All Health Service Journal articles in 3 February 2011 – Page 3
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Halton and St Helens developing four consortia
STRUCTURE: NHS Halton and St Helens plans to develop duties already held by four practice based commissioning clusters, into consortia commissioning.
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NewsTransition 'carefully designed and managed', says government
The government has insisted its NHS reform process is “carefully designed and managed”, in reaction to criticism from the health committee.
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Sussex trust's poor financial performance continues
FINANCE: The mental health trust has reported a consistently worsening financial position.
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London ambulance staff are 'at risk' by having to use computer while driving
PERFORMANCE: A major accident has been rated “likely” by the risk managers at the London Ambulance Service because staff working in rapid-response cars “need to read and manually action the Mobile Data Terminal whilst driving at speed through traffic”.
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NHS Redbridge plans to target the 20 biggest users of A&E
FINANCE: The primary care trust hopes to save £100,000 in the first quarter of 2011-12 with the scheme.
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NHS Eastern and Coastal Kent chief exec to lead cluster
WORKFORCE: A chief executive has been appointed to lead the cluster of primary care trusts due to form in Kent.
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NHS Hillingdon to cut medicine spend with local acute by £2.7m in 2011-12
FINANCE: The commissioning body is anticipating the saving after negotiating a medicines management agreement with Hillingdon Hospital.
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NHS Harrow will not be out of deficit by the 2014-15
FINANCE: According to the north-west London sector Quality, Improvement, Productivty and Prevention plan, NHS Harrow will still be running a deficit even when the rest of the sector has taken £270m of spending out of the area’s acute sector.
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NHS Barnet approves transfer of Barnet Community Services
STRUCTURE: The provider arm of the north London primary care trust is due to transfer to aspirant community foundation trust Central London Community Healthcare in April.
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York Hospital in regional vascular shakeup
STRUCTURE: A consultation on vascular services would see the service at York Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust co-operate with that at Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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Scarborough and North East Yorkshire in vascular shakeup
ORGANISATION: Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Trust would be largely restricted to outpatient and daycase vascular surgery under reconfiguration proposals.
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Procurement inefficiencies costing £500m, report finds
Providers could save £500m by standardising orders of products like paper and gloves and sharing the savings made by purchasing in bulk across a group of trusts, according to a National Audit Office report.
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Harrogate FT overspending
FINANCE: Harrogate and District Foundation Trust is recording a £507,000 overspend in the year to date.
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Chief executive appointed at Airedale
WORKFORCE: Bridget Fletcher has been appointed chief executive of Airedale Foundation Trust.
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News£400m pledged for mental health services
The government is to channel an extra £400m into mental health provision in a bid to put it on an equal footing with physical health, deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has said.
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South West Essex PCT still £11m over budget
FINANCE: The South West Essex primary care trust was still reporting a deficit at the end of 2010 of £11.4m, despite recieving £7m from the NHS East of England.
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Basildon and Thurrock Hospitals Trust overspending
FINANCE: Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals is currently overspending by £10.3m in its contract with NHS South West Esex.
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Falls rise at Suffolk Mental Health Partnership
PERFORMANCE: Suffolk Mental Health Partnership Trust has reported a “significant rise” in patient falls in December 2010, according to its board papers.
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn achieves FT status
STRUCTURE: The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn has been authorised as a foundation trust.
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Risk of deficit at Luton PCT
FINANCE: NHS Luton has reported that the risk of it not breaking even for the year has increased.