South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2315
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HSJ Local
NHS Dorset in cancer drug dispute
FINANCE: NHS Dorset is in dispute with Poole Hospital Foundation Trust (PHT) over the cost of cancer drugs.
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HSJ Local
NHS Surrey forecasts £19.9m overspend
FINANCE: The primary care trust has forecast that it faces a year-end deficit of just under £20m.
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HSJ Local
NHS Southampton to merge local LIFT
STRUCTURE: Two neighbouring Local Improvement and Finance Trusts (LIFTs) are set to merge.
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NewsHundreds of care home deaths caused by dehydration
New statistics show that more than 650 elderly residents in care homes have died of dehydration in the past five years.
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NewsLansley insists 'risky' reforms are vital
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has said there was “risk” involved with his radical NHS reforms, but change was necessary to improve standards for patients.
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NewsPoll reveals public mistrust of reforms
Just one in four people support GPs using private companies to provide NHS services, one of the key measures of the government’s health reforms, the results of a new poll suggest.
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NewsNigel Edwards calls for constructive dialogue on competition
The head of the NHS Confederation has urged for “constructive dialogue” about the effect of greater competition in healthcare.
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NewsReforms are evolution not revolution, insists Cameron
Prime minister David Cameron has defended the health reforms, claiming the need to modernise the service was “essential”.
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HSJ Local
North East ambulance service misses targets under winter pressure
PERFORMANCE: North East Ambulance Service Trust missed the category A eight-minute call to connect target as well as the category B 19-minute call to connect target during December.
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HSJ Local
North Tees agrees PFI hospital business plan
COMMERCIAL: North Tees and Hartlepool Foundation Trust has agreed a business case for a £299m private finance initiative hospital.
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HSJ KnowledgeSetting a course for consortia: an HSJ and doctors.net.uk discussion
In mid-December, just ahead of the release of the 2011-12 operating framework and the response to the consultation on the Liberating the NHS white paper, HSJ and doctors.net.uk held a roundtable debate on consortium commissioning.
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Blogs
'She looked like she was on a big ride at Alton Towers'
The hospital porter was pulling the wheelchair at speed from the x-ray department to the ward. The elderly patient was tipped back in the chair, gripping the arms tightly, her face frozen in fear all she could see was the ceiling lights flashing past.
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HSJ Local
South Tees FT admits C Difficile target concern
PERFORMANCE: South Tees Hospitals Foundation Trust is concerned about missing its C Difficile reduction target for the year.
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HSJ Local
NHS Hamphire's debt repayment reduced by SHA
FINANCE: NHS Hampshire is forecasting to break even after the SHA halved its planned debt repayment for the year.
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HSJ Local
NHS Portsmouth opens new outpatient facility
STRUCTURE: NHS Portsmouth has opened a new outpatients department on the site of St Mary’s Hospital.
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HSJ Local
NHS Wiltshire threatens further action against FT
PERFORMANCE: NHS Wiltshire has written to Salisbury Foundation Trust after it failed to comply with an exception notice.
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NewsAmbulance staff threaten full walk out
Staff at Great Western Ambulance Service have postponed industrial action following a legal challenge by the trust but could still stage a full walk out.
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Blogs
'Pensioner crime wave challenges public sector leaders'
Where life means life, in the USA, the problem of elderly prisoners has been around for a long time but it is a relatively new feature of British prisons.
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NewsKing's Fund challenges health reform claims
The health secretary’s claims over why the NHS must be reformed are questionable, according to a leading health economist.