News – Page 1391
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NewsHealth minister calls for pause to 'reckless' reconfiguration of his local trust
Health minister Paul Burstow has said services could be put “at risk” by a hospital merger proposed near his constituency on the Surrey and London border.
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NewsChoice plans are 'enforced competition', say GPs
The government’s plans to extend choice in the NHS amount to “enforced competition”, GPs have said, as they call for clarity on changes to the Health Bill.
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NewsNew DH structure revealed
The Department of Health is to be slimmed down from 14 directorates in a restructure that will see the scrapping of its workforce and research and development directorates, and seven others, HSJ can reveal.
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Reform transition cost now £1.49bn, according to DH figure
A new figure from the Department of Health estimates the cost of its reform “transition programme” at £1.49bn.
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HSJ Local
SHA backs formal arbitration on Suffolk mental health contract
NHS East of England has “endorsed” the move to formal arbitration for Suffolk Mental Health Trust’s contract dispute with NHS Suffolk over a talking therapies service.
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HSJ Local
Sign off delay hits Hinchingbrooke's finances
FINANCE: Hinchingbrooke Hospital is losing nearly £200,000 in lost income every month due to a delay in getting ministerial sign off for its franchise deal with Circle.
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NewsNHS to raise funds selling off excess land
NHS managers are being asked to raise funds for the health service by identifying surplus land that could be sold, the government announced today.
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NewsHepatitis B fears at hospital delay surgery
Non-urgent cardiac surgery at a hospital in Swansea has been postponed after it was revealed that patients who were operated on earlier in the year may have been exposed to the Hepatitis B virus.
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HSJ Local
Integration to reduce trips 'up the garden path' in Cornwall
STRUCTURE: The first of nine integrated health and social care hubs planned for Cornwall will begin operating next month as part of a four-way partnership between NHS organisations and Cornwall Council.
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HSJ Local
Chapel Allerton Hospital passes CQC check but with minor concerns
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission found the trust was meeting standards relating to dignity and nutrition, but with minor concerns in both, during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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HSJ Local
George Eliot Hospital passes CQC spot check but minor concerns noted
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission found the trust was meeting standards relating to dignity and nutrition, but with minor concerns on dignity, during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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HSJ Local
GPs being paid for work not carried out under Enhanced Services contract
FINANCE: A report presented to the south east London cluster has said in some cases GPs are being paid for work that has not been done.
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HSJ Local
CCGs move to end half-day closing for surgeries in south east London
PERFORMANCE; Papers submitted to the south east London cluster of primary care trusts said the clinical commissioning groups in the patch would review surgery contracts to improve access.
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HSJ Local
Sussex aims to recruit 150 extra health visitors
WORKFORCE: As part of the national health visitor strategy, the NHS in Sussex has launched a recruitment drive for new health visitors.
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HSJ Local
Waiting and IT concerns at Newcastle Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: NHS North East has raised concerns about elective waiting time performance at The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust, which may be linked to IT.
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HSJ Local
Oxford Radcliffe productivity CIP savings at risk
FINANCE: Half of Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals’ workforce productivity savings for 2011-12 have been given a red risk rating.
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HSJ Local
Oxford Radcliffe consults on GP paediatric advice service
STRUCTURE: Paediatricians at Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust have consulted with GPs on proposals for an advice service for them.
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HSJ Local
North Tyne PCTs seek improvement on smoking cessation
PERFORMANCE: Newcastle PCT and North Tyneside PCT did not meet the target for smoking cessation numbers during 2010-11, a regional performance review has noted.
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HSJ Local
McKinsey appointed to acute reorganisation contract
STRUCTURE: Management consultancy McKinsey has been contracted to examine the future of two hospital trusts.
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NewsStepping Hill latest: fourth and fifth 'sabotage' patients die
Two more patients have died at the hospital linked to allegations of sabotage, police said today.