All Health Service Journal articles in 19 July 2012 – Page 3
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HSJ Local
High activity levels put SCAS under strain
PERFORMANCE: High levels of emergency demand have caused the South Central Ambulance Service to miss a key response time indicator.
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HSJ Local
Bristol pathology plans approved
STRUCTURE: Plans to consolidate pathology services in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire have won the backing of the national clinical director for pathology.
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News
BMA suspends industrial action and joins pensions talks
The British Medical Association has announced it is “suspending plans for further industrial action” and will join talks between other health unions and government about the detail of pension reform proposals.
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HSJ Local
Long waiters 'urgency' at Newcastle Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust has a number of patients waiting longer than 52 weeks, its strategic health authority has said.
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HSJ Local
Heatherwood FT hits emergency target
PERFORMANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust hit accident and emergency targets in April and was on target in May.
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HSJ Local
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership to integrate teams
STRUCTURE: Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust is planning to integrate its children’s physiotherapy an occupational therapy services.
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HSJ Local
Ming Tang appointed as MD to South Yorkshire CSS
WORKFORCE: Ming Tang has been appointed as managing director of the South Yorkshire NHS commissioning support service.
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HSJ Local
Scarborough trust underperforming on A&E ahead of merger
PERFORMANCE: Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Health Care Trust, ahead of its acquisition by York Hospitals Foundation Trust, was missing the 4 hour accident and emergency access target.
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HSJ Local
Jackie Daniel to take Morecambe Bay chief exec job
WORKFORCE: Jackie Daniel, the chief executive of Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust, is moving to troubled foundation trust University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay from the start of August.
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Leader
Tough choices await CCGs hoping to reverse GP referral trend
Time is short for CCGs and practices to collaborate.
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News
Rising GP referrals contradict Lansley claims
Emergent clinical commissioning groups have been unable to prevent GP referrals hitting a new high, contradicting repeated claims by the health secretary that they were already reducing demand for secondary care, HSJ analysis has found.
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News
Curbs proposed on council powers over NHS reconfiguration
The Department of Health has begun consultation on regulations that would significantly check local government’s power to refer controversial NHS reconfigurations to the health secretary.
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News
CCG authorisation 'support' could see powers taken back
Clinical commissioning groups may be given “support” including having managers imposed on them or their functions removed, it has been confirmed.
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News
Serco out-of-hours service failing four CQC standards
A GP out-of-hours service run by Serco was understaffed and possibly overstating its performance, an investigation by the Care Quality Commission has found.
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HSJ Local
WWL misses 90 per cent waiting target in April
PERFORMANCE: The trust was one of just seven across the North of England to miss the national waiting target for admitted patients in April, latest strategic health authority board papers show.
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News
Health spend to soar even if efficiency rises - OBR
Health spending is set to soar over the next half century even if the NHS becomes more efficient, the Office of Budget Responsibility has warned.
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HSJ Local
Cambridge trust warned about surgical safety
PERFORMANCE: One of the country’s most prestigious teaching hospitals may be putting patients at risk because of inconsistent use of surgical check lists, the Care Quality Commission has warned.
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HSJ Local
Stroke care overhaul planned in Midlands and East
A major review has been launched into stroke services across the Midlands and the East of England in an attempt to improve survival rates and reduce disability, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
Analysed: review aims to improve stroke services in the Midlands and East
HSJ Local Briefing is our new in-depth analysis of key issues facing some of the major NHS health economies. This week we examine plans to review stroke services across the Midlands region to try and improve the standard of care and save more lives.
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News
Commissioning board plans new improvement body to drive efficiency
The NHS Commissioning Board is preparing to launch a new organisation to promote and spread innovation in a bid to orchestrate a “system-wide response” to make services sustainable.