All Health Service Journal articles in 21 February 2013 – Page 5
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HSJ Local
Solihull QIPP on track despite slippages
FINANCE: Efficiency savings are above plan in Solihull even though half of local schemes are “off plan” in terms of delivering savings.
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HSJ Local
Trust sued over surgery blunder
PERFORMANCE: Salisbury Foundation Trust is being sued by a patient who had the wrong testicle removed during surgery and can no longer have children.
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HSJ Local
Solihull virtual ward praised as 'exemplar'
STRUCTURE: A “virtual ward” for patients in Solihull has been held up as an “exemplar” in the long term conditions quality, innovation, productivity and prevention workstream.
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NewsCollege of Emergency Medicine raises concern over Lewisham A&E plan
The College of Emergency Medicine has raised concerns over proposals for changes to Lewisham Hospital’s accident and emergency unit, and indicated they do not fit its definition of an emergency department.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe scales for measuring patient experience
The switch to a five-point “agree score” needs to be understood
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HSJ KnowledgeLive Q&A: Achieving trust in procurement
The live discussion with Mike Mayers starts on 5 March at 1pm
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CommentCollaboration will improve the ambulance service
NHS and private companies can together create a better service
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HSJ KnowledgeWhat needs to happen to PCTs' IT assets
Guidance for sorting out the complexities of IT contracts before April
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NewsHSJ Live 22.2.2013: Francis plans NHS Commissioning Board meeting appearance
Robert Francis is to appear at the NHS Commissioning Board, while newspapers continue to focus on “gagging” agreements, and procurement law sparks controversy.
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HSJ Local
Sherwood Forest tops latest FFT league table
PERFORMANCE Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust has topped the latest Friends and Family Test league table, NHS Midlands and East has announced.
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HSJ Local
UCLH on track to save £108m over three years
FINANCE: Minutes of a board meeting reveal University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust is on track to make £108m in recurrent savings by the end of 2012-13.
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HSJ Local
Concern over rising demand for Birmingham acute services
FINANCE: Higher than expected levels of demand for services at University Hospital Birmingham Foundation Trust have been described as the “main cause for concern” by Birmingham South and Central clinical commissioning group.
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HSJ Local
UCLH raises governance rating concerns with Monitor
FINANCE: The chief executive of University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust Sir Robert Naylor has written to Monitor to express concerns about the governance rating of the trust, board papers reveal.
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HSJ Local
Sheffield care trust records larger than expected surplus
FINANCE: Sheffield Health and Social Care Foundation Trust is reporting a surplus of £3.8m to the end of December against a planned £2.4m .
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HSJ Local
Barts £10.5m behind on savings plan
FINANCE: Barts Health Trust is £10.5m behind on its £43.4m savings plan at month nine.
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HSJ Local
Maidstone and Tunbridge CIPs ‘under-delivering’
FINANCE: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is at significant risk of failing to hit its savings target for cost improvement plans, according to board papers.
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HSJ Local
Birmingham FT releases reserves to cover deficit
FINANCE: University Hospital Birmingham Foundation Trust is forecasting a better than expected surplus, but only after releasing contingency funds to plug a financial gap.
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HSJ Local
New service goes out to AQP in Dorset
COMMERCIAL: NHS Dorset has advertised for providers of community endoscopy under any qualified provider, board papers reveal.
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HSJ Local
Two-year north London urology contract tendered
COMMCERCIAL: NHS Enfield and NHS Haringey are tendering for a “community-based” urology service over two years.
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HSJ Local
Birmingham Cross City CCG on track for surplus despite acute overspend
FINANCE: Birmingham Cross City clinical commissioning group reported it was ahead of its finance plan at the end of month nine, and was expecting to hit its £2m surplus target for the year.