All London articles – Page 168
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North West London Hospitals Trust struggles on emergency four-hour target
PERFORMANCE: An acute trust is under pressure to meet the four-hour A&E target after a six per cent rise in attendances
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Croydon Health Services Trust making progress on agency spend
WORKFORCE: A hospital and its vertically integrated community services have made progress on reducing the proportion of agency staff employed.
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NHS Islington acute commissioning budget overspent by £6.7m
FINANCE: The north London PCT was overspent after the first nine months of 2010/11 with a forecast deficit of £8.9m.
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NHS Brent hits smoking cessation target
A north-west London PCT has hit its targets for smoking cessation.
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NHS Wandsworth predicting year-end surplus
FINANCE: A south-west London PCT is predicting a surplus of £5.4m.
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Central London Community Healthcare acquires fourth provider arm
STRUCTURE: An aspirant community foundation trust is set to become one of the largest in the country after NHS Barnet voted to transfer its provider arm to it.
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NHS Sutton & Merton allowed to work to below target chlamydia screening goal
PERFORMANCE: The primary care trust, which is predicting a year-end deficit, will be working to an “internal target” of 15 per cent after “financial reductions” meant it wouldn’t make the national target of 35 per cent.
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The Tavistock and Portman Foundation Trust establishes partnership with top US university
STRUCTURE: The north London specialist mental health trust is working with Yale University on infant mental health training.
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NHS Barnet asks SHA to be excused repayment of £45.4m loan
FINANCE: The north London primary care trust has written to NHS London’s challenged trust board asking if the sum they received this financial year could be written off.
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South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust hits SHA savings targets but misses its own
FINANCE; The mental health organisation achieved the £6.2m Cost Improvement Programme target set by NHS London.
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Barts and the London Trust still above agency staff budget
WORKFORCE: The east london acute trust missed its 3.5 per cent target in December, board papers revealed.
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North Middlesex University Hospital Trust declined in more than half of its quality indicators in December
PERFORMANCE: Thirty-eight of the trust’s performance measures were worse than they were in November.
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The Royal Free Hampstead Trust is on target to meet its planned surplus
FINANCE: The north London hospital is on track for a £4.6m surplus, in line with its plans
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Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust has been cleared to proceed with £90m PFI rebuild
STRUCTURE: The north London specialist trust was given permission to place an advert for partners for the scheme by NHS London in December.
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NHS Bromley plans to save £7.5m on urgent care
FINANCE: NHS Bromley’s Quality, Improvement, Productivity and Prevention programme anticipates saving £1.8m on urgent care for each of the next four financial years.
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Moorfields Eye Hospital Foundation Trust predicting £6m deficit for 2013-14
FINANCE; A specialist eye hospital is predicting a significant deficit within two years because of increased cost pressures
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Kingston Hospital c-section rate above 27 per cent
PERFORMANCE: The trust’s rate was above its own target but it said its multiple pregenancy rate, often a causal factor, was double the national average and outside its control.
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Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust manages to get staff-turnover below national average
WORKFORCE: The troubled trust, which spent £4.1m on bank and agency staff, in August reached a turnover of 11.3 per cent in December.
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Ealing Hospital Trust considering merger with North West London Hospitals Trust
STRUCTURE: The district general hospital is considering a merger with its much larger neighbour.
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PCTs negotiate Imperial College Healthcare Trust income down by £4m after mid-year review
FINANCE: A revised service level agreement between an acute trust and its local primary care trusts have seen its predicted income fall by £4.2m