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NHS Wandsworth plans Referral Management Centre
FINANCE: The south west London primary care trust has invited expressions of interest to bid for a £3m two-year contract for the call centre.
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NewsCancer treatment disadvantage for older patients
Older cancer patients are less likely to survive due to inadequate treatment, according to a review released today.
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NewsBMA GP chief: Prime minister NHS changes 'welcome'
British Medical Association GP representatives have voted to reserve judgement on the government’s NHS reform until full details of its U-turn are clear.
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Technology failure sees ambulance service revert to pen and paper
PERFORMANCE: An ambulance service was forced to record details of emergency calls with pen and paper for more than 24 hours after problems installing a new computer system.
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Exclusive: FT income busts target as pay drives costs over plan
Foundation trusts took more than half a billion over-plan in income in 2010-11, a Monitor report seen by HSJ reveals.
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Lewisham Healthcare Trust still has £4.1m gap in this year's savings plan
FINANCE: The trust’s finance report said the hole in this financial year’s cost improvement programme was only offset by a reserve of £2m.
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NewsRoyal College commissioning school receiving nearly £2m for GPs' training
The Royal College of GPs – which has heavily criticised the government’s NHS reform programme – has already been paid £1.5m to help teach GPs how to commission.
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North Tees awaits government guarantee for hospital build
COMMERCIAL: North Tees and Hartlepool Foundation Trust has discussed the underwriting of its proposed private finance initiative scheme with the Department of Health, and is hoping for an agreement within weeks.
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NewsCommissioning board to constrain consortia powers if 'not ready'
The NHS Commissioning Board is likely to place extensive restrictions on the powers of commissioning consortia in cases where it believes they are “not ready” to take on their new role, HSJ understands.
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LeaderReform changes may threaten what little progress is being made
What is the real impact of GP consortium commissioning on NHS services? Not the claim and counter-claim of the political battle, which is largely focused on imagined utopias or dystopias of the medium term, but the change being experienced by patients and staff?
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South Central consortia leads involved in QIPP and given budgets
STRUCTURE: Commissioning consortia leaders have been required to take on “significant” budgets from the beginning of 2011-12, and become involved in efficiency plans.
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South Central QIPP plans to be reviewed for possible technology improvements
PERFORMANCE: South Central strategic health authority has said that efficiency and operating plans will be reviewed to identify areas that could benefit from the use of technology.
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Royal wedding causes deficit problem for South Warwickshire FT
FINANCE: The succession of bank holidays in April has led to a lower than expected level of elective activity at South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust, which is reporting an above-forecast deficit.
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NewsExclusive: Future Forum to suggest 'pragmatic' solutions to deaneries crisis
The NHS Future Forum is due to recommend that interim measures are put in place quickly to prevent the quality of training from suffering as strategic health authorities wind down.
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West Middlesex University Hospital proposes to open private patient wing
STRUCTURE; The financially challenged acute trust near Heathrow, west London, has placed an advert in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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Huddersfield FT meets standards in CQC dignity and nutrition review
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has found Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust compliant in an inspection of dignity and nutrition standards, but has recommended some improvements.
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NHS Bournemouth and Poole underspend by £5.4m
FINANCE: NHS Bournemouth and Poole delivered an underspend of £5.4m and exceeded its management costs savings target by £71,000 during 2010-11.
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Only 18 per cent of nurses got flu jab at Luton and Dunstable FT
WORKFORCE: Only 18 per cent of nursing staff at Luton and Dunstable Hospital Foundation Trust received a flu vaccination this winter, according to board papers.
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NewsIndependent inquiry into care home abuse possible
The abuse of residents at a care home for people with learning disabilities exposed on television may receive an independent inquiry, the government has admitted.
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NewsCameron handling of NHS a 'catalogue of broken promises' - Healey
David Cameron was accused of breaking his promises on the NHS as he announced changes to the controversial package of reforms.