All Health Service Journal articles in 22 November 2012 – Page 5
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HSJ Local
Oxford trust's commissioning income £7.6m over plan
FINANCE: Oxford University Hospitals Trust described its financial position as “broadly on plan”, despite commissioning income being £7.6m more than expected.
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HSJ Local
Colchester posts higher than forecast surplus
FINANCE: Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust has posted a £3.2m surplus for the first half of the 2012-13 financial year against a plan of £2.5m.
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HSJ Local
Fire disrupts A&E at Ashford & St Peter’s
PERFORMANCE: A small fire broke out at Ashford & St Peter’s Hospitals Foundation Trust on 16 November, shutting the emergency department for a short period.
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HSJ Local
Delays to two South of Tyne efficiency plans
FINANCE: South of Tyne and Wear PCT cluster has fallen behind on two quality, innovation, productivity and prevention schemes, according to an NHS North of England board paper.
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HSJ Local
Information prescriptions launched at Ashford & St Peter’s
PERFORMANCE: Information Prescriptions are being introduced at Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals to support cancer patients.
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News
£1bn paid in NHS redundancy packages
Almost £1bn has been paid out in redundancy packages as part of the restructuring of the NHS, according to new figures.
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News
QIPP lead: drugs bill will increase
Providers and commissioners need to focus on making sure they achieve value for money on drugs rather than cutting overall spend, the government’s pharmaceutical spending efficiency expert has told HSJ.
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HSJ Local
Basildon children's services slammed by CQC
The Care Quality Commission has raised “serious concerns” about children’s services at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust, branding them “completely unacceptable”.
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News
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News
Report reveals private care switch
A report into the impact of NHS reforms from the Labour government has revealed the proportion of patients seeing their local trust has significantly fallen, while those attending privately-owned centres has risen.
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HSJ Knowledge
Lessons from the global obesity pandemic
The UK should heed international lessons when it comes to weight loss initiatives
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Comment
The NHS mandate: liberation or ligature?
The freedom promised sounds good but how much is really on offer?
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HSJ Knowledge
How mobile NHS staff can contribute to carbon reduction
Do mobile NHS staff have to travel by car?
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News
Former Mid Staffs boss working for addiction charity
The chief executive who led Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust when it was engulfed by a scandal of poor care has taken up a senior role at an addiction charity with links to the NHS.
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HSJ Local
Lincolnshire trust invests in eye surgery
United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust has invested £150,000 in eye surgery at County Hospital in Louth.
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HSJ Local
Unions call for Peterborough inquiry
FINANCE: Unison is calling for a full inquiry into why the Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust board signed up to a private finance initiative scheme which has left the trust under substantial financial pressure.
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HSJ Local
Ipswich launches cleaning probe
Ipswich Hospital Trust has launched an investigation after finding mouldy cleaning bottles, the hospital has announced.
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HSJ Local
Northumbria appoints two emergency consultants
WORKFORCE: Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust has appointed a consultant intensivist and a consultant anaesthetist, which it says is part of preparations for its planned new specialist emergency hospital.
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HSJ Local
Seaham primary care centre opens
STRUCTURE: A £10m new primary care centre has been formally opened in Seaham, County Durham.
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HSJ Local
Mike Pinkerton selected as Doncaster and Bassetlaw chief exec
STRUCTURE: Mike Pinkerton has been selected as the new chief executive of Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals Foundation Trust, subject to approval by its board of governors.