All Health Service Journal articles in 27 January 2011 – Page 6
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Stroke options for NHS Cambridgeshire
STRUCTURE: NHS Cambridgshire is considering options for the future of stroke care in Huntingdonshire.
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East and North Hertfordshire Trust overspending by nearly £6m
FINANCE: East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is £5.7m over budget in its contract with its primary care trust, NHS Hertfordshire, with non-elective procedures the biggest concern.
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Outpatients causing overspend at West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust
FINANCE: West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust is overperforming on its contract with NHS Hertfordshire due mainly to a £3m overspend in outpatients.
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Royal Berkshire FT overspending
FINANCE: Royal Berkshire FT is overspending on its joint acute contract with Berkshire East and Berkshire West PCTs.
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NHS Great Yarmouth and Waveney social enterprise gets go-ahead
STRUCTURE: NHS Great Yarmouth and Waveney has announced that it has agreed to transfer its community services provider arm away from the primary care trust to a new social enterprise organisation.
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Berkshire East PCT uses reserves to ensure breakeven
FINANCE: NHS Berkshire East is forecasting that it will breakeven at the end of the year rather than a planed £17m surplus.
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NHS Hertfordshire may ban surgery for smokers and the obese
PERFORMANCE: NHS Hertfordshire is considering banning patients who are obese or smokers from surgery unless they agree to treatment to change their behaviour.
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Dartford acute trust consults on equality plan
WORKFORCE: The trust has launched a consultation on a draft Single Equality Scheme 2011-2014.
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Brighton and Sussex hospitals ups rating in gay friendly employer list
WORKFORCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust was ranked 72 in the latest Stonewall Top 100 Workplace Index – making it one of only five NHS organisations to appear in the list.
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Queen Victoria Hospital to invest in theatres
STRUCTURE: The foundation trust says it is planning to rebuild six operating theatres and supporting structures, which will help guarantee an “independent future for the hospital”.
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East Kent FT experiencing rise in mixed sex incidents
PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust is experiencing “slightly” deteriorating performance on mixed sex accommodation.
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NHS Hampshire gather consortia around acute trusts
STRUCTURE: GPs in Hampshire are planning to create consortia primarily focused around acute providers.
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NHS Herefordshire reports "unacceptable" deterioration in stroke performance
PERFORMANCE: The proportion of people treated within 24 hours of a transient ischaemic attack within NHS Herefordshire’s patch is well under target and has dropped to as little as 0 per cent this year.
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Interim chief exec made permanent at Hampshire Partnership FT
WORKFORCE: Hampshire Partnership Foundation Trust has appointed a new chief executive.
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St George's Healthcare Trust faces £4.3m in PCT challenges
A hospital trust that has recently integrated with its local PCT provider arm still faces £4.3m in price challenges from neighbouring commissioners.
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One trust responsible for more than half of NHS Waltham Forest acute overspend
FINANCE: Whipps Cross University Hospital Trust accounted for £5.9m of the primary care trust’s £9.5m overspend against plan
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Elderly population creates transfer of care pressure for NHS Bournemouth and Poole
PERFORMANCE: NHS Bournemouth and Poole is concerned about its performance on transfers of care.
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CQC satisfied following serious untoward incident at NHS Somerset
PERFORMANCE: The CQC has decided not to take any further action regarding a serious untoward incident at Bridgwater Community Hospital.
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Delays in patient handover at Taunton and Somerset A&E
Just 83.3 per cent of patients arriving at Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust by ambulance were handed over within 15 minutes.
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Ten per cent of patients waiting more than 30 mins for A&E transfer
PERFORMANCE: The trust is failing to meet a target to transfer all patients arriving at the accident and emergency department within 15 minutes.