All Health Service Journal articles in 27 January 2011 – Page 4
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Over £20m of savings needed by NHS Milton Keynes
FINANCE: Milton Keynes PCT is consulting on how to make the £22.6m of savings it says it must make in the next year.
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Non-elective activity drives overspend at West Essex PCT
FINANCE: NHS West Essex forecasts that its £5.3m overspend will not grow much bigger thanks to QIPP (quality, innovation, productivity and prevention) savings.
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Norfolk PCT behind schedule on QIPP plan
FINANCE: Norfolk primary care trust’s overall performance on internal QIPP (quality, innovation, productivity and prevention) savings plans has dipped significantly.
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High agency levels at Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust
WORKFORCE: Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust is overspending on nursing staff due to agency expenditure.
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Non-elective income below plan for Cambridge University FT
FINANCE: The foundation trust reports that its largest single variance in income is in non-elective income, which is £1.9m below plan to date.
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Three bidders left for Papworth Hospital PFI
COMMERCIAL: A private finance initiative contract for a new hospital for Papworth Hospital Foundation Trust is down to three bidders.
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Oral surgery problems threaten South Warwickshire FT waiting times
PERFORMANCE: Oral surgery at South Warwickshire Foundation Trust is performing well below the 18 weeks standard, with performance deteriorating further from last month.
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Peterborough PCT establishes GP Commissioning Board
STRUCTURE: NHS Peterborough’s board agreed on Wednesday 5 January to establish a “GP Commissioning Board” which will take the lead for commissioning specific areas covering over a third of the primary care trust’s budget.
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NewsLansley: reforms will not see banker-style bonuses
Health secretary Andrew Lansley today defended sweeping NHS reforms against claims that GPs would qualify for banker-style bonuses and private firms would win major contracts.
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East Riding of Yorkshire behind on QIPP
FINANCE: East Riding of Yorkshire PCT is £2.8m behind on its quality, innovation, productivity and prevention plan.
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NewsLondon hospital nurses weigh up industrial action
Nurses at St George’s Hospital in London are being balloted for possible industrial action over changes to their rotas.
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NewsLabour attacks government on waiting times
Labour has attacked the government’s NHS reforms, claiming that longer waiting times for patients showed cuts were already starting to bite.
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NewsNicholson midwives claim 'an error'
NHS chief executive David Nicholson’s claim that there was a shortage of 4,500 midwives was an “error”, health secretary Andrew Lansley has told MPs.
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Hull seeking one commissioning consortium
STRUCTURE: A group of practices in Hull are seeking to create a single commissioning consortium for the primary care trust’s area.
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Sheffield Children's chief executive retiring
WORKFORCE: Sheffield Children’s Foundation Trust chief executive Chris Sharratt is to retire from his post as chief executive.
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NewsUnions all reject 'poisonous' pay freeze for job protection offer
Unions have unilaterally rejected any proposal to freeze pay increments in an official response to NHS Employers.
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NewsNicholson appointed to NCB to 'provide leadership and continuity'
David Nicholson’s appointment as future chief executive of the NHS Commissioning Board bypassed all usual recruitment processes due to “unique challenges” posed by the reforms, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsHumana 'assured' client it was committed to UK market
US health insurance giant Humana gave a major NHS client “personal assurances” it was committed to the UK just months before it announced plans to exit the market, the client said this week.
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HSJ KnowledgeBalancing priorities in voluntary erasure from the medical register
Should a doctor being subjected to a fitness to practise complaint be allowed to retire from the medical register on the grounds of ill health, and avoid a public hearing?
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CommentMedia Watch: health bill reaction reiterates 'chorus of concern'
Perhaps the most noticeable thing about the national media’s coverage of the Health Bill was its apparent reluctance to really analyse the detail and instead focus on the responses from the various detractors among the unions and interested parties.