All Health Service Journal articles in 6 October 2011 – Page 6
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Comment
'Social enterprise is a real alternative to the big, bland offer'
City Health Care Partnership CIC chief executive Andrew Burnell reports from the social enterprise’s first AGM how it is aiming to utilise its flexibility to deliver quality local services by making its offering bigger, and more sustainable.
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HSJ Local
Heatherwood FT closes birthing centre
STRUCTURE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park NHS Foundation Trust has closed its Ascot Birth Centre due to “unprecedented” staff sickness and maternity leave rates.
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News
Ambulance services strive to avoid A&E
Two of England’s ambulance services have reduced the proportion of patients they convey to accident and emergency departments by more than 7 per cent since April, new figures from the Department of Health show.
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HSJ Local
Social enterprise takes over community services in Great Yarmouth
STRUCTURE: Great Yarmouth and Waveney primary care trust is to hand over the provision of community services in the area to a newly formed social enterprise.
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HSJ Local
Two social enterprises for Surrey
STRUCTURE: Central Surrey Health has welcomed the launch of a second healthcare social enterprise in Surrey, called First Community Health and Care.
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HSJ Local
'Complexities' hold up Warwickshire QIPP plan
FINANCE: Warwickshire PCT is lowering expectations around its efficiency saving programme, following delays in agreeing savings with providers.
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HSJ Local
Medway and Dartford push for merger
STRUCTURE: The boards of Medway Foundation Trust and Dartford and Gravesham Trust have decided to “proceed to the next stage” of planning to merge their organisations.
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HSJ Local
Warwickshire PCT overspends on acute contracts
FINANCE: Warwickshire primary care trust is over-spending on its acute contracts amid “exceptionally high” emergency activity.
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News
Number of trusts predicting 2011-12 deficit trebles compared with last year - DH report
The number of NHS trusts predicting a full year deficit at the end of the first quarter of 2011-12 trebled compared with the same period last year, new Department of Health figures show.
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News
CCP puts patient benefit over patient choice in acute merger
The Co-operation and Competition Panel has advised, for the first time, that a merger between two rival providers can go ahead, because the potential benefits outweighed the reduction in patient choice.
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HSJ Local
Commissioners to investigate pressure ulcer rates at Barnet and Chase Farm
PERFORMANCE: The north central London primary care trust cluster is to raise the high number of pressure ulcers reported at Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals at its next clinical quality review meeting.
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HSJ Local
London commissioning cluster predicts deficit for 2011-12
FINANCE: The north central London cluster is predicting a deficit of £14.8m this financial year, new documents reveal.
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HSJ Local
Tees mulls acute paediatric centre reduction
STRUCTURE: Maintaining the current model of paediatric services on Teeside may not be a “sustainable” or “safe” option in future, according to board papers.
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HSJ Local
Tees PCTs eye regional commissioning support collaboration
STRUCTURE: Primary care trusts in the NHS Tees cluster are expecting to create commissioning support organisations with others in the North East, or in North Yorkshire.
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News
RCN agrees not to ballot over pensions immediately
The Royal College of Nursing has decided not to ballot members for industrial action for now, but has warned it could do so if pensions talks fail.
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HSJ Local
Southampton gets FT status after DH promise of 'restructured' debt
STRUCTURE: A large hospital trust on the south coast has achieved foundation status, after being told its debt would be “restructured” by the Department of Health.
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News
Health Bill risks 'weakening ministerial accountability' - Lords committee
The Lords committee which reviews the constitutional implications of new legislation has said the Health Bill poses a risk that “individual ministerial responsibility to parliament will be diluted or that legal accountability to the courts will be fragmented”.
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News
NHS costs cut by smoking schemes, study shows
A new report which found that tobacco control programmes can cut health care costs has been hailed by anti-smoking campaigners Ash Scotland.
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News
'Medical tourism' warning over government cuts
The number of patients travelling abroad for medical treatment could rise significantly due to government cuts, a new report has suggested.
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HSJ Local
Disparity over version of events surrounding patient deaths at Wexham Park
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners and providers in Berkshire are reporting different details of events surrounding the same patient mortality incidents, it has emerged.