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NHS Harrow will not be out of deficit by the 2014-15
FINANCE: According to the north-west London sector Quality, Improvement, Productivty and Prevention plan, NHS Harrow will still be running a deficit even when the rest of the sector has taken £270m of spending out of the area’s acute sector.
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'Very disappointing' breast cancer performance from Walsall Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: Walsall Hospitals Trust is reporting “very disappointing” year to date performance after missing a target that 93 per cent for referring patients with suspected breast cancer to consultants within two weeks.
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NHS Hillingdon to cut medicine spend with local acute by £2.7m in 2011-12
FINANCE: The commissioning body is anticipating the saving after negotiating a medicines management agreement with Hillingdon Hospital.
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NHS Eastern and Coastal Kent chief exec to lead cluster
WORKFORCE: A chief executive has been appointed to lead the cluster of primary care trusts due to form in Kent.
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NHS Redbridge plans to target the 20 biggest users of A&E
FINANCE: The primary care trust hopes to save £100,000 in the first quarter of 2011-12 with the scheme.
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London ambulance staff are 'at risk' by having to use computer while driving
PERFORMANCE: A major accident has been rated “likely” by the risk managers at the London Ambulance Service because staff working in rapid-response cars “need to read and manually action the Mobile Data Terminal whilst driving at speed through traffic”.
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New community interest company to provide community services in North East Essex
STRUCTURE: North East Essex Provider Services has officially established a community interest company known as Anglian Community Enterprise (ACE).
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Sussex trust's poor financial performance continues
FINANCE: The mental health trust has reported a consistently worsening financial position.
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Halton and St Helens developing four consortia
STRUCTURE: NHS Halton and St Helens plans to develop duties already held by four practice based commissioning clusters, into consortia commissioning.
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Warrington consortium to take duties from April
STRUCTURE: One commissioning consortium is being established covering all NHS Warrington practices.
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Milton Keynes to hand £90m to two consortia
STRUCTURE: NHS Milton Keynes is planning to delegate 25 per cent of its commissioning budget to two emerging commissioning consortia from April.
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North Lincolnshire plans single consortium
STRUCTURE: NHS North Lincolnshire GP practices plan a single consortium.
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West Essex plans three consortia
STRUCTURE: NHS West Essex has three emerging commissioning consortia.
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NHS Barking and Dagenham puts forward two pathfinders
STRUCTURE: Two NHS Barking and Dagenham GP practice clusters are applying for pathfinder status.
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NewsRCS warns quality of care could decline
Standards of patient care may be compromised if GPs focus on “the lowest price” rather than quality when it comes to health spending, the Royal College of Surgeons of England has warned.
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NewsNHS Networks site aims to help commissioners
A new website developed by NHS Networks is helping commissioners by bringing together useful information in one place.
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Patient choice proving costly for NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
FINANCE: NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly are overspending on private providers.
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NHS Southampton to merge local LIFT
STRUCTURE: Two neighbouring Local Improvement and Finance Trusts (LIFTs) are set to merge.
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NewsLansley insists 'risky' reforms are vital
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has said there was “risk” involved with his radical NHS reforms, but change was necessary to improve standards for patients.
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NewsNigel Edwards calls for constructive dialogue on competition
The head of the NHS Confederation has urged for “constructive dialogue” about the effect of greater competition in healthcare.