All Health Service Journal articles in 22 December 2011 – Page 3
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HSJ Local
North East Lincs CCG delegated adult social care budget
FINANCE: The emerging North East Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group has been delegated a budget for adult social care, as well as health services.
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Separate Isle of Wight trust planned for April 2012
STRUCTURE: NHS Isle of Wight is planning to separate its provider and commissioner functions by April 2012.
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Integrated finance plan for Southern Health set back
STRUCTURE: Plans to create a single set of accounts for Southern Health as part of an efficiency drive have slipped by more than a year.
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Kingston Hospital looking to appoint advisors on VAT opportunities
FINANCE: The south west London acute is seeking VAT advisors “to advise the trust on VAT issues and opportunities arising as a result of a change of status to foundation trust”.
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Homerton looks for performance and 'market share analysis' software
COMMERCIAL: The east London acute trust has tendered for software that will analyse “clinical efficiency and productivity, PbR and relative risk ratios”.
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NHS North Central London says 'catastrophic' financial failure 'almost certain'
FINANCE: The north London commissioning cluster gave itself the highest possible risk rating at its most recent meeting as it assessed its chances of achieving financial balance over the next four years.
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PWC called in as NHS Haringey predicted to end year in deficit
FINANCE: The north east London commissioning body has had to call in consultants PricewaterhouseCooper after a £400,000 shortfall against its £5m saving plan.
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North central London cluster predicts £24m deficit
FINANCE: The north central London PCT cluster is predicting a deficit of £24m by the end of 2011-12
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NewsPublic health needs new 'business model'
Public health professionals will need to “radically” change their approach to working with others when they move from primary care trusts to local authorities, a group of specialists has advised.
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NewsSurvey: public health hit by loss of expertise
There has been considerable loss of public health capacity over the last 12 months, a workforce survey suggests.
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NewsCharity report paints 'bleak picture' of homeless health
Homeless people can expect to die 30 years before the average person, research for a charity has found.
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NewsNursing care standards report unveiled
A report by Birmingham University’s Health Services Management Centre has urged for senior nurses to be given greater leadership responsibility in order to improve acute nursing care standards.
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NewsFirst funds announced for GP Extraction Service
The NHS Information Centre has announced it will receive around £40m of funding to enable clinical data to be extracted from GP practices.
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New mental health trust is born
The new Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust is to launch on 3 January following a merger of Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health Foundation Trust and the former Suffolk Mental Health Partnership Trust.
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NewsPCT and SHA staff to be told their 'expected destination' on 31 January
All primary care trust and strategic health authority staff should receive a personal letter telling them “the expected destination (or destinations) of their current function” in the new commissioning system, the Department of Health has said.
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Delayed transfers up at Northern Devon
PERFORMANCE: The number of delayed transfers of care are increasing at community hospitals run by Northern Devon Healthcare Trust.
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Taunton and Somerset ahead of plan on surplus
FINANCE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust is reporting a surplus £214,000 ahead of plan.
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Royal Wolverhampton breaching C difficile target
PERFORMANCE: The trust is predicting 144 clostridium difficile cases by the end of the year - 60 over target.
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Savings surplus predicted by Dudley and Walsall
FINANCE: Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Trust is predicting to exceed its savings plans by £15,925.
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Contract penalty could cost Birmingham Community nearly £100,000
FINANCE: In October there were six contractual key performance indicators which breached targets at Birmingham Community Healthcare Trust.