All Health Service Journal articles in 25 October 2012
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University Hospital of South Manchester one of 12 awarded podiatry contract
COMMERCIAL: University Hospital of South Manchester Foundation Trust is one of 12 NHS and private sector providers that have been awarded “any qualified provider” status to provide podiatry services across Greater Manchester.
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HSJ Local
Providers awarded contracts for Greater Manchester hearing services
COMMERCIAL: Sixteen NHS and private sector providers have been awarded “any qualified provider” contracts to provide adult hearing services across Greater Manchester.
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HSJ Local
C difficile rate higher than planned for NHS Bury
PERFORMANCE: NHS Bury’s rate of C difficile infection was higher than planned in the first four months of 2012-13, latest NHS Greater Manchester board papers state.
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HSJ Local
Birmingham QIPP forecast improves slightly to 46pc shortfall
FINANCE: Efficiency schemes in Birmingham and Solihull are still only expected to yield little more than half their savings targets for 2012-13, despite efforts from clinical commissioning groups to close the gap.
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HSJ Local
Birmingham and Solihull PCT cluster overperforms on demand
PERFORMANCE: Birmingham and Solihull primary care trust cluster is overperforming on demand for both elective and non elective care.
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HSJ Local
Ashton, Leigh and Wigan exceeds C difficile threshold
PERFORMANCE: NHS Ashton, Leigh and Wigan’s rate of C difficile infection was higher than planned in the first four months of 2012-13, latest NHS Greater Manchester board papers state.
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HSJ Local
New Derby drug and alcohol centre opens
STRUCTURE: A new treatment centre for people recovering from drug and alcohol misuse will open in Derby on Monday 29 October.
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HSJ Local
Greater Manchester awards 'any qualified provider' diagnostics contracts
COMMERCIAL: Twenty three NHS and private sector providers have been awarded “any qualified provider” contracts to offer direct access diagnostics across Greater Manchester.
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HSJ Local
South Bristol minor injuries unit fails to attract A&E patients
FINANCE: Attendances at the new South Bristol Community Hospital minor injuries unit are below planned levels, creating a risk of an overspend for commisisoners.
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HSJ Local
C difficile rate above plan for NHS Bolton
PERFORMANCE: NHS Bolton had 34 cases of C difficile infection in the first four months of 2012-13, against a year-to-date plan of no more than 13, NHS Greater Manchester has reported.
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HSJ Local
South Manchester CCG expects to miss QIPP target
FINANCE: The South Manchester Clinical Commissioning Group is expecting to miss its quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) savings target by £300,000, its latest finance report states.
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HSJ Local
North Somerset failing incomplete pathways target
PERFORMANCE: NHS North Somerset is failing the target for 92 per cent of patients to have been treated within 18 weeks.
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Bristol children's services contract set to be extended
COMMERCIAL: NHS Bristol and NHS South Gloucestershire have agreed to ask North Bristol Trust to extend their contract for provding children’s services fro two years.
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HSJ LocalBolton Foundation Trust chief to step down
WORKFORCE: Lesley Doherty, chief executive of troubled Bolton Foundation Trust, has announced that she will take early retirement.
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News
GPs agree to give up financial interests in Virgin companies
The “vast majority” of GPs with shares in local Virgin Care provider companies have agreed to resign their financial stakes to remove potential conflicts of interest.
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HSJ Local
'RATing' improves Hillingdon Hospitals' A&E performance
PERFORMANCE: A report to the board of Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust said the introduction of the “RATing (rapid assessment and treatment)” had helped its A&E performance.
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HSJ Local
Bristol DVT contract extended
COMMERCIAL: The Bristol Clinical Commissioning Group and NHS Bristol have agreed a 12 month extension to a contract for a community deep vein thrombosis service in the northern areas of the city.
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HSJ Local
Birmingham cluster overperforms on UHB contract
FINANCE: The Birmingham and Solihull primary care trust cluster is overspending by £2.6m on its contract with University Hospitals Birmingham.
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HSJ Local
Mental health trust joins with university to launch masters
Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership Trust has joined with the University of Wolverhampton to launch a masters degree in primary mental health care.
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NewsCCG veto kills off trust's FT application
The chief executive of a community services trust has spoken of his “bitter disappointment” after a clinical commissioning group vetoed his organisation’s foundation trust bid.