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NewsSpending powers 'can be used for local benefit'
NHS commissioners will be able to use their new spending powers to benefit local people and communities, according to the NHS Confederation’s deputy director of policy.
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Whittington hitting delayed transfers of care target
PERFORMANCE: Whittington Health Trust is hitting its target for keeping delayed transfers of care low, despite problems transferring to Islington care homes.
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Barts Health Trust has 20 year-plus waiters, ahead of DH crackdown
PERFORMANCE: Barts Health Trust has 20 patients who have been waiting more than a year for treatment, a report reveals.
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Whittington Health Trust theatre utilisation behind target
PERFORMANCE: Whittington Health Trust is 14 per cent short of its local target of 95 per cent theatre utilisation.
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Whittington Health Trust increases ward rounds to hit A&E target
PERFORMANCE: A report to the board of Whittington Health Trust said: “Emergency department performance against the four-hour target is causingconcern.”
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King’s Lynn records five never events
PERFORMANCE: The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn FT has reported five never events to date this year.
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Whittington finances ahead of plan
FINANCE: Whittington Health Trust is ahead of plan by £295,000 at month six, board papers reveal.
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Barts Health Trust 'national outlier' for infections
PERFORMANCE: Barts Health Trust is a “national outlier” in MRSA infections, a report to the trust’s board said.
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Barts Health Trust misses A&E target for quarter two
PERFORMANCE: Barts Health Trust has missed the 95 per cent accident and emergency target for quarter two, a report reveals.
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Emerging pressures spotted in Berkshire ambulance service
PERFORMANCE: The Berkshire primary care trust cluster has reported “emerging pressures” emerging in ambulance services.
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Barts Health Trust gets Cyberknife
PERFORMANCE: Barts Health Trust has now started offering services with Cyberknife cancer technology.
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Luton and Dunstable behind budget
Luton and Dunstable University Hospital FT is £600,000 behind its budget plan submitted to Monitor, according to its mid-year financial report.
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NewsHSJ Live: rolling news 31.10.12
“Bespoke” conditions could be forced on CCGs and the rest of today’s news
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NewsExclusive: Unions close to deal on Agenda for Change
National talks on changes to NHS workers’ pay and terms and conditions could be close to a deal, HSJ has learnt.
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NewsHSJ Live: rolling news 30.10.12
Hopes rise for an agreement on Agenda for Change and the rest of the day’s news
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NewsLamb sets social care cap deadline
The care minister has promised a “significant breakthrough” in the government’s plan to introduce a cap on social care costs by 2015.
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NewsBennett appointed to permanent chief executive role at Monitor
The Monitor board has appointed interim chief executive David Bennett to the permanent role at the foundation trust regulator.
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NewsHunt announces crackdown on unsafe surgery
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced plans for a taskforce to improve safety of surgery after it emerged more than 80 per cent of never events during 2011-12 occurred in operating theatres.
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NewsImpact of deprivation on death rates limited
Ten trusts had a higher than expected mortality rate during 2011-12, in comparison to 14 during the previous year, latest data reveals.
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NewsHealth department 'inventing rules'
There is real concern that NHS organisations will go bankrupt under the new arrangements being brought in by the government’s health reforms but ministers have failed to make clear what they will do if it happens, a parliamentary report has warned.