All Health Service Journal articles in 1 November 2012 – Page 2
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NewsNHS 111 'unlikely to lead to emergency care savings'
There is only a one in five chance of NHS 111 saving the NHS money on urgent and emergency care and a likelihood it will drive up demand for ambulance services, an evaluation has found.
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NewsHSJ Live: rolling news 29.10.12
Decision on South London Healthcare and the rest of today’s news
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News£3.1bn spent over NHS pregnancy errors
Errors made by medical staff when caring for pregnant women have cost the NHS £3.1 billion over the last 10 years, figures show.
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NewsPlans for South London Healthcare's future to be unveiled
Plans to solve the financial problems at an NHS trust which was taken over by an administrator for being on the brink of bankruptcy are to be outlined today.
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NewsUPDATED: Hunt advised to break up South London Healthcare
The trust special administrator this morning issued his draft report into the first organisation to face the NHS’s failure regime, recommending the trust is broken up.
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NewsCommissioning board extends control as 'specialised' budget balloons
The budget for specialised commissioning will increase by more than 40 per cent, in a move which will centralise responsibility for many services.
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Chair of rejected aspirant foundation trust resigns
WORKFORCE: The chair of the Royal Wolverhampton Trust has stepped down after the trust’s foundation trust bid was rejected by Monitor.
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Somerset Partnership community budget overspends
FINANCE: The community health directorate of Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust is overspent on district nursing by £137,000 and by £72,000 on enteral feeds, and is experiencing pressure on inpatient wards and minor injury units.
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Patient records system could save £100m
COMMERCIAL: An acute trust has become the first NHS organisation to launch a new health records management system, which providers estimate could save up to £100m if introduced nationwide.
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Somerset Partnership fails readmission target
PERFORMANCE: Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust had a psychiatric emergency readmission rate of 12.6 per cent in August against a target of 10 per cent.
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Helipad operational at Frimley Park
STRUCTURE: Frimley Park Hospital received its first patient by air ambulance this month after its new helipad became fully operational.
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East Sussex claws back 18 week performance
PERFORMANCE: East Sussex Healthcare Trust achieved the 18 week target for admitted patients during July and August, following a difficult start to the financial year.
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Heart of England A&E waits a 'significant concern'
PERFORMANCE: Accident and emergency waits at Heart of England Foundation Trust have been identified as a “significant concern” after failing to meet the four hour target during 2012-13.
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Trust appoints CQC chief
WORKFORCE: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust has appointed four new non-executive directors to its board, including a senior Care Quality Commission executive.
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East Sussex £2.7m behind plan
FINANCE: East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust had an adjusted deficit of £1,818k year-to-date in August and an adverse variance against plan of £2,700k, according to board papers.
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Great Western struggles for chemo capacity
PERFORMANCE: Patients are waiting up to three weeks for chemotherapy at Great Western Hospital Foundation Trust due to major capacity problems.
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ACAS bought in to Carillion dispute
WORKFORCE: Great Western Hospitals Foundation Trust’s private finance initiative partner Carillion have approached the Advisory, Concillation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) to mediate in its long running dispute with hospitality staff.
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NewsHSJ Briefing: general practice services and policy
The growing pressure for general practice to meet rising NHS demand rests on a slow but steady path of improvement
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NewsHunt announces crackdown on unsafe surgery
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced plans for a taskforce to improve safety of surgery after it emerged more than 80 per cent of never events during 2011-12 occurred in operating theatres.