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West Sussex PCT likely to cluster with rest of county
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust looks set to cluster with other trusts in Sussex, including Brighton, as part of plans being drawn up by NHS South East Coast.
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NHS Surrey likely to form cluster of its own
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust, one of the largest in the country, looks set to form a cluster by itself as part of plans being drawn up by NHS South East Coast.
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NHS Doncaster working on consortia governance
STRUCTURE: NHS Doncaster is developing governance arrangements for an area-wide commissioning consortium, after being named as a “pathfinder” to trial the arrangements for the transfer of budgets from primary care trusts.
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NHS Calderdale £3.2m behind plan
FINANCE: NHS Calderdale is projecting an overspend of £3.2m in 2010-11, against its planned £6.8m surplus.
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Whittington aspirant integrated care organisation on course to miss savings targets
FINANCE: The north London hospital trust, which is due to integrate with two primary care trust provider arms in April had achieved only £7m of its £9m cost improvement programmes as of December.
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Watch: Andrew Lansley at HSJ's 'Delivering a New Approach to Public Health' conference
On the day the government’s radical reforms for the NHS were laid out in full in the Health and Social Care Bill, health secretary Andrew Lansley spoke to the audience at HSJ and LGC’s Public Health Congress about what the changes mean for the health service and the people who ...
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NewsBill may open up bank lending market to NHS hospitals
Government plans to make it easier for foundation trusts to use their property as loan security may open up a market for private sector lending to NHS hospitals, lawyers say.
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NHS Bradford and Airedale stepping up stress services
WORKFORCE: NHS Bradford and Airedale is extending stress and wellbeing services for staff in response to rising levels of stress-related absenses.
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Barnsley PCT rated well for stroke care
PERFORMANCE: Barnsley PCT has the best stroke rehabilitation care in the Yorkshire and The Humber region, according to the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsMonitor may pay private providers more
Private providers could be paid 14 per cent more than NHS competitors to encourage a fairer playing field, under changes in the Health Bill.
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NewsSNP makes NHS record central to election campaign
The Scottish National Party highlighted improvements in the NHS and promised to protect health budgets in messages to supporters as the party launched its election campaign today.
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NewsDementia patients 'need more home care'
About 50,000 people with dementia will be forced into care homes early because of a lack of support in their own homes, experts warn.
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NewsTrust ordered to pay £6.4m negligence claim
A boy who suffered severe brain damage during his delivery at an NHS birth centre in Hertfordshire has been awarded £6.4m in settlement of his medical negligence claim.
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NewsRow over ambulance staff wage cut claim
Up to £5,000 a year could be lost from frontline ambulance staff wages as part of a drive to cut costs, union officials have claimed.
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HSJ Local
Infections, screening and activity concern at South Tyneside PCT
PERFORMANCE: NHS South Tyneside is in “performance escalation” with its strategic health authority for Chlamydia screening; healthcare associated infections and (over) activity.
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Infections, screening and activity concern at Gateshead PCT
PERFORMANCE: Gateshead Primary Care Trust is in “performance escalation” with its strategic health authority for Chlamydia screening; healthcare associated infections and (over) activity.
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Infections, screening and activity concern at Sunderland PCT
PERFORMANCE: Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust is in “performance escalation” with its strategic health authority for Chlamydia screening; healthcare associated infections and (over) activity.
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City Hospitals Sunderland A&E waits concern
PERFORMANCE: Accident and emergency waits at City Hospitals Sunderland Foundation Trust during the second quarter of 2010-11 have been raised as a “particular concern”.
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NewsThe provider's essential guide to the Health Bill
As with commissioning consortia, the bill presented providers with a mixture of new freedoms and potential restraints.
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West Kent PCT likely to cluster with rest of county
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust looks set to cluster with other trusts in Kent as part of plans being drawn up by NHS South East Coast.