All Health Service Journal articles in 19 January 2012 – Page 5
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HSJ Local
Wirral FT receiving ‘intensive support’ for waiting times problems
PERFORMANCE: The trust is working with the Department of Health’s intensive support team on a revised plan to tackle its waiting times problems, NHS North of England’s latest performance report states.
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HSJ Local
Report finds too few health visitors in Croydon
WORKFORCE: Health visitors in the south London borough face caseloads of nearly double recommended levels.
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HSJ Local
George Eliot sets up new forum to address pressures
STRUCTURE: A “Healthcare Operational Board” has been established at George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.
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HSJ Local
Three directors quit Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
STRUCTURE: Three directors have resigned at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust, the December board of governors meeting heard.
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HSJ Local
'Workplace champions' boost Suffolk's anti-smoking drive
SERVICES: Workplace champions are being recruited in firms in Suffolk to encourage their colleagues to give up smoking.
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HSJ Local
Mid Essex introduces restrictions on discretionary spending
FINANCE: NHS Mid Essex has introduced restrictions on discretionary spending as it struggles to deliver QIPP savings.
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HSJ Local
Fourteen CCGs in North of England have structure problem
STRUCTURE: NHS North of England has highlighted problems with the structure of 14 prospective clinical commissioning groups in the patch, including one in Wirral of which prominent GP commissioner James Kingsland is a member.
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HSJ Local
Mid Yorks Hospitals' £20m forecast deficit tips Yorks & Humber trusts into red
FINANCE: Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust is forecasting a £20m deficit for 2011-12, despite receiving £14m additional support from commissioners.
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HSJ Local
Kent PCTs launch phone app in bid to cut teenage pregnancies
PERFORMANCE: A mobile phone app has been launched as part of efforts to improve sexual health and reduce unplanned teenage pregnancies in Kent.
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News
DH plans to allow councils to take on public health functions early
The Department of Health is considering “arrangements” that will allow councils to take over the management of public health functions before the legal transition of responsibility in 2013.
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News
Two new Monitor non-executive directors appointed
The Department of Health this morning announced the appointment of Keith Palmer and Sigurd Reinton to the Monitor board.
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HSJ Knowledge
Reaping joint benefits of streamlined hip and knee care pathways
One consortium’s approach to overhauling hip and knee care has brought efficiency and financial rewards while sparing patients from repeated trips to hospital. Debra de Silva and Sima Haririan explain.
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HSJ Local
Lincolnshire community services trust plans patient consultation over reforms
STRUCTURE: NHS chiefs in Lincolnshire have told patients that planned government reforms in the county will allow healthcare providers to be “more responsive” to their needs.
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News
Labour calls on Lib Dems peers to oppose bill
The coalition government is allowing NHS hospitals to devote half their beds, appointments and car park spaces to private patients, Labour has claimed.
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HSJ Local
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust revises down savings target
FINANCE: The north London mental health trust has revised down its CIP target for 2011-12 from £15.9m to £14.1m
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HSJ Local
'Inadequate monitoring' of patients tranquilised at South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust
PERFORMANCE: The trust’s risk register noted the potential for “patients coming to harm as a result of inadequate clinical monitoring after rapid tranquillisation”.
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HSJ Local
South West London and St George's integrated to make site sell-off decision
STRUCTURE: The mental health trust published a draft business plan produced by KPMG which said a full business plan would be needed to decide whether the trust should cut down from five inpatient sites to two.
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HSJ Local
Skills for Health to work with Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals on skill mix
WORKFORCE: The sector skills council for health will be working with the east London trust on a “systematic skill mix review, one of the key actions from the CQC action plan”.
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HSJ Local
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals loses nearly 10 per cent of charitable funds on stock market
FINANCE: The east London acute trust lost £300k of its £3.4m charitable fund in quarter two, minutes to the meeting of the charitable fund committee reported.