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Leicestershire PCTs choose final three AQP priority services
FINANCE: The final three priority services for “Any Qualified Provider” have been named by the cluster.
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NewsNumber of consultants retiring early rises
Consultants taking voluntary early retirement have increased by 72 per cent in one year - with dissatisfaction with the NHS largely to blame, according to doctors’ leaders.
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NewsGovernment public health plans 'ineffective', says study
Many of the government’s plans for tackling public health lack robust evidence and in some cases have been shown not to work, new research suggests
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South Central Ambulance improves on response times
PERFORMANCE: The South Central Ambulance Service improved against performance targets in all but one of its primary care trust areas during August.
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UHL predicted to fail eight targets by year end
PERFORMANCE: The trust’s PCTs are predicting it will fail on eight indicators for the year 2011-12.
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Outer NE London cluster takes BHRUT to arbitration
FINANCE: A London cluster is taking Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust to arbitration over over-performance.
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East London PCTs still have to find £5.6m unidentified savings
FINANCE: NHS Barking & Dagenham and NHS Havering still have £5.6m unidentified savings to make.
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Two CCGs responsible for £2m of Hertfordshire's overspend
FINANCE: Two clinical commissioning groups were responsible for £2m of a £2.1m overspend on commissioning budgets by the end of month four, NHS Hertfordshire’s board has been told.
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Suffolk not expecting to name community services bidder until 2012
STRUCTURE: NHS Suffolk is not expecting to select bidders to provide its community services until the new year.
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Suffolk overspending by £2.7m
FINANCE: NHS Suffolk was overspending on budgets by £2.7m at the end of month five, although its hosted services were significantly underspending improving the ‘bottom line’ figure to a surplus of £2.5m at the end of month five, a board meeting heard.
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Luton on track to break even
FINANCE: NHS Luton was on track to break even but has identified around £2m of pressures, September’s board meeting heard.
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Great Yarmouth to introduce local rates for critical care
FINANCE:NHS Great Yarmouth and Waveney is planning to introduce local rates for critical care, rehabilitation and stroke services in 2012-13, rather than relying on a block contract.
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Great Yarmouth set to deliver £1m surplus
FINANCE: NHS Great Yarmouth and Waveney is on track to deliver a surplus of £1m this financial year.
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Peterborough misses choose and book target
PERFORMANCE: Only 26.3 per cent of eligible bookings were made through Choose and Book in the first four months of the financial year, against a target of 90 per cent, NHS Peterborough’s board was told.
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National quality director takes job as acute chief exec
WORKFORCE: Department of Health national director of quality Ian Cumming is to take over as chief executive at North Bristol Trust when incumbent Ruth Brunt retires next year.
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NewsPayment by results moves to 'bundled' contracts
The Department of Health is set to signal that NHS commissioners can move away from payment by results in 2012-13 in an attempt to control costs.
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NewsDH to act on thousands of long-wait patients
The government has announced it will act over the thousands of patients who are waiting for longer than a year before treatment, and concerns they may be concealing others on “hidden lists”.
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Wiltshire's innovative outcomes based commissioning restricts patient choice
STRUCTURE: NHS Wiltshire has commissioned an outcomes based continuing healthcare service designed to improve quality, reduce cost and link up with social care – but which completely restricts patient choice.
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Shrewsbury and Telford review after 'blind' concerns
PERFORMANCE: A review at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust has found no patients have become blind while on waiting lists for treatment, following concerns.
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NewsNew Future Forum guidance calls for tariff 'flexibilities'
The NHS Future Forum has today published an interim set of recommendations intended to influence the NHS Operating Framework for 2012-13, which is due to be published next week.