All HSJ Local articles – Page 555
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Kirklees PCT developing community services social enterprise 'at pace'
STRUCTURE: Kirklees is working on establishing its community services as a social enterprise “at pace”, according to board papers.
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GWAS launches estate review as it looks to run NHS 111
COMMERCIAL: Great Western Ambulance Service has launched a review of its ageing estate in a bid to tackle the £2m maintenance backlog.
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HPA report finds weaknesses in London emergency preparedness
PERFORMANCE: The NHS in London must improve cross-boundary working, review staff contracts and enlist the help of the third sector to better meet emergencies, a report uncovered by HSJ reveals.
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London's acute trusts achieving 82 per cent of their CIPs in Feb
FINANCE: A document submitted to NHS London’s delivery group in April itemises each trust against its savings target and found a capital-wide variance of £69m against plan - some trusts achieving less than half their target.
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Royal college gives Sussex Partnership unit top rating
PERFORMANCE: A psychiatric hospital in Haywards Heath which treats young people has been accredited as “excellent” by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
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Oxford Health over target on agency staff use
WORKFORCE: Use of non-permanent staff is to be investigated at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, after it increased at the end of the 2010-11 financial year.
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SE London cluster has 22 red-rated 'issues of concern' with independent contractors
PERFORMANCE: A South East London cluster has 22 red-rated “issues of concern” with independent contractors, according to its latest risk register.
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Wolverhampton practice-based commissioners run up £7.84m overspend
FINANCE: Practice-based commissioners overseen by NHS Wolverhampton City have run up a recurrent overspend of £7.84m.
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Solent trust overshoots on agency staff
WORKFORCE: Solent Healtcare NHS Trust used more than double its target rate of agency staff in March.
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Gateshead consortium becoming committee of PCT
STRUCTURE: Gateshead PCT is establishing its single commissioning consortium, called GatNet, as a committee of the board.
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NHS Greenwich heading to judicial review with GPs over contract termination
PERFORMANCE: The commisioning organisation NHS Greenwich, part of the South East London cluster, terminated one of its practice’s PMS contract with six months’ notice, sparking a request for a judicial review.
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Three Sunderland PBC groups merge into one consortium
STRUCTURE: Three practice based commissioning groups in Sunderland Teaching PCT’s area are merging to form one consortium commissioning board.
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South East London cluster breaching Data Protection Act and Information Commissioner rules
PERFORMANCE: The six-PCT cluster reported it was working to develop an “information sharing agreement” between it and its constituent primary care trusts.
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Two South Tyneside consortia become one
STRUCTURE: South Tyneside PCT’s two previous commissioning consortia - Alliance Consortium and C7 - are forming a single consortium board.
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Solent makes non-recurrent savings to meet efficiency goal
FINANCE: The new community provider in Southampton and Portsmouth met its cost savings goal for 2010-11, but only by implementing non-recurrent savings that have now been added to its 2011-12 target.
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Wolverhampton City overspends on private providers by 88 per cent
FINANCE: NHS Wolverhampton City has overspent on private providers by the equivalent of 88 per cent of the total value of the contracts.
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Surrey consortium petitions Lansley over handover legal hurdles
COMMERCIAL: A commissioning consortium last week pulled health secretary Andrew Lansley into its struggle to take on commissioning powers from primary care trust NHS Surrey.
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Northumberland Care Trust delegates budget to consortium
FINANCE: Northumberland Care Trust has delegated responsibility for £435m spending to a single emerging commissioning consortia, Northumberland Commissioning Group.
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North Tyneside PCT passes £298m to consortia
FINANCE: North Tyneside PCT has delegated responsibility for £298m spending to two emerging commissioning consortia.
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Newcastle PCT delegates £344m to shadow consortia
FINANCE: Newcastle PCT has delegated responsibility for £344m spending to two emerging commissioning consortia, according to board papers.