All HSJ Local articles – Page 567
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Homerton breaches MRSA targets
PERFORMANCE: Homerton University Hospital breached two MRSA targets for 2010/11 in February, but the foundation trust insists that there have been no “clinically significant” cases since August 2010.
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Rotherham FT to lose fifth of CQUIN cash
FINANCE: The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust was set to miss out on more than a fifth of its performance related CQUIN (commissioning for quality and innovation) payments in 2010-11.
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Name chosen for community hospital in Selby
STRUCTURE: A new community hospital in Yorkshire has been named following a public vote.
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NHS North Yorkshire scopes telehealth success
PERFORMANCE: Patients prefer long term conditions to be monitored from home, according to a recent North Yorkshire survey.
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Salford Royal averts risk of mixed sex accommodation breaches
FINANCE: The foundation has found a short term “operational solution” to avoid huge fines from a surgical admissions lounge (SAL) in breach of tougher new rules on single sex accommodation.
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Oxfordshire GP consortium elects leader
WORKFORCE: Dr Stephen Richards has been elected to lead the Oxfordshire GP Consortium with 94 per cent of the vote.
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New patient record system will join up services on the Isle of Wight
COMMERCIAL: Business and technology service company Logica is to deliver an integrated patient care record system for NHS Isle of Wight.
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Isle of Wight provider arm currently unsustainable
FINANCE: Work to identify a sustainable provider model on the Isle of Wight is “critical” once the primary care trust is wound up and the commissioner will no longer be able to subsidise the provider arm.
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Pressure ulcers spark serious incident reports at Oxford Radcliffe
PERFORMANCE: Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust reported 19 serious incidents requiring investigation (SIRIs) in the three months to December 2010.
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Homerton just shy of budget surplus target
FINANCE: Homerton hospital was predicting a £1.7m surplus in month ten, slightly behind plan, documents released to HSJ show.
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NHS Hampshire to consult on the future of cottage hospital
STRUCTURE: NHS Hampshire is to survey residents on the future of Odiham Cottage Hospital.
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PCT to fine acutes for failing to provide named consultant teams
FINANCE: NHS Brent and neighbour Harrow propose to charge their providers £20,000 for each month they fail to offer the choice of a named consultant led team, which was due to be introduced at the start of the month.
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NHS Redbridge appeals process grants most funding appeals in the cluster
PERFORMANCE: The north east London primary care trust approved 79 per cent of appeals to pay for a service or procedure outside of the cluster’s policy.
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NHS Buckinghamshire awards contract for £3.9m medical centre
COMMERCIAL: The primary care trust has awarded a contract to construction company Stepnell to design and build a £3.9m medical centre in Chesham.
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Northern Lincolnshire FT reconfigures community midwife service
STRUCTURE: A new system of post-natal care will be established in North East Lincolnshire from next month.
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Council throws hat in ring for Surrey community contract
COMMERCIAL: Surrey County Council has bid to take over the running of Surrey Community Health, according to primary care trust board papers.
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NHS Nottingham City calls on patients to join ‘citizen’s panel’
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust is seeking views from people in its area on how the local NHS could be developed and improved.
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Liverpool trust extends pilot health scheme for ex-offenders
STRUCTURE: A pilot scheme which helps ex-offenders to get health checks has been extended in Liverpool.
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Yorkshire chief named on 'listening exercise' review panel
WORKFORCE: NHS Yorkshire and Humber chief executive Bill McCarthy is one of a handful of managers, and the only strategic health authority chief executive, to be a appointed a member of the NHS Future Forum review panel.
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South Yorks 'worst offender for premium rate GP phone numbers'
PERFORMANCE: GPs in the South Yorkshire cluster of PCTs are the biggest users of premium rate phone numbers, according to a campaign group.