smokers quitting sees overall success rate drop
The number of people trying to quit smoking via NHS services has roughly trebled in the last decade but success rates have fallen, figures show.
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HSJ Knowledge
Out of the darkness: how quality assessment can improve out of hours care
Quality assessment helps remove disparity between out of hours and daytime care, improving performance and patients’ experience of their local health services, say Urgent Health UK medical director Simon Abrams and chair Mark Reynolds.
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News
'Expert' social enterprises still important to healthcare services
A charity that supports local entrepreneurs has insisted that the NHS must remain as an all-encompassing healthcare system but social organisations could do more to provide services traditionally offered by the NHS.
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HSJ Knowledge
Setting local free: will true decentralisation work in the future NHS?
A new government bill may not lead to true localism, but with new structures embracing decentralisation, it could be a big step in the right direction, argues Tim Care.
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News
Huge variation in reoperation rates for bowel cancer
Researchers are calling for the reoperation rate to be used as a quality indicator after a study found some hospitals were up to five times more likely to reoperate after colorectal surgery than others.
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HSJ Local
Staffing and medicines management are still issues at Mid Staffs
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission still has concerns about medicines management and staffing at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
Outer north east London lacks obesity management services
FINANCE: The outer north east London cluster of primary care trusts could save money on bariatric surgery with better community services for obesity.
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HSJ Local
Outer north east London cluster on plan for £4.2m underspend
FINANCE: Outer north east London cluster on plan for £4.2m underspend but has worst-case scenario of £17m deficit
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Posts and beds to go at Princess Alexandra
WORKFORCE: Princess Alexandra Hospital will cut 250 staff posts and 60 beds to meet a £17m savings target in the current financial year.