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NewsRight to receive treatment within 12 weeks takes effect
Patients in Scotland have a legal right to receive treatment within a maximum 12 weeks of diagnosis after new laws came into force.
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Wolverhampton CCG picks GP as accountable officer
STRUCTURE: NHS Wolverhampton CCG has appointed a GP as designate accountable officer.
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Salisbury signs Bloodhound deal
COMMERCIAL: Salisbury Foundation Trust has signed a five year deal with MSoft for the provision of its Bloodhound Fridge Lock Down system.
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Overweight patients in Herts referred to slimming groups
SERVICES: Overweight patients who need surgery in parts of Hertfordshire can now be referred to local slimming groups in a bid to kickstart their weight loss.
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Bolton FT could face £4.5m fine for Clostridium difficile infections
FINANCE: Bolton Foundation Trust could face a £4.5m fine for failing to contain its rate of Clostridium Difficile infections to within planned levels, commissioner board papers state.
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North Yorkshire and York takes 'immediate and extraordinary' measures to cut spending
FINANCE: Financially troubled NHS North Yorkshire and York is to take “‘immediate and extraordinary” cost cutting measures, to mitigate higher than expected demand.
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Trust applies for £21m government loan
FINANCE: Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust has applied to the Department of Health for a £21m loan to shore up its finances, HSJ can reveal.
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Kensington and Chelsea has highest number of GP outlier practices
PERFORMANCE: The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has a higher proportion of GP practices “under review” than any other in London.
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NewsReorganisation to blame for Nottingham bed crisis
An investigation into what caused thousands of elective operations to be cancelled at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has blamed the hospitals’ own reorganisation of services.
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ROH overspends on agency staff amid vacancies and high sickness rate
WORKFORCE: The Royal Orthopaedic Trust’s spend on agency staffing for month three was over plan on agency staffing and medical locums.
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Clinical commissioning group expects to start life with £5.3m deficit
FINANCE: Vale of York CCG is expecting to begin its existence in April 2013 with a £5.3m deficit, due to an inherited shortfall from this year.
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ROH spinal income falls 22 per cent short in quarter one
FINANCE: The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation Trust has seen a 22 per cent shortfall in spinal activity in the first quarter of 2012-13.
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Wye Valley reduces minor injuries units opening hours
PERFORMANCE: Wye Valley Trust is to reduce the hours of its two minor injuries units from 24 to nine hours a day to protect the safety of patients and staff working alone.
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Stockport A&E performance 'volatile and fragile'
PERFORMANCE: The trust’s performance against the national target of 95 per cent of accident and emergency patients seen within four hours remains “volatile and fragile”, commissioners have reported.
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Southampton GP referrals 10 per cent up on last year
PERFORMANCE: Acute sector activity levels in Southampton are far exceeding planned levels, and in most areas are well above levels for last year.
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Close Heatherwood, argue neighbouring trusts
STRUCTURE: The Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust has argued that Heatherwood Hospital should be closed, with funding diverted to its own Brants Bridge clinic in Bracknell.
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Vascular services under review in the peninsula
STRUCTURE: A review of vascular services that could lead to reconfiguration of services in Devon and Cornwall is almost complete.
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Work begins for Leicester urgent care centre
Work begins at the Loughborough Hospital next month ahead of a new urgent care centre due to open on the site in April 2013.
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Pennine Acute hit waiting times targets for July, figures suggest
PERFORMANCE: “Unvalidated figures” show that Pennine Acute achieved all national standards for referral-to-treatment waiting times in July, commissioner board papers state.
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Commissioners apply 'contract levers' over WWL diagnostic waits
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners are applying “contract levers” to the trust for failing to meet the target of having no more than one per cent of diagnostics patients waiting for more than six weeks.