All HSJ Local articles – Page 447
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Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Heath Trust name-change receives tentative backing
STRUCTURE: The north London mental health trust plans to change its name to North London Foundation Trust if it is authorised by Monitor.
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Trusts merge to form Oxford University Hospitals
STRUCTURE: Oxford Radcliffe NHS Trust has merged with Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre to form Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust.
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Ox-Bucks cluster 'concerned' over QIPP
FINANCE: Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire primary care trust cluster has expressed “concern” over its ability to meet its quality, improvement, productivity and prevention plan for 2011-12.
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Berkshire Healthcare saves £610,000 through vacancy freezes
WORKFORCE: Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust hit its cost improvement plan target in the year to September 2011, but had to save £610,000 through vacancy freezes.
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Imperial advertises chief executive's job
WORKFORCE: The west London hospital trust, one of the largest in the UK, is advertising for a permanent chief executive and applications must be submitted by January 27.
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Consultancy appointed to SW London's merger bids competition panel application
STRUCTURE: Deloitte has been appointed to work on Epsom and St Helier Hospitals Trust’s bid to de-merge its hospitals and re-merge with neighbours.
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Court date set for NHS Gloucestershire judicial review
STRUCTURE: Lawyers for NHS Gloucestershire will be in the high court next month to defend the primary care trust in a judicial review of the transfer of its provider arm.
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Epsom and St Helier secures £5m bailout from cluster to end the year £14m in deficit
FINANCE: The London/Surrey borders trust’s latest finance report said it was planning to hit its revised £14.3 deficit target after “revenue support of £5m has been agreed with sector” and NHS London.
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Cluster goes back to the drawing board on AQP
COMMERCIAL: A south west primary care trust cluster has been told it will have to select an additional service to open up to any qualified provider after one of its first choices did not comply with national guidance.
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Royal Liverpool submits planning application for BioInnovation centre
COMMERCIAL: The trust has submitted a planning application for a 70,000 sq ft Liverpool BioInnovation Centre, to provide commercial scale laboratory space to develop new treatments and medical technologies for the market.
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ICO: Former Royal Liverpool employee unlawfully accessed medical records
WORKFORCE: A former health care assistant at the trust has pleaded guilty to unlawfully obtaining patient information, according to a statement from the Information Commissioner’s office.
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NHS bosses challenge £375,000 fine
FINANCE: NHS health chiefs are challenging a proposed £375,000 fine after computer hard drives containing confidential information about tens of thousands of patients and staff were stolen.
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£500m private sector community services takeover 'stalls'
COMMERCIAL: The transfer of a £500m contract for community services to the private sector has been delayed due to complications over primary care trust estate.
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South Gloucestershire prepares to tender community services
COMMERCIAL: NHS South Gloucestershire has given notice of plans to put £80m of community services out to tender. Commentators predict other primary care trusts will soon follow suit.
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London queries whether CCG staff loans lead to 'unfair advantage'
WORKFORCE: NHS London has taken legal advice on whether members of primary care trust staff who are “loaned” to clinical commissioning groups have an unfair advantage when the CCG posts are advertised.
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Governors plan inquiry into chief executive dispute
WORKFORCE: The governors of Royal Berkshire Hospital Foundation Trust are planning an inquiry into the conduct of its board following a decision to effectively suspend the organisation’s chief executive.
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Scabies outbreak halts admissions for 48 hours
PERFORMANCE: Two wards at a hospital in Sussex had to be closed to new admissions for 48 hours last year after an outbreak of scabies.
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Basildon FT looks at 5 per cent cost cut
FINANCE: A tough year is in prospect at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust, which is planning for reductions in divisional costs of 5 per cent.
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Basildon unlikely to hit 98 per cent A&E target
PERFORMANCE: A&E performance against the four hour target stands at 97.8 per cent in the year to date and is unlikely to reach 98 per cent by the end of the year, Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust’s board has been told.
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Stroke concern at Cambs PCT cluster
PERFORMANCE: Performance on stroke targets is causing concern at NHS Peterborough and NHS Cambridgeshire.