All South Central articles – Page 26
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HSJ Local
'Vacuum' between GP and A&E, independent report finds
PERFORMANCE: An independent report into emergency provision in Berkshire has identified a “vacuum” between GP services and care for life threatening situations.
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HSJ Local
Portsmouth trust doubles deficit
FINANCE: Portsmouth Hospitals Trust has reported a deficit more than double its planned level, due mainly to slippage on its cost improvement programme.
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HSJ Local
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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HSJ Local
CCG reviews intermediate services amid referrals rise
PERFORMANCE: Clinicians at Aylesbury Vale clinical commissioning group have begun a “comprehensive review” of intermediate services.
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HSJ Local
Aylesbury Vale hits surplus target
FINANCE: Aylesbury Vale clinical commissioning group finished 2012-13 with a £1.3m surplus, despite overspends on acute care.
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Referral times performance blamed on CCG transition
PERFORMANCE: A failure to hit a referral times target for oral surgery in Berkshire has been blamed in part on the organisational reforms to the NHS implemented this spring.
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HSJ Local
Southampton trust appoints new chief
WORKFORCE: A major acute trust on the south coast has hired a new chief executive.
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HSJ Local
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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Oxfordshire CCG finishes 2012-13 with £13.5m overspend
FINANCE: Oxfordshire clinical commissioning group finished 2012-13 £13.5m overspent - £6.1m worse than forecasted.
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Wexham Park trust invests in A&E in urgent improvement bid
STRUCTURE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust has announced a £3m investment in its emergency department in an attempt to improve facilities following a damning inspection report.
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HSJ Local
Monitor investigates Royal Berkshire over A&E breaches
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has launched an investigation into Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust after repeated breaches of its four hour waiting time target.
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HSJ Local
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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HSJ KnowledgeHow to manage excess treatment costs
Looking at a new funding model for excess treatment costs
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HSJ Local
Portsmouth Hospitals given £6m bailout by DH
FINANCE: Portsmouth Hospitals Trust has been given a £6m bailout by the Department of Health.
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HSJ Local
Oxfordshire council signs off pooled budget plan
FINANCE: Oxfordshire County Council has agreed a set of changes to a shared older people’s services budget, which will now nearly double in size this year.
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HSJ Local
Chiltern CCG overspends on care
FINANCE: Chiltern clinical commissioning group was £793,000 overspent on planned and unscheduled care at the end of May.
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HSJ Local
Chiltern CCG plans integrated care to cut social care use
PERFORMANCE: Chiltern Clinical Commissioning Group is planning to cut both emergency admissions and the use of social care by a quarter by 2017, through the introduction of integrated models of health and social care.
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HSJ Local
Bucks trust reports low friends and family test response rate
PERFORMANCE: Only two per cent of Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust patients responded to the friends and family test in April.
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HSJ Local
West Hampshire CCG to review use of walk in-centres and minor injuries units
STRUCTURE: West Hampshire clinical commissioning group is to review its usage of a minor injuries unit at the Royal South Hampshire hospital.
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HSJ Local
Hampshire Hospitals considers fourth hospital
STRUCTURE: Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust is considering establishing a fourth hospital, according to a local clinical commissioning group.