All Health Service Journal articles in 21 June 2012
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NewsAdult social care budgets cut by £890m
Funding reform ‘desperately needed’, warn senior directors
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NewsWatchdog backs merger of Ealing and North West London hospitals
The health service’s competition watchdog has cleared proposals for a merger of NHS trusts Ealing Hospital and North West London Hospitals.
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NewsDeath rate to be used to determine public health funding
Department of Health publishes plans to distribute money according to need
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NewsNHS finance manager avoids jail over bank cash
A senior NHS manager who wrongly harboured more than £146,000 of public money in bank accounts he controlled has avoided jail.
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NewsSecond death in Legionnaires' outbreak
A second person has died after catching Legionnaires’ disease in the outbreak in Edinburgh, NHS Lothian said.
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NewsHSJ announces shortlist for Efficiency Awards 2012
Health Service Journal has revealed the shortlist for this year’s prestigious Efficiency Awards, recongising and rewarding individuals, teams and organisations who have been successfully driving efficiency forward in the health service.
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NewsOpen for entry: HSJ Awards 2012
The healthcare industry’s most coveted awards are now caling for entries into 18 key categories across the health service.
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NewsDecision due on Leicester maternity plans
A £3.5m plan to relieve pressure on maternity services in Leicester is to be put before strategic health authority bosses next month.
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NewsMid Staffs witnesses to be told to prepare for criticism
The Mid Staffordshire Public Inquiry has written to all witnesses revealing the process it will follow to warn those who will be criticised by inquiry chair Robert Francis QC.
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Hampshire FT behind on waiting times
PERFORMANCE: An “extremely busy” few months have put pressure on staff and services at Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust, causing the organisation to miss two performance targets.
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Restructuring costs push Hampshire FT into deficit
FINANCE: Unplanned restructuring costs put the Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust into deficit late in 2011-12.
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Southampton FT falls short on three performance measures
University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust reported poor performance for April on cancer waiting times, accident and emergency and referral to treatment times.
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Amber-red rating maintained for St Helens & Knowsley FT bid
STRUCTURE: The status of St Helens and Knowsley’s bid for foundation trust status remained at amber-red in April, latest NHS North of England board papers show.
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CQC threatens trust with 'serious consequences' over medicines storage
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has issued a formal warning to Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust to make urgent improvements to its standards of medicines management or “face serious consequences”.
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HSJ LocalNew medical director for Mid Staffs
WORKFORCE: Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has announced a new full-time medical director who will be seconded to the hospital from the neighbouring North Staffordshire Trust.
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Southampton FT falls short on CIP
FINANCE: University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust began 2012-13 falling short of its cost improvement plan, amid ongoing concerns about activity levels.
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Non-exec appointment for United Lincolnshire
WORKFORCE: Keith Brown has been re-appointed by the Appointments Commission to sit on the board of United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust for a period of four years.