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Southampton PCT identifies reforms pace as 'catastrophic risk'
PERFORMANCE: NHS Southampton City has said the rapid structural reforms to the NHS reforms could distract from improving the population’s health, while the area’s health economy risks being unsustainable in the long term.
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NewsTrust issues 18,600 parking fines in 12 months
More than 18,600 parking penalties were issued by three hospitals during 2010, according to consumer group Which?.
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NewsClegg denies NHS reform profit motive
Nick Clegg has insisted the government’s healthcare reforms did not amount to NHS privatisation.
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Former PCT chair joins Poole Hospital FT
WORKFORCE: Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has announced Angela Schofield as its new chair, replacing interim Dame Yvonne Moores.
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South coast cluster reveals key appointments
WORKFORCE: The primary care trust cluster covering Southampton, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and Portsmouth has annouced two key board-level appointments.
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NewsHead of UK's biggest private provider 'more excited than ever' about NHS reforms
The head of the UK’s largest private healthcare group has insisted it would be “madness” to prohibit price competition in the NHS, and insisted he does want to compete on price with NHS hospitals.
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Results of Western Sussex reconfiguration consultation due next month
STRUCTURE: Responses to a consultation over the planned reconfiguration of ophthalmology and orthopaedic services are currently being analysed, with results expected next month.
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Leeds Hospitals exceeds surplus plan
FINANCE: Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust exceeded its planned surplus in 2010-11 by £2.1m.
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Yeovil FT teams up with local council on nursery tender
COMMERCIAL: Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust is about to launch a tender for a nursery in partnership with South Somerset District Council.
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New chair for Yeovil FT
WORKFORCE: A new chair and deputy chief executive have been appointed at Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust.
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Nottingham consortium elects chair
WORKFORCE: Nottingham City General Practice Consortium has elected its chair and vice chair.
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York Hospitals was running behind plan on surplus
FINANCE: York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been running behind its planned surplus at the end of the last financial year, recording £0.94m in March compared to the £3.2m expected.
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Great Ormond Street bowel unit to ease child surgery
STRUCTURE: Sick children will be spared unnecessary surgery as a result of a new initiative which will also save the health service money.
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Official opening for new mental health unit at Pennine Care
STRUCTURE: The trust has officially opened a £13.6m mental health unit at its Birch Hill Hospital site in Rochdale.
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Liverpool Women's seeks to form national alliance to lobby for maternity care providers
FINANCE: The foundation has written to the chief executives of all trusts delivering 5,000 or more children a year to consider forming a “national alliance”, as part of its effort to lobby against changes to the maternity tariff.
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Capita set to take on HR for Liverpool trusts in £27m deal
COMMERCIAL: Outsourcing firm Capita Group has announced it has been appointed as preferred provider of human resources, payroll, and recruitment services for up to 12 NHS organisations in north Mersey.
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NewsBlood service looks set to remain in house
The head of the NHS blood service has expressed optimism it will escape part-privatisation amid suggestions the government is worried about the public backlash against private involvement in public services.
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South West London PCT cluster spent £6.7m on redundancies
WORKFORCE: Primary care trusts comprising the South West London cluster spent £6.7m on redundancies in the last financial year.
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Winchester and Eastleigh risks missing £9.4m savings target
FINANCE: Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust has red-rated its £9.4m service improvement target for 2011-12, having only finished last year in the black thanks to a strategic health authority bail-out.
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NHS Wiltshire plans early transfer of public health to local council
WORKFORCE: Public health staff at NHS Wiltshire are to be consulted on transfering to the local authority under plans for Wiltshire Council to become an early adopter of government proposals to integrate public health into local government.