All Health Service Journal articles in 12 January 2012 – Page 4
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HSJ Local
A&E admissions metric set to cost Barnet and Chase Farm £1m
PERFORMANCE: The north central London hospital trust is breaching the commissioner-set targets for converting A&E attendances into admissions.
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HSJ Local
Barnet and Chase Farm's year-to-date deficit better than predicted
FINANCE: The north London acute trust recorded a deficit at month eight of £1.1m against a plan of £2.6m
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HSJ Local
'Common principles' for commissioning support offer emerging in Birmingham and Solihull
FINANCE: “Common principles” on the commissioning services likely to “shape the offer” to clinical commissioning groups in the NHS Birmingham and Solihull cluster are emerging, papers say.
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HSJ Local
Mersey Care books £5.4m cost reductions to end of November
FINANCE: At the end of November 2011 the mental health trust had recorded cost improvement programme savings of £5.4m, against a target of £8m for the full year, 2011-12.
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HSJ Local
Barnet and Chase Farm appointment reminder service starts at end of January
PERFORMANCE: The north central Londona acute trust will begin the free reminder service at the end of this month.
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HSJ Local
Birmingham and Solihull cluster's control total reduced by £4m
FINANCE: NHS West Midlands has agreed to reduce the Birmingham and Solihull primary care trust cluster’s control total from £6m to £2m.
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HSJ Local
Media coverage sees complaints double at troubled trust
PERFORMANCE: The east London trust has seen an average of 83 complaints a month since last January, compared to an average of 44 the previous month.
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News
One in 10 people 'end 111 calls early'
A tenth of people who call the 111 semi-emergency number operated by the NHS hang up before they get through to anybody, new research suggests.
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News
'Warm words' insufficient to drive integration, ministers warned
One of the leading proponents of integrated care has called for the government to go further than its “warm words” made in response to the NHS Future Forum.
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HSJ Local
Acute trusts merge to form Hampshire Hospitals
STRUCTURE: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Foundation Trust has taken over Winchester and Eastleigh Trust to become Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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News
Legal aid cuts threaten added cost to NHS
The government’s planned cuts to legal aid in clinical negligence cases could cost the NHS almost three times more than is saved by the Ministry of Justice, a report has claimed.
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HSJ Knowledge
How doctor-patient phone calls can cut unnecessary emergency care attendances
When GPs phone back patients who want to book an appointment, many often accept they do not need to visit the surgery or to go to A&E after all. Harry Longman explains the benefits this level of doctor access offers.
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News
NHS chief executives should be 'held to account' for improving staff health
Senior managers should be held to account for improving the health and wellbeing of their workforce, the NHS Future Forum has recommended.
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News
Trusts rewarded with 'quality premium' under Future Forum plan
Trusts’ budgets will be top-sliced to fund a “quality premium” for organisations providing high quality training for NHS staff, under a proposal in a government-commissioned report.
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News
Future Forum: all commissioners should consider NHS and social care shared budgets
Commissioners should be able to override current payment rules and share budgets with local authorities in order to accelerate service integration, according to the NHS Future Forum.
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News
NHS stuck in 'information dark ages', says Future Forum
The NHS needs a culture change to drag itself out of the “information dark ages” and avoid reputational damage, the NHS Future Forum has said.
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HSJ Local
Burton predicts £5.4m deficit
FINANCE: Burton Hospitals Foundation Trust is predicting a £5.4m deficit for the end of 2011-12.
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HSJ Local
Southport and Ormskirk cuts 2011-12 forecast to break-even
FINANCE: The trust has revised its forecast for 2011-12 down from a £1.7m surplus to break-even, its latest finance report shows.
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HSJ Local
Sherwood Forest and Nottingham trusts to open joint dialysis unit
STRUCTURE:Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust and Nottingham University Hospitals Trust have announced they are officially opening theira new renal dialysis satellite unit at King’s Mill Hospital on 12 January 2012.
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HSJ Local
St Helen’s and Knowsley cuts income forecast
FINANCE: The Trust income forecast for 2011-12 worsened by a net £300k in October to £1.6m below plan for the year, according to its latest finance report.