Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – Page 10
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Oxford trust removes specialisms from the Horton amid high complication rates
PERFORMANCE: Oxford University Hospitals Trust has stopped gall bladder surgery at its Horton General Hospital after a Royal College of Surgeons review found higher than expected complication rates.
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Three applicants seek academic health science centre status
Three partnerships between hospital trusts and medical schools are bidding to be accredited as academic health science centres, HSJ understands.
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Oxford trust targets workforce cost savings
FINANCE: Oxford University Hospitals Trust is to focus its cost improvement programme on workforce savings.
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Oxford trust struggles on diagnostic waits
PERFORMANCE: More than 16 per cent of diagnostic waits at Oxford University Hospitals trust were for longer than six weeks in May, latest board figures reveal.
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Oxford AHSN hires chief executive
WORKFORCE: The Oxford Academic Health Science Network has announced the appointment of Professor Gary Ford as its chief executive.
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Regional hospitals push for funding equality with London
A group of regional teaching hospitals is pushing NHS England to guarantee its members the same level of financial support as their London counterparts receive under the Project Diamond programme, HSJ has discovered.
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Emails reveal elite hospitals' high level lobbying for extra cash
Emails obtained by HSJ reveal an elite group of teaching hospitals’ lobbying for hundreds of millions in extra funding.
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Exclusive: Confed finds venture capitalists to fund innovation
The NHS Confederation is working with a venture capitalist firm to seek private backing for innovations in the NHS.
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Horton hospital changes await commissioning strategy
STRUCTURE: Oxfordshire CCG has issued a statement stating it and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust have agreed any consultation on changes to Horton General Hospital will take place following the development of Oxfordshire’s commissioning strategy, but before the end of the current financial year.
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Exclusive: Acute and community provider may compete to lead frail elderly service
An acute provider and a community health trust are likely to compete to be the lead provider of services for the frail elderly under planned changes to contracting in Oxfordshire.
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Analysed: Oxfordshire's 'outcomes-based commissioning'
Will Oxfordshire’s new approach transform services?
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Oxford FT application date put back from January to March
STRUCTURE: Oxford University Hospitals Trust’s submission for foundation status was put back two months.
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Oxford Trust delivers 91 per cent of CIPs plan
FINANCE: Oxford University Hospitals Trust delivered £36.7m in savings in the first ten months of 2012-13 – 91 per cent of its plan.
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Oxford trust farms out work to the private sector to deal with demand
PERFORMANCE Acute activity is being transferred to non-NHS organisations in Oxfordshire because Oxford University Hospitals Trust cannot deal with the level of demand for services in-house.
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Oxford doctor takes national role
WORKFORCE: A doctor from Oxford University Hospitals Trust has been appointed a national clinical director by the NHS Commissioning Board.
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Minimum nurse staffing levels 'not the answer', says minister
Health minister Dan Poulter appeared yesterday to reject the Francis Report’s call for nationally recognised minimum nurse staffing levels.
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Risk sharing plan amid Oxfordshire acute overperformance
FINANCE: Commissioners and providers in Oxfordshire are to negotiate risk sharing amid significant over performance on the local acute provider contract.
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Oxford trust falls behind on cancer target
PERFORMANCE: Oxford University Hospitals Trust fell well behind its cancer waiting times target in the early part of 2012-13 due to “internal capacity versus demand issues”.
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Delayed transfers remain a 'major concern' in Oxford
PERFORMANCE: Delayed transfers of care have again been identified as a “major cause of concern” at Oxford University Hospitals Trust.
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Rising bed occupancy causes £2.3m savings risk at Oxford trust
WORKFORCE: Staff costs due to a “high levels of bed occupancy” at Oxford University Hospitals Trust could lead to a £2.3m shortfall in the organisation’s savings target.