All GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST articles – Page 26
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Guy's and St Thomas' FT sets improved GP communication as quality priority
PERFORMANCE: The central London acute trust is working on a metric to measure the communications performance of district nurses and general practice.
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Guy's and St Thomas' to take action on did not attend rates
PERFORMANCE: The large London teaching hospital latest DNA rate was 13.25 per cent, more than 50 per cent over target.
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Guy's and St Thomas' plans £53.2m savings
FINANCE: Guy’s and St Thomas’ plans a £53.2m savings plan to generate £30m for capital investment
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Acute trusts' FT plans slip back a year
More than a quarter of the acute trusts still bidding for foundation status have seen their application date slip by over a year.
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Joint pathology venture fairly awarded, CCP decides
A foundation trust did not breach competition principles in selecting a public/private partnership for its pathology services, the NHS market regulator has found.
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Guy's and St Thomas's A and E under pressure
PERFORMANCE: Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust went on to “red status” for the first time ever for emergency admissions in January.
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Agency spend rises at Guy's and St Thomas'
WORKFORCE: Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is hiring 250 nurses after noting a “worrying” increasing dependency on temporary staff.
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Competition panel to rule on pathology deal
A foundation trust’s £300m deal with another trust and a private company to outsource pathology services has been challenged under procurement rules.
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NHS Southwark at risk from £13.7m provider over-spends
FINANCE: The primary care trust could see year-end over-spends totalling £13.7m from its two main providers
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NHS Lewisham predicting £8.8m overspend with principal providers by year-end
FINANCE: The south-east London primary care trust’s most recent finance papers showed it was £6.6m overspent by December with its three main acute providers, with another £2.2m “likely” by the end of the year.
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PCTs agree to consult on children's congenital heart services
A joint committee of primary care trusts has given the go-ahead for a consultation on plans for greater centralisation of paediatric cardiac care.
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Trusts court GPs ahead of consortia engagement
WORKFORCE: Hospital trusts in London are investing in courting GPs ahead of policy changes which will see consortia take over commissioning NHS services.
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King's College Hospital Foundation Trust A&E overperforming bar one of its cluster PCTs
FINANCE: Of the six primary care trusts in its sector only NHS Southwark didn’t see an overperformance for A&E from the south London trust.
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Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust doubles surplus target
FINANCE: A foundation trust has doubled its surplus prediction for the financial year at the end of month eight.
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Flory tells PCTs to give providers leeway over winter pressures
Commissioners have been urged to adjust their payments to hospital trusts struggling to deal with winter pressures on emergency care.
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PCT restricts doctors from making 'expensive, non-urgent referrals' to London providers
A primary care trust has told clinicians it must approve any referrals to London trusts because of the extra expense involved.
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Midlands trusts plan joint pathology service
The 2008 Lord Carter of Coles review of NHS pathology services was the trigger for a steady reconfiguration of the market and consolidation of providers.
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Bad referrals waste district nurses’ time
Every mismanaged referral to a district nurse wastes five hours of their time, research by the provider arm for three London primary care trusts has found.
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London trusts top of patient complaints list
London hospitals are the subject of more serious patient complaints than any other type of secondary care trust, a review by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Ann Abraham reveals.
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Transforming Community Services: PCTs step closer to deciding fate of provider arms
Primary care trusts are edging closer to determining the future of their provider arms.