All Health Service Journal articles in 12 January 2012
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Three FTs shortlisted to take over Ridgeway Partnership
STRUCTURE: Three foundation trusts have been shortlisted to take over the Ridgeway Partnership.
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Ridgeway to be taken over by non-neighbouring FT
PERFORMANCE: The struggling Ridgeway Partnership in Oxfordshire is set to become part of a larger foundation trust spanning two separate geographical areas, with all the bidders shortlisted to take it over based outside the county.
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NewsExclusive: DH leak reveals uncertainty over 11,000 PCT jobs
A leaked Department of Health document shows for the first time where commissioning staff could move to in the restructured NHS – however it also reveals confusion over the fate of thousands of jobs.
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NewsCameron announces 'Nursing Forum' review of care standards
Prime minister David Cameron has announced a “Nursing Forum” inquiry to address concerns about care standards and patient safety.
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NewsBMA to survey members on pensions deal
Around 130,000 doctors and medical students are to be surveyed about the government’s final offer on pensions, raising the prospect of their first industrial action ballot for over 30 years.
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NewsCameron to stand firm on spending cuts
The prime minister has said he would not bow to pressure to scale back austerity measures even if the UK economy does not soon show signs of recovery.
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NewsExclusive: trusts given days to apply for £300m capital fund
The Department of Health has confirmed the existence of a surprise £300m fund for capital projects that some trusts had seven working days to apply for - and others have still not been told about.
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HSJ Local
PCT expects further poor waiting times figures from Royal Bolton
PERFORMANCE: NHS Bolton is forecasting that when the foundation publishes its waiting times for admitted patients treated in October they will push the commissioner’s figures below the threshold standard.
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HSJ Local
Sheffield pioneers community and mental health user experience plan
PERFORMANCE: Sheffield Health and Social Care Foundation Trust is planning to establish a service user experience monitoring unit, under which ex-service users will interview current service users.
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HSJ Local
DH wins right to appeal Royal Brompton judicial review decision
STRUCTURE: The joint council of primary care trusts, set up by the Department of Health to review paediatric surgery, has won the right to appeal a judge’s decision that its consultation last year was unlawful.
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HSJ Local
NHS Bolton secures £150,000 to help clear dental waiting lists
FINANCE: The primary care trust has secured £150,000 to help clear 2,000 patients from the waiting list for NHS dentistry, according to its latest performance report.
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HSJ Local
Lewisham Healthcare Trust to take over eight PCT properties
STRUCTURE: The south London trust will take over eight properties from the south east London cluster of primary care trusts under the Transforming Communtiy Services framework.
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Lewisham Healthcare Trust releases reserves to cover CIP gap
FINANCE: The south London integrated care trust has delivered £7.7m of its £8.4m cost improvement programme, its latest finance report said.
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HSJ Local
A&E performance "fragile" at Heatherwood FT
PERFORMANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust achieved its four-hour accident and emergency target in November, but performance in the department remains “fragile”.
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HSJ Local
Commissioners forecast around £2.7m overspend on Lancs Teaching Hospitals
FINANCE: Four of the five Lancashire primary care trusts were forecasting year end overspends in excess of £400,000 with the foundation at the end of September, their cluster’s latest finance report shows.
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NHS Blackpool spending £2.6m lower than planned at October end
FINANCE: At the end of October the commissioner was showing a surplus of £3.4m for the year to date, £2.6m above its planned underspend to that point, according to NHS Lancashire PCT cluster’s latest finance report.
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HSJ Local
East Lancs Hospitals sees rise in activity from Rochdale A&E closure
FINANCE: The closure of the accident and emergency department at the nearby Rochdale Infirmary has driven up emergency activity at East Lancashire, triggering financial penalties for the trust, its commissioners have reported.
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HSJ Local
Blackburn with Darwen reported on course for £1.4m surplus
FINANCE: At the end of October the commissioner was forecasting its planned £1.4m surplus for 2011-12, and showing a £933,000 surplus for the year to date.
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NHS Blackpool chief executive seconded to acute provider
WORKFORCE: The primary care trust’s chief executive, Wendy Swift, has been seconded to Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust as their managing director of community services.
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Six staff disciplined over care standards at James Paget
PERFORMANCE: Six members of staff have been disciplined over incidents relating “to poor practice regarding care” of older patients at James Paget University Hospitals Foundation Trust.