All Health Service Journal articles in 13 October 2011 – Page 4
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HSJ Local
NHS Somerset delegates community and mental health commissioning
STRUCTURE: NHS Somerset has delegated responsibility for the commissioning of community and mental health services worth more than £128m to the Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group.
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HSJ Local
Sheffield PCT notes revalidation assessment risk
STRUCTURE: Sheffield PCT has identified a “governance risk” to its “organisational readiness self assessment” process - a key process in the revalidation of doctors.
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HSJ Local
Commissioner had concerns about patient handover at Oxleas
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners expressed concerns about south east London mental and community health provider Oxleas Foundation Trust at a quality and safety meeting last month.
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HSJ Local
NHS Gloucestershire invests in telehealth
COMMERCIAL: NHS Gloucestershire has signed a £5m contract with Tunstall Healthcare for the provision of a telehealth service to 2,000 patients with long term conditions.
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HSJ Local
Morecambe Bay FT in breach of FT authorisation terms
PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust regulator Monitor has announced that University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust is in significant breach of the terms of its authorisation.
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HSJ Local
Peterborough and Stamford breaches FT authorisation terms
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has found that Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is in significant breach of the terms of its authorisation.
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HSJ Local
East Kent plans withdrawal from use of private sector for trauma work
COMMERCIAL: East Kent Hospitals has indicated it plans to end the use of the private sector for trauma and orthopaedics work by the end of the current financial year.
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HSJ Local
Staff shortages force admissions halt at new CIC
WORKFORCE: Peninsula Community Health has suspended new admissions to one of its community hospitals due to staff shortages.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to coordinate integrated care across multidisciplinary groups
An integrated care pilot in London is linking up services for people with complex health problems and social issues. Andrew Steeden and Aumran Tahir demonstrate the benefits.
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NewsPrime minister's Health Bill claims 'false', say doctors
The prime minister has been accused by leading doctors of making false claims about their level of support for the Health Bill.
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NewsConsultant choice benefits based on 'limited evidence'
The benefits of enabling patients to choose consultant-led teams is based on “limited” evidence, the Department of Health has admitted.
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NewsHouse of Lords set for Health Bill vote
The House of Lords will vote today on the government’s Health and Social Care bill, following a two-day debate involving 100 peers.
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NewsHealth inequalities scheme flagging as GPs shun 'charity work'
The NHS health check programme – aimed at slashing health inequalities – is flagging, as GPs dismiss it as “charity work” that mainly benefits the worried well.
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NewsLansley: QIPP savings £1bn lower than expected
The savings the NHS estimates it will need over the next four years are more than £1bn lower than the often-quoted £20bn target, the health secretary said this week.
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NewsDH to 'bring in line' commissioners who ration treatments
The Department of Health is moving to “bring into line” commissioners who are increasingly restricting access to treatments and medicine, HSJ has learned.
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NewsLords pass Health Bill at second reading
The House of Lords has voted through the government’s Health and Social Care Bill at its second reading, defeating motions to place sections under greater scrutiny or stop it in its tracks altogether.
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HSJ Local
Monitor sanctions mental health merger
STRUCTURE: Monitor will allow a mental health trust in the East of England to be taken over despite a Cooperation and Competition Panel ruling against the acquisition.
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HSJ Local
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay withdraws bid to take over neighbouring trust
STRUCTURE: University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust has pulled out of the competition to take over a neighbouring trust, after Monitor declared it in “significant breach” of its authorisation.
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HSJ Local
The Christie consults on potential increase in private patient work
COMMERCIAL: The foundation has launched a consultation asking the public whether it should do more private patient work to help fund its NHS services.
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HSJ Local
Heatherwood and Wexham Park appoints new chief executive
WORKFORCE: Philippa Slinger has been appointed interim chief executive at Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, on a secondment from local community and mental health services provider Berkshire Healthcare.