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NHS Surrey reverses IVF funding ban
FINANCE: NHS Surrey has announced it is to reinstate IVF treatment from April 2012.
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St George's puts in formal bid for St Helier
STRUCTURE: The south London acute trust was the only bidder to make a formal approach to Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust to run St Helier Hospital.
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HSJ LocalTorbay trust launches first integrated health and social care IT system
COMMERCIAL: England’s first integrated health and social care patient record system has been procured in a £3.8m deal that managers hope will make it easier to join up services.
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NewsLabour Lords win concession on Health Bill
Opposition peers have defeated the government for the first time in the Health Bill’s passage, carrying an amendment which could lead to tax breaks for charities supplying NHS services.
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NewsA&E waits at winter levels
The proportion of patients waiting over four hours to be admitted from accident and emergency was already approaching winter levels by the second quarter of this year, Department of Health figures reveal.
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NewsOsborne outlines PFI reassessment plans
Chancellor George Osborne today announced a “fundamental reassessment” of the government’s controversial private finance initiative, with the aim of cutting costs and improving transparency.
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Ashford and St Peter’s bid for Epsom confirmed
STRUCTURE: The board in charge of demerging Epsom and St Helier hospitals to ensure they achieve foundation trust status has confirmed it has received a bid from Ashford and St Peter’s Hospital FT to merge with Epsom.
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Whittington plans to split benefits of contract 50:50 with GPs
STRUCTURE: The Whittington Health Trust plans to split the benefits of a block contract scheme 50:50 with local GP commissioners, according to its latest strategy document.
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South Warwickshire FT eyes community assets
STRUCTURE: South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust is “confident” it will be allowed to take ownership of community hospitals in its area.
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Doncaster and Bassetlaw says 2,000 A&E admissions down to road collisions
PERFORMANCE: Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals Foundation Trust has announced more than 2,000 admissions to its A&E and minor injuries unit between April and September 2011 were due to road traffic collissions, in support of a campaign.
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Community DTOC up at Somerset Partnership
PERFORMANCE: Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust lost more than 500 bed days to delayed discharges during September.
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South Warwickshire FT beats surplus target
FINANCE: An injection of “deferred income” has enabled South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust to deliver more than double its target surplus for September.
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C difficile and A&E improvements for South Warwickshire FT
PERFORMANCE: South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust is reporting a “general improvement in performance” for the second quarter of 2011-12.
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Sherwood Forest slips on capital spend
FINANCE: Slippage on capital expenditure due to the delay on the renal scheme remains outside of the 25 per cent tolerance level that Monitor applies to capital spend variances.
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Overnight power loss at Worthing Hospital
PERFORMANCE: Worthing Hospital lost its mains power supply for more than 12 hours last week.
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Lewisham Healthcare above average for claims
PERFORMANCE: The south London trust’s number of in-year negligence claims per 10,000 bed days was 2.52 against a national mean of 1.37.
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NewsLansley to announce 'ban' on minimum waiting times
The health secretary is to announce a “ban” on primary care trusts setting minimum waiting times for procedures, with the threat of “removing the chair of the PCT” if it is broken.
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George Eliot loses £1m of capital resources to bail out another trust
FINANCE: The West Midlands strategic health authority is to take £1m of capital funds out of George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust to another provider.
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NewsFraud costing NHS '£3bn a year'
Dishonest doctors, healthcare staff, patients and contractors are costing the NHS more than £3bn a year in fraudulent activity, a report has claimed.
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Derbyshire identifies AQP priorities
FINANCE: Clinical commissioners have identified three services they would like to add to their “Any Qualified Provider” list.