News – Page 1512
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Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals look to become global brand through merger
COMMERCIAL: The boards of Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals and the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre plan to use the merger to create a powerful, globally recognised brand.
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NewsPCT chiefs fight loss of accountable officer status and right to redundancy
Primary care trust chief executives are fighting attempts to withhold redundancy payments from those moving into jobs lacking “accountable officer” status.
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NewsFair funding change 'threatens' poorer areas
Changes to the formula used to determine fair funding allocations to primary care trusts constitute a “threat” to tackling health inequalities, inner city PCTs are being told.
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NewsGP services face scrutiny under competition system
Community services provided by GPs worth nearly £400m will have to go through a competition approval process as part of the transition to consortium commissioning, HSJ has been told.
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NewsDH to drop workforce section in slim down
The Department of Health’s workforce directorate could disappear as part of a restructure designed to slim down the department.
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NewsAbsence savings targets will be hard to achieve, says Audit Commission
NHS organisations should be realistic about the savings they can make by tackling sickness absence, the Audit Commission has said.
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NewsPrimary care trusts set to defy DH over IVF policy
Commissioners have ignored the Department of Health’s plea to follow National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance on fertility treatment.
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PCT delivers just 1 per cent of screening results on time
PERFORMANCE: Only 1 per cent of cervical screening results were delivered within the two week target at NHS Shropshire County during the first half of 2010-11.
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NewsCouncil planning change could slash hospital site value
A hospital trust is facing a potential £8m shortfall in funding because of changes in local planning policies and land values.
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NewsStaff reports on Mid Staffs 'disappeared'
More than 500 staff reports about poor care at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust have disappeared into a “black hole”.
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Manchester Health and Social Care raises red flag over savings target
FINANCE: The care trust still had £1.2m of costs to cut out of its budget in 2010/11 at the end of December, a position it described as a “significant risk”.
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Councillors criticise NHS South Gloucestershire over bed cuts plan
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust reports that it has received negative press coverage over a planned reduction in hospital beds.
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Central Manchester FT falls behind on surplus plan
FINANCE: Central Manchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust is forecasting a surplus this financial year but is significantly behind its financial plan.
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Teenagers placed in adult wards at Greater Manchester West Mental Health FT
PERFORMANCE: Twenty-six hospital bed days in adult psychiatric wards were occupied by patients aged 16 and 17 at Greater Manchester West Mental Health Foundation Trust in quarter two.
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Infections targets breach at Norfolk PCT
PERFORMANCE: Healthcare associated infections “remain the most significant challenge” for NHS Norfolk, according to the PCT’s performance report.
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Central Manchester University FT one of eight chosen maternity and children's acute in region
Structure: Central Manchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust runs one of just eight sites in the greater Manchester region selected to provide overnight maternity and children’s services in the future.
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Chief executive appointed at Liverpool PCT’s former provider arm
WORKFORCE: Liverpool Primary Care Trust’s community provider arm has appointed a chief executive.
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NHS South Staffordshire confirms appointment of community chief exe
WORKFORCE: The primary care trust has announced that a chief executive has been appointed to lead its community health provider arm, ahead of its split from the PCT.
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NHS North Staffordshire confirms appointment of community chief exec
WORKFORCE: A chief executive has been appointed to lead the primary care trust’s community health provider arm, ahead of its split from the PCT.
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Royal Liverpool increases cleaning and inspection of stairwells after patient falls and dies
PERFORMANCE: The trust has undertaken an “extensive” investigation of its 59 sets of stairs, following the death of a patient who fell down a stairwell.