All London articles – Page 130
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PCT requests explanation of 'disproportionate' referrals from Barnet and Enfield GPs
PERFORMANCE: NHS North Central London requested a report on the high number of Individual Funding Requests made by GPs in Enfield, compared with their peers in other boroughs.
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Moorfields Eye Hospital has three 'never events'
PERFORMANCE: The specialist eye hospital has recorded three “never events”, according to a report to the board of NHS North Central London.
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Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital breaches infection target for the year
PERFORMANCE: The north London specialist trust has recorded three cases of clostridium difficile for the year so far, equivalent to its full-year limit.
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NHS North Central London sees improvement in childhood vaccinations
PERFORMANCE: All five PCTs making up NHS North Central London have seen rises in their rate of childhood immunisations, board papers show.
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Great Ormond Street a 'national outlier' on diagnostic waits
PERFORMANCE: Commissioner figures show the specialist children’s hospital is breaching the waiting times targets for diagnostics.
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Commissioners criticise 'remoteness' of Central London Community Health Trust's management
PERFORMANCE: Minutes of a meeting of NHS North Central London show officials criticising the ‘remoteness’ of Central London Community Health Trust’s management in Barnet.
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Oxleas Foundation Trust to 'develop brand'
COMMERCIAL: The south east London mental health and community services provider is looking for a firm to help it develop “sub brands” to help it compete for work.
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News'Significant deficiencies' in emergency surgical care at trust
“Significant deficiencies” have been found in the emergency surgical care offered by a trust that is part of a regional trauma network.
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NewsReview finds leadership tension at London provider
An investigation into leadership and governance at a London provider trust has dismissed claims of bullying, corruption and inadequate management but highlighted the “poor relationship” between board members.
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Dehydration patient died after staff 'failures'
PERFORMANCE: A man died of dehydration after being neglected by medical staff, a coroner has ruled.
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Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals anticipate needing £17.7m 'cash support' from SHA
FINANCE: The Surrey/London borders trust’s latest board papers said: “The operating plan recently approved by NHS London had a projected cash support of £17.7m.”
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DH approves £298m rebuild of Broadmoor
STRUCTURE: The Department of Health has approved a multi-million rebuild of the Broadmoor high-secure psychiatric hospital.
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Royal Brompton rules out merger after losing heart services
STRUCTURE: The specialist hospital at the centre of a High Court battle over paediatric heart surgery has ruled out merging with a large London neighbour.
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Royal Free extends contract with Barnet, Enfield and Haringey trust
COMMERCIAL: The north London mental health trust have won a contract to provide a liaison service in the Royal Free London’s A&E.
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Barts Health advertises £7m car-parking contract at Whipps Cross
FINANCE: The five-year contract to run the service at Whipps Cross University Hospital includes options to extend it by two years.
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Two compulsory redundancies from NHS London cost more than £200k each
WORKFORCE: Two people made compulsorily redundant from the capital’s strategic health authority each recieved more than £200,000, annual accounts reveal.
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NHS London confirms £2.2m cut in mental health funding to increase cancer spend
FINANCE: The strategic health authority for the capital has confirmed that is transferring £2.2m from the bundle funding for mental health to fund its cancer programme.
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NHS London approves £150k+ severance payment to very senior manager
WORKFORCE: The minutes of the strategic health authority’s remuneration committee said it had reviewed “one severance case [worth more than £150k] and approved it since the last report to the board [in March].”
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NewsExclusive: fear over Olympic drugs overseas sell-on
Some pharmacies in London may request additional drug supplies during the Olympics only to sell them off overseas for profit, it has been claimed.
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NW London launches consultation on major service reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: NHS North West London has launched a consultation into a major shake-up of services across its eight boroughs.