All HSJ Local articles – Page 461

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NHS Hertfordshire to plan future of local hospital

2011-12-14T18:23:00Z

STRUCTURE: The PCT and West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust are to work together to develop Hemel Hempstead Hospital as a local general hospital providing a range of services for the community.

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Herts CCGs overspend affecting PCT

2011-12-14T18:21:00Z

FINANCE: Clinical commissioning groups in Hertfordshire are spending far more planned - leaving the PCT as a whole overspent at the end of month six.

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NHS Cambs needs £22m savings

2011-12-14T18:18:00Z

FINANCE: NHS Cambridgeshire needs to find more than £22m of savings before the end of the financial year if it is to breakeven, the board heard.

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Chlamydia cases falling in Cambridgeshire

2011-12-14T18:15:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The number of people tested for chlamydia in Cambridgeshire fell by a third in October compared with the same period the year before.

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Delayed transfers of care major issue in Cambs

2011-12-14T18:12:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Delayed transfers of care could become a major issue in Cambridgeshire this winter, the NHS Cambridgeshire board was told.

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NHS Cambs breaches diagnostics waiting target

2011-12-14T18:09:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Nearly 400 patients in Cambridgeshire waited more than six weeks for diagnostic procedures in the first half of this financial year - against a zero target.

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Cambs struggling on Choose and Book

2011-12-14T18:05:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Practices in Cambridgeshire are struggling to meet a new target of 90 per cent of first outpatient appointments being made through Choose and Book if they are to qualify for a local enhanced service payment.

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UCLH opens new urgent care centre

2011-12-14T18:00:00Z

STRUCTURE: The University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust opened a new urgent care centre on December 7.

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Board report confirms preference for single Cambs and Peterborough CCG

2011-12-14T18:00:00Z

STRUCTURE: One clinical commissioning group could cover Cambridgeshire and Peterborough - but with local commissioning groups bringing together practices.

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Western Sussex Hospitals seeking to offload hospital block

2011-12-14T17:45:00Z

COMMERCIAL: Charities, public sector organisations and private companies are being invited to submit plans for the future of the Harness Block at Southlands Hospital, run by Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust.

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£1.1bn London acute merger given go-ahead by SHA

2011-12-14T17:27:00Z

STRUCTURE: NHS London has approved the proposed merger between Bart and the London, Whipps Cross and Newham hospitals.

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Barts uses reserves to stay on track as accounts show £7.17m year-end deficit

2011-12-14T17:26:00Z

FINANCE: The Barts and the London Trust said it had covered a £7.17m deficit that had opened up in the accounts with “management contingency and reserves”.

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Two senior layoffs cost Berkshire Healthcare £300,000

2011-12-14T13:08:00Z

WORKFORCE: Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust spent £300,000 on making two senior managers redundant, HSJ has learned.

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Berkshire Healthcare set to smash surplus target

2011-12-14T13:06:00Z

FINANCE: Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was predicting a year-end surplus of up to £7m in July, well above the planned £2.6m.

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Two ‘unacceptable’ MRSA cases at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare

2011-12-13T18:54:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust chief executive has warned staff that two MRSA cases in two weeks is “completely unacceptable”.

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Warning over social care budget cuts in West Sussex

2011-12-13T18:54:00Z

FINANCE: Local campaigners in West Sussex have written an open letter warning of the negative impact of social care budget cuts on vulnerable adults.

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All C sections subject to root cause analysis at Western Sussex

2011-12-13T18:54:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The Caesarean section rate at Western Sussex Hospitals was discussed at its latest board meeting in November.

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Third of East Sussex Hospitals staff vaccinated against flu

2011-12-13T18:54:00Z

WORKFORCE: Around a third of East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust’s workforce had been immunised against seasonal flu by 9 December.

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Western Sussex Hospitals improving on orthopaedics

2011-12-13T18:53:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Western Sussex Hospitals Trust needs “further work” to meet its stretch target for fractured neck of femur surgery but performance is improving.

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East Sussex Hospitals leads tender for archiving and imaging system

2011-12-13T18:53:00Z

COMMERCIAL: East Sussex Hospitals Trust is leading the tender for an imaging and archiving system in the South East Coast region.