All London articles – Page 170
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NHS City & Hackney overspent by 6.3 per cent on acute budgets
FINANCE: NHS City & Hackney overspent by 6.3 per cent in month seven with its main hospital providers, a finance report said.
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Concern over redundancy time-tabling at NHS Southwark
WORKFORCE: The HR and corporate affairs directors of NHS Southwark have raised concerns over the time-tabling of the management cost reductions.
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NHS Lewisham concern over 'high number of nurses in borough over 50'
WORKFORCE: NHS Lewisham has asked providers in the borough what they are planning to do about the high number of nurses over 50 in the workforce.
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NHS Harrow slips further against recovery plan
FINANCE: NHS Harrow’s has slipped a further £1.3m against its break-even plan in month eight.
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Lewisham Healthcare Trust behind on savings plan
FINANCE: The south London hospital trust was £1m behind plan at the end of November.
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Newham recording nearly double last year's cancelled operations
PERFORMANCE: The east London trust has recorded 59 operations cancelled for non-clinical reasons so far this year according to the latest figures, nearly double the previous year’s 30.
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West Middlesex University Hospital Trust predicting third quarter failure on A&E wait standard
PERFORMANCE: West Middlesex is predicting a fall beneath the former 98% four-hour A&E standard for quarter three.
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One trust responsible for more than half of NHS Waltham Forest acute overspend
FINANCE: Whipps Cross University Hospital Trust accounted for £5.9m of the primary care trust’s £9.5m overspend against plan
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Decision on fate of Whipps Cross due in early February
STRUCTURE: Whipps Cross University Hospital will discover on February 8 who the preferred partner for taking it over is.
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South London Healthcare predicted to hit A&E targets despite consecutive poor months
PERFORMANCE: South London Healthcare Trust is predicting it will meet its four-hour A&E target for 2010-11, despite missing it in November and December last year.
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Hounslow PCT criticised by local acute provider
PERFORMANCE: West Middlesex University Hospital’s deputy chief executive has criticised the community provider in the borough for not having enough COPD services, leading to a high rate of re-admission.
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NHS Kingston 2011-12 QIPP plan aims for £9.6m savings
FINANCE: The London commissioners have submitted their Quality, Improvement, Productivity and Prevention proposals as part of the south west sector PCT’s group plan.
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NHS Direct service "severely compromised" over Christmas period
PERFORMANCE: The national patient helpline fielded 45 per cent more calls than forecast from December 21 to January 3, a performance report said.
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GPs appointed to clinical cabinet to find more savings at Oxleas Foundation Trust
FINANCE: A primary care trust has appointed two GPs to try and top the £1m of savings negotiated with the mental health trust in 2010-11.
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NHS Lambeth could save £7.2m by eliminating Procedure of Limited Clinical Effectiveness
FINANCE: The inner London borough had the highest spend in its cluster on the procedures and intends to decommission the services as part of its Quality Innovation, Productivity and Prevention programme.
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King's College Hospital Foundation Trust misses MRSA target for 2010-11
PERFORMANCE: The south London acute trust has overshot its target threshold for the year by more than half.
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Hillingdon Hospital Trust was first in London to declare 'Critcon 2' in face of winter pressures
PERFORMANCE: The north west London trust had to declare the standard after deciding the situation met the criteria of “unprecedented pressure on critical care and the trust beginning to require external aid for ITU patients”.
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Staff from North East London Foundation Trust support hospital trust struggling with winter pressures
PERFORMANCE: Staff from Community Health Services, the provider arm of NHS Barking & Dagenham which NELFT now manages, are preparing extra beds in transitional and rehab units to take some of the strain from nearby Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust.
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Chelsea and Westminster Hospital FT overperforming on PCT budget
FINANCE: A report from commissioners at NHS Hammersmith and Fulham found the acute trust was overperforming by £913,000 in the year-to-date.
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NewsFlory tells PCTs to give providers leeway over winter pressures
Commissioners have been urged to adjust their payments to hospital trusts struggling to deal with winter pressures on emergency care.