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NHS London approves £1.5m NHS 111 set-up costs in SW London
FINANCE: NHS London has agreed NHS South West London could use £1.5m of the funds the SHA had top-sliced from it to fund part of the set-up costs for NHS 111.
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NHS London agrees use of topslice funding to set up maternity network
PERFORMANCE: NHS South West London has had its bid to use funding topsliced by NHS London to establish a maternity network approved.
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HSJ LocalConsultation pledge on Worcestershire acute service review
STRUCTURE: NHS Worcestershire has committed itself to holding a second round of public engagement on major plans to reconfigure acute services in the county.
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NHS East London and the City applies for topslice funding
FINANCE: NHS East London and the City applied to NHS London for £55,000 of the two per cent top-slice funds to kickstart its sexual health tariff programme.
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NHS London approves £4m funding for SW London reconfiguration programme
STRUCTURE: NHS London has approved a request for NHS South West London to use £4m of top-sliced funding for its reconfiguration programme.
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Main entrance upgrade at Kings Mill Hospital
STRUCTURE: Work has started to change the main entrance at King’s Mill Hospital, in Nottinghamshire to improve patient and visitor access.
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NHS London exempts NHS Croydon from two per cent top-slice requirement
FINANCE: NHS London has approved NHS Croydon’s request that it be exempted from the two per cent top-slicing for all primary care trusts stipulated in the NHS Operating Framework.
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HSJ LocalThousands stop smoking in Northamptonshire
PERFORMANCE: More than 5,000 people decided to quit smoking in Northamptonshire last year health officials have announced.
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HSJ LocalNew cancer care unit at Grantham Hospital
STRUCTURE: A new dedicated breast cancer unit costing £125,000 is being developed at Lincolnshire’s Grantham Hospital.
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Complaints fall at Yeovil FT
PERFORMANCE: Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust saw a 13 per cent fall in the number of formal complaints received in 2011-12 comparted with the prevoius year.
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New X-Ray machine for Isles of Scilly
STRUCTURE: Peninsula Community Health has installed a new x-ray machine at St Mary’s Hospital on the Isles of Scilly that means residents will no longer have to visit the mainland for an x-ray.
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University College London Hospitals will grow activity
FINANCE: University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust has said it plans to grow activity to match the efficiency assumptions built in to the reduction in tariff prices.
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NHS London approves £4.8m bailout of Bexley
FINANCE: NHS London has approved a £4.8m bailout of NHS Bexley this financial year to allow it to set a “realistic and suitable QIPP target”.
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NewsNicholson clamps down on interim managers' pay
NHS trusts have been ordered to stop paying interim senior executives off-payroll in a bid by the Department of Health to tackle possible tax avoidance.
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NewsChild abuse risk at walk-in centres
“Significant and worrying gaps” in the way some NHS walk-in centres operate risks child abuse going undetected, a study obtained by HSJ has warned.
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NewsExclusive: NHS or private expressions of interest sought to run 'failing' trust
The special administrator for the first hospital to be subjected to the failure regime has invited expressions of interest from the NHS and private sector to take over all or part of the organisation.
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NewsBoard to recruit another 19 senior directors
The NHS Commissioning Board will this week begin the recruitment process for 19 senior director posts, all with salaries of more than £100,000.
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NewsOrgan transplants at record level
A record number of organ transplants were carried out last year, health officials said.
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Stroke and TIA care misses targets at Sandwell trust
PERFORMANCE: Stroke care at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust fell behind target in three key areas in May.
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Sandwell trust beats finance target after staff underspends
FINANCE: Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust is ahead of its financial target for 2012-13 so far, but is significantly underspending on staff.