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HSJ LocalLambeth fails to reach standards for three out of seven Quality Premium measures
PERFORMANCE: NHS Lambeth CCG has reported that it has not achieved 2013-14 Quality Premium measures relating to cutting avoidable emergency admissions, reducing the number of years of life lost through amenable mortality and preventing healthcare acquired infections.
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HSJ LocalTavistock and Portman surplus higher than planned
FINANCE: The Tavistock and Portman Trust has announced a surplus of £1.66m for the first nine months of the financial year, £1.33m higher than its planned surplus for the year to date.
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NewsUpdated: Third of CCGs apply for full co-commissioning powers over GP members
Around a third of clinical commissioning groups are bidding to take over responsibility for performance management and budgets of their member GP practices from April, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalHuge rebuilding project begins at Chase Farm
STRUCTURE: Work has begun at Chase Farm Hospital on a large scale demolition project, which will include the creation of a new urgent treatment centre and paediatric emergency department.
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HSJ LocalKing’s A&E waits linked to bed capacity and repatriation delays
PERFORMANCE: Issues with bed capacity, patient acuity and repatriation delays are among the causes of excessive accident and emergency waits at King’s College Hospital, commissioner board papers state.
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HSJ LocalHuge increase in A&E attendance rates hit Hillingdon Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: Major rises in A&E attendance numbers are ‘”overwhelming” the physical capacity of Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust, its board papers state.
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HSJ LocalWhittington predicts £7.4m shortfall in 2014-15 accounts
FINANCE: Whittington Hospital is expecting a year end deficit of up to £7.4m due in part to overspends in acute medicine, surgery and cancer care divisions.
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NewsAmbulance service chief quits to work for NHS England
The chief executive of London Ambulance Service is to leave the organisation to take up a role at NHS England.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Barts Health turnaround consultancy spend revealed
FINANCE: Barts Health Trust spent more than £7m on five consultancy firms in the 14 months to December as part of its financial turnaround project, HSJ can reveal. The turnaround programme began at the start of the 2013-14 financial year.
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NewsRoyal rumble escalates as London trust applies to redevelop neighbour’s hospital wing
A cancer hospital has submitted a planning application for the redevelopment of land owned by a neighbouring trust as part of an ongoing real estate dispute worth millions of pounds.
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NewsAmbulance services given extra time to assess patient need
Ambulance services in two areas will be given two minutes longer to assess patient need before sending out a response vehicle, under a pilot scheme announced by the health secretary today.
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NewsExclusive: Lawyers could return to court over NHS England primary care decisions
Lawyers have threatened to take NHS England back to court if it cannot show it is taking steps to involve patients in primary care commissioning decisions.
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HSJ LocalLondon North West Healthcare Trust appoints new chief executive
WORKFORCE: London North West Healthcare Trust has appointed Dame Jacqueline Docherty as its new chief executive.
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NewsHSJ leadership inquiry member knighted in new year's honours
Sam Everington, chair of Tower Hamlets CCG, is among a number of NHS managers, nurses and doctors included in the new year’s honours list
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SupplementsHSJ Rising Stars 2014
Identifying ambitious rising stars driving opportunities in healthcare
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HSJ LocalFormer civil service chief appointed as new chair at King's
WORKFORCE: The former head of the civil service, Sir Bob Kerslake, has been appointed the chair at King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust.