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NewsLetter reveals uncertainty hanging over quality observatories
Regional quality observatories - set up to monitor and improve service standards - may come to an end when strategic health authorities are abolished next year, a letter reveals.
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Cluster asks GPs not to refer to major teaching hospital until 2013
PERFORMANCE: The medical directors of NHS South West London have asked GPs in the cluster not to refer some patients to St George’s Healthcare Trust because of a waiting times backlog.
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3.2pc of Pennine Care diagnostic waits over six weeks
PERFORMANCE: 3.2 per cent of patients awaiting diagnostic tests from the trust in June had been on its waiting list for more than six weeks, against a national target that fewer than 1 per cent of patients should wait that long.
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5.4pc of East Cheshire Trust diagnostic waits over six weeks
PERFORMANCE: 5.4 per cent of patients awaiting diagnostic tests from the trust in June had been on its waiting list for more than six weeks, against a national target that fewer than 1 per cent of patients should wait that long.
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Liverpool Community Health misses diagnostics target by huge margin
PERFORMANCE: Nearly 18 per cent of patients awaiting diagnostic tests from Liverpool Community Health Trust in June had been on its waiting list for more than six weeks, against a national target that fewer than 1 per cent of patients should wait that long.
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NewsCSUs will not be allowed to have a board
The commissioning support units hosted by the NHS Commissioning Board will not be allowed to have their own boards, it has been announced.
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NewsTrust wins treatment intervention ruling
A health trust has won a court ruling that medical staff do not have to forcibly give a seriously ill man the life-prolonging treatment he is resisting.
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NewsA&E 12-hour wait numbers double in Scotland
The number of patients waiting more than 12 hours to be seen at Scottish accident and emergency departments has more than doubled in three years, new figures show.
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Cluster asks GPs not to refer to teaching hospital for some procedures
PERFORMANCE: The medical directors of NHS South West London have asked GPs in the cluster not to refer some patients to St George’s Healthcare Trust because of a waiting times backlog.
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Homerton plans to grow turnover by 6 per cent
FINANCE: Homerton University Hospital Foundation Trust intends to grow its turnover from £243m last year to £259m in 2014-15, its annual plan review reveals.
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Central and NW London FT looks to expand private provision
COMMERCIAL: Central and North West London Foundation Trust is looking to expand its private mental health services, a document sent to Monitor reveals.
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Central and Eastern Cheshire misses diagnostics waiting target
PERFORMANCE: The primary care trust NHS Central and Eastern Cheshire had 5,191 patients on waiting lists for diagnostic tests at the end of June, of which 125 had been waiting for more than six weeks, latest Department of Health data shows.
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Kingston Hospital Trust's FT application moves to next stage
STRUCTURE: Kingston Hospital Trust’s foundation trust application has been referred to the final stage of the authorisation process.
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Camden and Islington Foundation Trust deliver 9% saving
FINANCE: Camden and Islington Foundation Trust, the north central London mental health services provider, has reported a £12m saving to Monitor for 2011-12, 9 per cent of its turnover.
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Research establishes gender link in allergy hereditary
RESEARCH: Clinicians at Southampton University Hospital Foundation Trust have discovered a child’s risk of developing an allergic disease is doubled if a parent of the same sex has suffered from it.
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Sefton over the threshold for diagnostic waits
PERFORMANCE: In June NHS Sefton was one of five North West primary care trusts to miss the national target of less than 1 per cent of patients waiting more than six weeks for diagnostic tests, latest Department of Health data shows.
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Great Ormond St says delay to lifting of private patient cap a 'key risk'
COMMERCIAL: Great Ormond Street Hospital has identified a delay to the lifting of the private patient cap as a “key risk”.
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King's has seen 'no evidence' commissioners will reduce referrals
FINANCE: King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust said the impact of commissioners’ demand management plans had been built into its plan it had seen “no evidence” to support them.
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Guy's and St Thomas' plans to cut costs by £23m
FINANCE: Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust intends to cut costs by £23m over the next two years, its annual plan review reveals.
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Chelsea and Westminster predicts pay inflation will cost an extra £3.4m next year
FINANCE:The central London acute provider Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Foundation Trust “anticipates” annual payawards of no more than 1 per cent in 2013-14 and 2014-15.