University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust – Page 13
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HSJ Local
NHS Plymouth confident of surplus despite commissioning overspend of £11.5m
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY: NHS Plymouth is forecasting an overspend on commissioning of £11.5m.
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HSJ Local
Plymouth Hospitals Trust predicts £4.6m deficit
FINANCE: Plymouth Hospitals Trust is forecasting to break even at the end of the year despite reporting a £4.6m deficit.
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News
Wide variation found in outpatient attendance
Attendance rates for outpatient appointments vary significantly between trusts and regions, analysis by Dr Foster and HSJ reveals.
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News
Patient involvement lacking in South West cancer service reconfiguration
Patients and user representatives were not adequately involved in the development of the proposals to centralise upper gastro-intestinal cancer services in the South West peninsula, the independent body on NHS change has found today.
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News
Independent review of Cornwall reconfiguration
The Independent Reconfiguration Panel is to review a controversial reconfiguration of upper gastro-intestinal cancer services in the South West.
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NHS South Central chief promises organisational change will be 'last resort'
Organisational change will be a “last resort” for those in the South Central region placed “under review” by the Department of Health, the strategic health authority’s new chief executive has pledged.
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HSJ Knowledge
Extreme operations: a day in the life of NHS staff serving in Afghanistan
Fantastic facilities, intensively trained staff and copious quantities of blood are all in a day’s work for NHS staff serving in Afghanistan. And the health service could gain more from their new skills. Nick Golding reports
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News
Organ donations to strangers increase
More than 20 people in the UK have donated a kidney to a stranger, according to the Human Tissue Authority.
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News
Rising patient choice fails to improve NHS quality standards
One year after the introduction of free choice, early trends suggest some patients are using choice - but it is not yet driving up standards in hospitals.