All London articles – Page 123
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Black midwives disproportionately disciplined claims Royal College
WORKFORCE: Black midwives make up a disproportionate number of those facing disciplinary proceedings in London, according to the Royal College of Midwives.
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Moorfields consultant awarded £1.7m by NIHR
CLINICAL RESEARCH: A consultant at Moorfields Eye Hospital Foundation Trust has been awarded £1.7m by the National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment programme for glaucoma research.
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Barts overpays staff by £1m
WORKFORCE: Barts and the London Trust made salary overpayments totalling nearly £1m in the last financial year, it can be revealed.
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Lewisham Healthcare boss appointed designate chief exec of Lewisham/Greenwich organisation
STRUCTURE: The chief executive of Lewisham Healthcare Trust has been appointed chief executive designate of the trust that will be created if his organisation is merged with part of South London Healthcare Trust, which has been placed in the failure regime.
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NewsFour-fold regional variation in use of private sector providers
Independent providers carry out four times the proportion of elective procedures in some regions as in others
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St George's audit committee flags procurement irregularities
FINANCE: St George’s audit committee reported: “[We] have been and continue to be concerned about the high level of tender waivers raised for reason of ‘urgency’ and ‘sole supplier’ – 4.6 per cent of non-pay and capital expenditure year to date – leading to inability to demonstrate value for money.”
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Deloitte due to start board appraisal at St George's
STRUCTURE: Deloitte are due to start their Board Governance Assurance Framework appraisal at St George’s this month
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St George's predicting £6.5m surplus despite behind-target savings
FINANCE: St George’s Healthcare Trust is predicting a £6.5m surplus despite falling behind on its savings target.
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NHS Haringey demands improved 'talking therapies' performance
PERFORMANCE: NHS Haringey has asked its Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) provider for an action plan to improve performance.
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Quarter of St George's consultants 'have no job plan'
WORKFORCE: An audit committee report said it wanted to “raise concerns” with the board of St George’s Healthcare Trust about consultant job planning.
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St George's has higher staff turnover rate than other teaching hospitals
WORKFORCE: St George’s Healthcare Trust has a staff turnover rate 4 per cent higher than the London teaching hospital average, a report said.
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NHS Haringey misses stop smoking target for quarter one
PERFORMANCE: NHS Haringey missed its target for getting smokers to quit for quarter one, achieving 300 against a target of 427.
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NHS Camden misses cervical cancer screening target
PERFORMANCE: NHS Camden has missed its target for cervical screening, achieving 66.9 per cent coverage against a national threshold of 80 per cent.
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Cluster calls meeting with Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust
PERFORMANCE: The North Central London primary care trust cluster called a meeting with the north London mental health organisation because “numbers of patients entering treatment are not in line with increased investment for 2012-13.”
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NHS Enfield misses stop smoking target for quarter one
PERFORMANCE: NHS Enfield missed its target for getting smokers to quit for quarter one, achieving 281 against a target of 300.
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NHS Camden stop-smoking rates below target
PERFORMANCE; NHS Camden was one of three boroughs in the North Central London primary care trust cluster to miss its stop smoking target in the first quarter of 2012-13.
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St George's to join King's Health Partners
STRUCTURE: St George’s Healthcare Trust is to join the King’s Health Partners Academic Health Science Network.
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NHS Enfield 'risks £7.6m year-end deficit'
FINANCE: NHS Enfield will end 2012-13 with a £7.6m deficit on current projections if “further actions” are not taken.
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NHS Barnet 'risks £8m year-end deficit'
FINANCE: NHS Barnet will end 2012-13 with an £8m deficit on current projections if “further actions” are not taken.
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NHS Haringey 'risks £8.3m year-end deficit'
FINANCE: NHS Haringey will end 2012-13 with an £8.3m deficit on current projections if “further actions” are not taken.