All Health Service Journal articles in 30 June 2011 – Page 2
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NewsHealth Bill: competition changes may not be ‘substantive’
The changes to Monitor’s role brought about by amendments to the Health Bill may not be “substantive”, lawyers have warned.
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HSJ Local
Portsmouth hospitals exceed month one deficit target
FINANCE: Portsmouth Hospitals Trust is already exceeding its planned deficit by more than a third, reporting a £1.23m funding gap, which is £300,000 worse than the forecast figure for April 2011.
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HSJ Local
Warwickshire PCT agrees discharge measures with George Eliot
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners have agreed “hand holding” measures with George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust after figures showed it had the worst delayed discharge rate in its region.
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NewsHealth Bill: changes risk ‘paper duties’ and central pressure
Changes to the health bill risk propagating procedural requirements and increasing pressure on the health secretary to intervene, a lawyer has warned.
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NewsHealth Bill: rules unclear on open board meetings
It is unclear how far government Health Bill changes will go in forcing foundation trusts and clinical commissioning groups to hold public board meetings.
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HSJ Local
SHA investigates PCT leavers who may have rejoined NHS
WORKFORCE: NHS London is preparing a report on staff who left the PCT with a redundancy payment then rejoined the NHS
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HSJ Local
Newham University Hospital finished 2010-11 in deficit
FINANCE: The east London hospital trust was one of two in the capital to finish the last financial year with an unplanned deficit.
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HSJ Local
London’s cost improvement programmes flatlined in last two months of 2010-11
FINANCE: St George’s Healthcare Trust ended the last financial year £5.4m behind plan because of failed savings plans and challenges from commissioners.
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HSJ Local
SHA directors lined up for key roles at troubled trust
FINANCE: Senior strategic health authority figures are to take up key posts at one of England’s most financially-troubled trusts.
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HSJ Local
All but seven Leeds practices in emerging clinical commissioning groups
STRUCTURE: All but seven of 115 GP practices in Leeds have signed up as members of four emerging clinical commissioning groups (formerly known as GP consortia), according to the latest information provided to HSJ by the PCT.
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HSJ Local
Princess Royal hospital meeting CQC dignity standards
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission said the trust passed both of the standards relating to dignity and nutrition it inspected during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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HSJ Local
CQC passes Aintree on dignity and nutrition
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission said the foundation trust passed both of the standards relating to dignity and nutrition it inspected during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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HSJ Local
South Devon given clean bill of health on dignity by regulator
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission said the foundation trust passed both of the standards relating to dignity and nutrition it inspected during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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HSJ Local
Royal Bournemouth meets CQC standards on dignity and nutrition
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission said the foundation trust passed both of the standards relating to dignity and nutrition it inspected during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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HSJ Local
Ealing Hospital passes CQC dignity spot check
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission said the trust passed both of the standards relating to dignity and nutrition it inspected during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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HSJ Local
Nurse consultant appointed at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire
WORKFORCE: One of the country’s “most experienced frontline nurses” has been appointed to the post of nurse consultant in acute medicine, the trust has announced.
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HSJ Local
Royal Hampshire opens new dental training unit
WORKFORCE: A dental simulation suite has opened at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester.
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HSJ Local
Information governance target 'unrealistic', says Oxfordshire trust
PERFORMANCE: A report by the Oxfordshire Learning Disability NHS Trust has described a key information governance target as “unrealistic”.
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HSJ Local
University College London Hospitals passes CQC spot checks
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission said the foundation trust passed both of the standards relating to dignity and nutrition it inspected during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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HSJ Local
York Teaching Hospital makes the grade for dignity and nutrition
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission said the foundation trust passed both of the standards relating to dignity and nutrition it inspected during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.