All Health Service Journal articles in 3 March 2011 – Page 5
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Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals FT makes significant savings
FINANCE: Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals FT is more than £1m ahead of plan on its savings programme.
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Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch uses in-house social worker to combat care transfer delays
PERFORMANCE: Delayed transfers of care rates have improved at Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals FT.
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NewsLoss of 80,000 care beds will intensify bed-blocking
Council spending cuts are predicted to result in the loss of 81,000 care home beds across the UK over the next 10 years, intensifying NHS bed-blocking problems, BUPA has warned.
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NewsBetter data sharing 'could boost social-care prevention'
Councils and the NHS should be sharing data more effectively to better predict which residents are most likely to need “intensive social care”, according to health think-tank the Nuffield Trust.
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TCS sees Northampton General Hospital Trust gain services
STRUCTURE: Northampton General Hospital Trust is taking over several primary care and community facilities.
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NewsAnti-smoking strategy unveiled
New plans to drastically reduce smoking levels in Wales have been announced.
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NewsStroke care on the NHS 'unequal'
Stroke patients are facing unequal care on the NHS, with older people less likely to receive a brain scan and white people less likely to be admitted to specialist units than black people, researchers say.
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NewsHospitals 'must adapt to survive'
Hospitals may need to turn to private sector takeovers, mergers and more community-based care to ensure they survive the NHS reforms, the head of the health service has claimed.
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Three consortia in South Tees
STRUCTURE: Three commissioning consortia are emerging across South Tees, covering Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland PCTs.
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Single consortium to take commissioning roles in Hartlepool
STRUCTURE: A single commissioning consortium is emerging in the Hartlepool area.
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NewsNew chair designate for super-cluster appointed
A chair designate has been appointed for one of the largest primary care trust clusters in the country.
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NHS South Birmingham sees jump in private sector spending
FINANCE: Non-contracted elective spending on private providers is predicted to jump from £300,000 to £1.5m this year at NHS South Birmingham.
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Liverpool Women’s FT behind on five CQUIN commitments
PERFORMANCE: The foundation is underperforming on five commissioning for quality and innovation schemes, which make a proportion of its income dependent on quality improvements.
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'Challenging' CQUINs for Buckinghamshire Healthcare
PERFORMANCE: Buckinghamshire Healthcare may struggle to reach quality and innovation targets set by its primary care trust.
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Funding fears for teenage pregnancy services in South Birmingham amid PCT "red risk"
PERFORMANCE: Young people in south Birmingham are not being referred to services aimed at reducing teenage pregnancy, even though conception rates are running at 41 per cent above target.
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PCT disputes "unexplained increase" in admissions to University Hospital Birmingham Foundation Trust
FINANCE: There has been a “significant and unexplained increase” in emergency short-stay admissions at University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust, according to commissioners.
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NHS Barnet among seven London PCTs due to miss DH deadline for shutting outmoded learning disability facilities
PERFORMANCE: Seven London primary care trusts have missed a government deadline for closing down their learning disability campuses, new documents reveal.
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NHS Croydon closes outmoded learning disability facilities
PERFORMANCE: The south London primary care trust has now closed its learning disability campus, NHS London has confirmed.
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ISTC overspend for Buckinghamshire PCT
FINANCE: Buckinghamshire PCT has reported an over spend of almost £1m in its contract with a local independent sector treatment centre.
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Stockton PCT to pick shadow consortium board
STRUCTURE: A single commissioning consortium is emerging in Stockton-On-Tees Teaching PCT’s patch.