News – Page 1379
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C difficile cases rise faster than planned at East Lancashire Hospitals Trust
PERFORMANCE: Cases of C difficile rose faster than planned at the trust in the first three months of 2011-12, latest board reports show.
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Berkshire East falls short on QIPP savings
FINANCE: Berkshire East primary care trust made only two thirds of its planned efficiency savings in the first two months of 2011-12, according to board papers.
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NewsSHA cluster chief executives announced
The chief executives of the strategic health authority clusters have been appointed.
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NewsDH confirms delay to GP practice registration
The government has confirmed it is delaying the deadline for the registration of GP practices with the Care Quality Commission by a year.
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NewsFoundation Trust revives £2m e-records project
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust has resurrected plans for an e-records system despite a recent failed pilot of e-records software and criticism by MPs of attempts to create a similar network nationally.
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Mental Health Network calls to postpone personal budgets
Mental health professionals and service users have united to cast doubt on the merits of personal health budgets.
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Call for probe into GP transfer of SW London care home patients
PERFORMANCE: One of the leading lights of the government’s GP commissioning reforms has been drawn into a row which has seen the primary care trust cluster for south west London investigate claims care home patients were “dumped” by a GP practice.
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Berkshire West QIPP slips
FINANCE: Berkshire West primary care trust is expecting to meet its surplus target of £1.6m for 2011-12, but said some efficiency schemes were already showing “significant slippage” in the first two months of the year.
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Greater Manchester West scores highly in service user survey
PERFORMANCE: Service users gave the foundation one of the best scores in the country for overall quality of care in a new Care Quality Commission survey on community mental health.
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IT upgrade increases admin workload for staff
PERFORMANCE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust is still stuggling to capture accurate performance data four months after an IT system upgrade.
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Imperial plan to make £4.8m of £70m finance programme through increased income
FINANCE: The west London acute trust, which finished 2010-11 with a qualified account from its auditors, submitted the figures as part of its savings plan for 2011-12.
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Lord Darzi called in to review the future of Academic Health Science Centre
ORGANISATION: Professor Lord Darzi, the former health minister, is to chair a review of Imperial College Healthcare Trust’s Academic Health Science Centre “and advise on its future direction”, documents seen by the HSJ reveal.
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Staff changeover leads North Cumbria University Hospitals to fall behind on savings
FINANCE: At the end of the first two months of 2011-12 the trust had made savings of just £126,000 against a plan to save £15.2m for the full financial year, according to its latest finance report.
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Royal Devon and Exeter submits £19m building plans
STRUCTURE: Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust has submitted a planning application for a £19m research centre on the trust site.
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Cumbria PCT plans to use SHA “top slice” to offset 2010-11 deficit
FINANCE: Cumbria primary care trust’s 2011-12 financial plan assumes it will be able to use the two per cent of its budget held back by NHS North West to offset the £5.9m deficit recorded by the commissioner last year.
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Torbay to become foundation trust
STRUCTURE: The board of Torbay Care Trust has approved plans for the organisation to pursue becoming a foundation trust.
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NewsExclusive: draft authorisation document reveals key tests for new commissioning groups
A draft Department of Health plan seen by HSJ reveals key details of the development and authorisation process for clinical commissioning groups.
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NewsDr Foster promises 'more collaboration' with trusts
Dr Foster has backtracked on plans to publish new indictors on cancer and obstetrics with this year’s Hospital Guide and promised it will listen to trusts more in future.
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NewsHepatitis 'epidemic' warning as cases grow
An “epidemic” of hepatitis C will get worse without immediate action to start tackling the problem, a leading doctor has warned.
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North Yorkshire and York practices join five emerging CCGs
STRUCTURE: GP practices in North Yorkshire and York PCT have joined one of five emerging clinical commissioning groups.