All HSJ Local articles – Page 254
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Sheffield consultant recognised by NIHR
CLINICAL RESEARCH: A consultant based at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust who specialises in the fight against motor neurone disease has been awarded senior investigator status from the National Institute for Health Research for outstanding work in her field.
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Trust writes off £18m on Cerner Millennium
FINANCE: Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust has made an impairment write-down of £18m related to its implementation of the Cerner Millennium electronic patient record system.
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Specialised commissioning holds up West Hants contracting
FINANCE: Contract agreements in Hampshire are being held up by a lack of clarity around the allocation of resources to specialised commissioning.
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Delayed transfers rise at Hampshire Hospitals
PERFORMANCE Delayed transfers of care are up 21 per cent year on year at Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust, with social services blamed for the majority of cases.
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Bromley CCG approves £1m 'GP incentive' scheme
FINANCE: Bromley CCG has approved a £1m ‘GP incentive’ scheme, board papers reveal.
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West Hampshire CCG cancels contract for CSU communications service
COMMERCIAL: West Hampshire Clinical Commissioning Group has cancelled its contract for communications and engagement services from its NHS support services provider, and brought the function in-house.
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Mersey Care plans £10.7m cost savings
FINANCE: The 2013-14 operating plan submitted to Mersey Care Trust’s board this week shows the trust plans to make efficiency savings of £10.7m this year.
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Land sale and staff vacancies boost Southport and Ormskirk’s reported savings
FINANCE: Staff vacancies, a land sale and a “favourable contract settlement” accounted for most of the progress Southport and Ormskirk Hospitals made towards its savings target in the first month of 2013-14, according to its latest finance report.
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Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust looking for new chair
WORKFORCE: Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust is advertising for a new chair.
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New non-exec at North Kirklees CCG
STRUCTURE- Kiran Bali has been appointed as a new non-executive member for NHS North Kirklees Clinical Commissioning Group with responsibility for quality and public and patient engagement.
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NHS England director leaving to become North Bristol Trust chief executive
WORKFORCE: North Bristol Trust has appointed a new chief executive.
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Airedale CCG seeks to 'mitigate' fines on provider
PERFORMANCE: Recent performance board papers for Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven CCG warn of a “number of issues” regarding its contract with its main service provider Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.
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Innovative bowel cancer screening at South Tyneside
SERVICE DESIGN: South Tyneside District Hospital has become the first in the country to offer a new screening test to prevent bowel cancer.
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Choose and Book under used in North Kirklees
PERFORMANCE: The latest performance board papers for North Kirklees CCG warn that the proportion of patients booked for their first outpatient appointment by their GPs using Choose & Book continues to show an “underperformance against the national standard”.
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Ambulance target concern at Durham Dales CCG
PERFORMANCE: A Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield CCG board paper warns of “concern” over ambulance responses to red calls in 8 minutes.
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Northumberland, Tyne and Wear launches adolescent bipolar service
SERVICE DESIGN: Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust Has launched a new adolescent bipolar service
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'Urgent action' needed on Southampton trust CIPs
FINANCE: “Urgent action” is needed at University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust to improve the delivery of cost improvement plans.
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Independent case report criticises Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Trust
A mental health worker savagely stabbed to death by a paranoid schizophrenic who was living in the community should not have been visiting him alone, a report has concluded.
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Northern Lincolnshire and Goole mortality ratio visit due
PERFORMANCE: The Bruce Keogh mortality review team is due to visit hospitals in Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Goole on 5 June 2013.
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Northumbria Healthcare opens health centre
SERVICE DESIGN: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has opened a new £18m health centre in Morpeth.