All London articles – Page 142
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Sutton and Merton to have one CCG per borough
STRUCTURE: Sutton and Merton GPs have decided to move to two emerging clinical commissioning groups, each matching one of the London boroughs, with “close working in the future where the two CCGs’ agendas overlap”.
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Barts plastic surgery nurse given MBE
WORKFORCE: Daren Edwards, clinical nurse specialist in plastic surgery at Barts and the London, has been awarded an MBE for services to nursing.
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Former Kingston chair gets CBE
WORKFORCE: Former NHS Kingston chair Neslyn Watson-Druée has been awarded a CBE for services to healthcare.
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New chief operating officer for Guy's and St Thomas'
WORKFORCE: Amanda Pritchard, currently deputy chief executive at Chelsea and Westminster Foundation Trust, is leaving in the spring to join the south London giant.
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Hospital chief exec to take up new role with SHA
WORKFORCE: Heather Lawrence OBE is to leave Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Foundation Trust and start a new role with NHS London supporting non-foundation trusts in getting authorised by Monitor.
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North central London cluster predicts £24m deficit
FINANCE: The north central London PCT cluster is predicting a deficit of £24m by the end of 2011-12
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PWC called in as NHS Haringey predicted to end year in deficit
FINANCE: The north east London commissioning body has had to call in consultants PricewaterhouseCooper after a £400,000 shortfall against its £5m saving plan.
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NHS North Central London says 'catastrophic' financial failure 'almost certain'
FINANCE: The north London commissioning cluster gave itself the highest possible risk rating at its most recent meeting as it assessed its chances of achieving financial balance over the next four years.
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Homerton looks for performance and 'market share analysis' software
COMMERCIAL: The east London acute trust has tendered for software that will analyse “clinical efficiency and productivity, PbR and relative risk ratios”.
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Kingston Hospital looking to appoint advisors on VAT opportunities
FINANCE: The south west London acute is seeking VAT advisors “to advise the trust on VAT issues and opportunities arising as a result of a change of status to foundation trust”.
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Hounslow council to tender out £2m of mental health services
COMMERCIAL: The south west London local authority is contracting out two services.
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West Middlesex conducting case note review after higher than average mortality
PERFORMANCE: The west London acute hospital started a “detailed case note review” to establish the cause of the score of 120.3 under the Summary Hospital-level Mortality Indicator, against a target of 90 or under.
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West London Mental Health Trust to cut 110 posts at Broadmoor
WORKFORCE: The mental health trust has announced plans to cut the posts from the famous high-secure facility in Berkshire.
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NewsCQC could face judicial review over failure to protect whistleblowers
Solicitors representing a group of NHS whistleblowers have refused to rule out launching judicial reviews against the Care Quality Commission, NHS London and two London acute trusts who they claim failed to protect staff who raised concerns.
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NewsMet police drive demand for ambulances
Ambulances are being despatched unnecessarily tens of thousands of times a year at the request of police officers in London, a new report has found.
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CCP rules against largest acute merger plan in the country
The Cooperation and Competition Panel has said plans to create the biggest single trust in the NHS would break competition rules.
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NewsClinical commissioning group boards should have tenure and size limits
A model constitution for clinical commissioning groups has recommended board members serve no longer than four years at a time, and boards should be limited to 12 people.
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NewsMergers will not make unviable trusts sustainable, warn MPs
The takeover or merger of troubled trusts in order for them to achieve foundation status “is not a convincing solution” that will ensure their future sustainability, according to MPs.
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CommentAll eyes on London's billion-pound merger after SHA sign off
By the time you read this, NHS London will almost certainly have signed off the Barts/Whipps Cross/Newham merger.
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UCLH opens new urgent care centre
STRUCTURE: The University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust opened a new urgent care centre on December 7.