All Health Service Journal articles in 24 November 2011 – Page 5
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News
Exclusive: London cluster to consult on 'ambitious' reconfiguration plans
NHS North West London will next June consult on “ambitious” reconfiguration plans to move the local health economy “to a more sustainable clinical and financial basis”, HSJ has learned.
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News
CCGs may be 'ill-equipped' to meet information governance standards
Clinical commissioning groups will be subjected to an increasing range of information governance requirements, but may be may be “ill-equipped” to meet the more rigorous standards, official guidance has said.
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HSJ Local
South Central sees ambulance demand increase
PERFORMANCE: Demand for ambulance services in the South Central region is rising in 2011-12 on the previous year.
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News
Unions warned over strike ballot turnouts
Reform of strike law will become “very pressing” if public sector workers push ahead with industrial action, ministers have warned.
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News
New health inequalities group launched
Tackling health inequalities will be the responsibility of a new institute being launched today.
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HSJ Knowledge
The seven simple steps to support cost improvement plans
Cost improvement projects are necessary to increase efficiency and reduce spending for trusts, but to succeed, they need the same simple understanding required when driving a vehicle, says Leigh Cantero.
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Comment
'We have not found an area where improvement has not been possible'
Transforming services is a massive undertaking for any trust, but securing the engagement, encouragement and valuable input from patients and staff is arguably the most important step if patient care is to be improved. Peter Homa outlines what has happened at his trust.
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HSJ Local
South Central Ambulance improves on response times
PERFORMANCE: The South Central Ambulance Service improved against performance targets in all but one of its primary care trust areas during August.
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HSJ Local
UHL predicted to fail eight targets by year end
PERFORMANCE: The trust’s PCTs are predicting it will fail on eight indicators for the year 2011-12.
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HSJ Local
Marketing helps specialist trust halt activity decline
FINANCE: Activity levels have improved at the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases Foundation Trust leading to the forecast year end position improving by £50,000.
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HSJ Local
Outer NE London cluster takes BHRUT to arbitration
FINANCE: A London cluster is taking Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust to arbitration over over-performance.
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HSJ Local
East London PCTs still have to find £5.6m unidentified savings
FINANCE: NHS Barking & Dagenham and NHS Havering still have £5.6m unidentified savings to make.
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HSJ Local
Leicestershire PCTs choose final three AQP priority services
FINANCE: The final three priority services for “Any Qualified Provider” have been named by the cluster.
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HSJ Local
Two CCGs responsible for £2m of Hertfordshire's overspend
FINANCE: Two clinical commissioning groups were responsible for £2m of a £2.1m overspend on commissioning budgets by the end of month four, NHS Hertfordshire’s board has been told.
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HSJ Local
Suffolk not expecting to name community services bidder until 2012
STRUCTURE: NHS Suffolk is not expecting to select bidders to provide its community services until the new year.
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HSJ Local
Suffolk overspending by £2.7m
FINANCE: NHS Suffolk was overspending on budgets by £2.7m at the end of month five, although its hosted services were significantly underspending improving the ‘bottom line’ figure to a surplus of £2.5m at the end of month five, a board meeting heard.
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HSJ Local
Luton on track to break even
FINANCE: NHS Luton was on track to break even but has identified around £2m of pressures, September’s board meeting heard.
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HSJ Local
Great Yarmouth to introduce local rates for critical care
FINANCE:NHS Great Yarmouth and Waveney is planning to introduce local rates for critical care, rehabilitation and stroke services in 2012-13, rather than relying on a block contract.
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HSJ Local
Great Yarmouth set to deliver £1m surplus
FINANCE: NHS Great Yarmouth and Waveney is on track to deliver a surplus of £1m this financial year.
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News
Revealed: the six trusts that need DH support with their PFI
Six hospital trusts have been identified as needing Department of Health cash support with their private finance initiative payments in order to make foundation trust status, HSJ can reveal.