All HSJ Local top news articles – Page 180

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PCT relationship 'breakdown' with Peterborough and Stamford FT

2011-02-14T16:14:00Z

STRUCTURE: Peterborough and Stamford FT has reported a “serious breakdown” in its relationship with NHS Peterborough.

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PCT delivers just 1 per cent of screening results on time

2011-02-10T00:00:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Only 1 per cent of cervical screening results were delivered within the two week target at NHS Shropshire County during the first half of 2010-11.

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Bed-blocking NHS Sefton patients will get 48 hours to vacate

2011-02-10T00:00:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Bed blocking patients in Sefton who turn down transitional placements will be given 48 hours to make their own arrangements.

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South west London cluster negotiates below-tariff prices for urgent admissions

2011-02-10T00:00:00Z

FINANCE: Commissioners in London plan to shave millions off what they pay for urgent care with a package of measures including locally-negotiated below-tariff prices.

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Admissions to Derby Hospitals halved following GP referral drive

2011-02-10T00:00:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Admissions to Derby Hospitals Foundation Trust following GP referrals have reduced by 50 per cent in a week.

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SHA arbitrates after dispute between trust and NHS Greenwich PCT cluster

2011-02-10T00:00:00Z

FINANCE: A primary care trust has seen the contract value of services with its local acute rise by £10m for the second half of the financial year after arbitration.

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Trusts court GPs ahead of consortia engagement

2011-02-10T00:00:00Z

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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Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals look to become global brand through merger

2011-02-10T00:00:00Z

COMMERCIAL: The boards of Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals and the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre plan to use the merger to create a powerful, globally recognised brand.

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The Christie could face red rating due to 'flawed' cancer waiting times target

2011-02-10T00:00:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Care services minister Paul Burstow has written to the foundation acknowledging that its difficulties meeting the 62 day cancer treatment waiting times target are due to problems in the Greater Manchester and Cheshire Cancer Network ‘as a whole’.

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'Despair' as mental health trust risks losing £13m of contracts

2011-02-08T17:02:00Z

FINANCE: Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust risks losing £13.1m due to proposed contractual changes by commissioners.