All Health Service Journal articles in 26 May 2011 – Page 4
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New software gives UHB access to data from other trusts
COMMERCIAL: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust has implemented new software providing secure access to patient data from neighbouring trusts.
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Liverpool Women's seeks to form national alliance to lobby for maternity care providers
FINANCE: The foundation has written to the chief executives of all trusts delivering 5,000 or more children a year to consider forming a “national alliance”, as part of its effort to lobby against changes to the maternity tariff.
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Moorfields selected to provide community opthamology services in SW London
STRUCTURE: The specialist trust has been chosen by commissioners to provide community eye services working out of its Queen Mary’s Roehampton and Teddington Memorial Hospital.
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'Challenging' timetable for Bath and North East Somerset
STRUCTURE: NHS Bath and North East Somerset is anticipating a “challenging” few months as it establishes a social enterprise for its community services.
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South West London PCT cluster spent £6.7m on redundancies
WORKFORCE: Primary care trusts comprising the South West London cluster spent £6.7m on redundancies in the last financial year.
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NewsTrust issues 18,600 parking fines in 12 months
More than 18,600 parking penalties were issued by three hospitals during 2010, according to consumer group Which?.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy consortia need to be focused online
In the modern landscape, newly-formed consortia are bound to want their own websites - but these must genuinely justify their existence, says Precedent strategist Mike Guida.
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NewsClegg denies NHS reform profit motive
Nick Clegg has insisted the government’s healthcare reforms did not amount to NHS privatisation.
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Comment'I'm more excited than ever about the healthcare marketplace'
Competition on everything including price is not only the most practical solution to the growing pressures facing the NHS, it is also virtually inevitable, according to the chief executive of the UK’s largest private healthcare provider.
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NewsHead of UK's biggest private provider 'more excited than ever' about NHS reforms
The head of the UK’s largest private healthcare group has insisted it would be “madness” to prohibit price competition in the NHS, and insisted he does want to compete on price with NHS hospitals.
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Great Ormond Street bowel unit to ease child surgery
STRUCTURE: Sick children will be spared unnecessary surgery as a result of a new initiative which will also save the health service money.
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York Hospitals was running behind plan on surplus
FINANCE: York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been running behind its planned surplus at the end of the last financial year, recording £0.94m in March compared to the £3.2m expected.
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South coast cluster reveals key appointments
WORKFORCE: The primary care trust cluster covering Southampton, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and Portsmouth has annouced two key board-level appointments.
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Leeds Hospitals exceeds surplus plan
FINANCE: Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust exceeded its planned surplus in 2010-11 by £2.1m.
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Former PCT chair joins Poole Hospital FT
WORKFORCE: Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has announced Angela Schofield as its new chair, replacing interim Dame Yvonne Moores.
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Results of Western Sussex reconfiguration consultation due next month
STRUCTURE: Responses to a consultation over the planned reconfiguration of ophthalmology and orthopaedic services are currently being analysed, with results expected next month.
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Official opening for new mental health unit at Pennine Care
STRUCTURE: The trust has officially opened a £13.6m mental health unit at its Birch Hill Hospital site in Rochdale.
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Southampton PCT identifies reforms pace as 'catastrophic risk'
PERFORMANCE: NHS Southampton City has said the rapid structural reforms to the NHS reforms could distract from improving the population’s health, while the area’s health economy risks being unsustainable in the long term.
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Nottingham consortium elects chair
WORKFORCE: Nottingham City General Practice Consortium has elected its chair and vice chair.
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New chair for Yeovil FT
WORKFORCE: A new chair and deputy chief executive have been appointed at Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust.