All Health Service Journal articles in 29 March 2012 – Page 7
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No more trips to Leicester for Peterborough kidney patients
SERVICES: Kidney patients in the Peterborough area are increasingly able to have their treatment close to home rather than travelling to Leicester.
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Maitland moves to Peterborough and Stamford
WORKFORCE: Angus Maitland is to be the new chief operating officer at Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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West Suffolk invests £1.2m on breast screening
SERVICES: A £1.2m investment at West Suffolk Hospital is ensuring that patients get the most up-to-date breast screening.
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News
Budget pledge aims to halt consultant tax loophole
Councils liable for tax, NI, and question mark remains over pensions
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News
Doctors acting illegally over abortion consent, inspection shows
Doctors are breaking the law if they “pre-sign” abortion consent forms, the government has said.
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Trust's bid to run disability services 200 miles away damaged risk rating
An NHS learning disability trust’s unsuccessful bid to take over the running of a similar service nearly 200 miles away led to its financial risk rating with Monitor deteriorating.
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Cameron outlines alcohol pricing plans
The prime minister has announced plans to introduce a minimum price per unit of alcohol in England in a bid to ease the pressure drink-related cases are placing on the health service.
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BBC turns to HSJ on health reform and struggling Yorks trust
Health Service Journal editor Alastair McLellan and senior correspondent Dave West have both featured on BBC programmes this week as NHS issues make the headlines across the country.
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Tees PCT cluster chief executive returns
WORKFORCE: Chris Willis has returned as chief executive of the NHS Tees PCT Cluster.
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News
Osborne: government departments face greater austerity after 2015 without welfare cuts
Chancellor George Osborne today warned that without further reductions in welfare spending government departments will face even deeper austerity after 2015 than in the current period.
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Dorset County Hospital turns around finances
FINANCE: Dorset County Hospital Foundation Trust has achieved significantly improved risk rating from Monitor, a year after having being give the lowesrt rating for both finance and governance.
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Budget round-up: Osborne heralds tax cuts and local pay rates
Chancellor George Osborne has suggested local pay rates will be introduced for some public sector workers.
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Missed performance targets at University Hospitals of Leicester Trust still a concern
PERFORMANCE: Performance targets in a number of areas remain of concern to University Hospitals of Leicester Trust’s commissioners.
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CCGs halt three-year activity rise
FINANCE: All three CCGs in Leicester have reduced emergency and outpatients activity in 2011-12 after three years of growth.
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Isles of Scilly to get unique primary care contract
COMMERCIAL: NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly is seeking to procure a single accountable provoider to hold contracts for primary care and pharmaceutical services on the Isles of Scilly.
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Interim chief bids for permanent role at Heatherwood and Wexham Park
WORKFORCE: Philippa Slinger, the interim chief of troubled Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals Foundation Trust, has said she plans to apply for the role of permanent chief executive.
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Exclusive: commissioning board says CSSs 'on the cusp of failing'
“Too many” of the support services vital to the success of the new NHS clinical commissioning system are “on the cusp of failing”, according to leaked NHS Commissioning Board papers.
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Taunton and Somerset FT gets additional £5m
FINANCE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust has received additional funding of £5m from NHS Somerset.
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Southern Health to merge with Ridgeway Partnership
STRUCTURE: Southern Health Foundation Trust is to merge with the Ridgeway Partnership, it has been announced today.