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Call to improve law teaching for medical students
Law teaching for medical students needs to be improved, a report has found.
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Portsmouth PCT beats surplus target
FINANCE: Portsmouth City Teaching Primary Care Trust reported a surplus of £724,000 at the end of 2010-11, exceeding its planned surplus of £635,000.
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City Hospitals Sunderland exceeded surplus plan last year
FINANCE: City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust finished 2010-11 with a £2.87m surplus, according to unaudited figures.
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Bristol acutes appoint joint pathology lead to end rift
WORKFORCE: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust and North Bristol Trust have jointly appointed a clinical lead of cellular pathology to develop an integrated histopathology service in the city.
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West Suffolk GPs prioritise referrals and prescribing for savings
FINANCE: Commissioning consortia in West Suffolk have prioritised high volume referrals and prescribing budgets as areas for efficiency savings.
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Blackburn with Darwen surplus was ahead of plan in January
FINANCE: The care trust plus was reporting a 2010-11 in-year surplus of £1.195m against its NHS commissioning and provider services budgets at the end of January, £23,000 above its planned surplus to that point of the year.
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Sunderland FT recruits nursing director from PCTs
WORKFORCE: City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust has appointed Joy Akehurst as director of nursing.
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Co-op launches public sector advice venture
Advice on alternative ways of delivering public sector services is to be offered by the Co-operative Group, it has been announced.
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Cameron defends NHS reforms
The prime minister has restated the case for the government’s NHS reforms and sought to clarify the plans for competition in the NHS.
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NHS Surrey ended 2010-11 with £11.9m deficit
FINANCE: The primary care trust finished the 2010-11 financial year with a deficit of £11.9m and, therefore, failed to meet its statutory duty to breakeven, according to pre-audited accounts.
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Potential partners for Epsom and St Helier will be invited to bid at end of June
STRUCTURE: Potential bidders interested in “partnering” with Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust will be invited to tender on 28 June.
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NHS South Gloucestershire sets ambitious QIPP plan
FINANCE: NHS South Gloucestershire is planning to make more than £14m of quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) savings during 2011-12.
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Three trauma units proposed for Medway
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust has published an outline business case to support the development of major trauma services across the Kent and Medway area.
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Delayed payments bolster Berks FT cash position
FINANCE: The February cash position of Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was more than £1.6m better than planned, due to planned overpayments to neighbouring trusts.
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GWAS makes 'excuses' for poor performance
PERFORMANCE: Great Western Ambulance Service has submitted an excusing notice blaming industrial action and bad weather for their failure to achieve targets.
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Chair of non-FT announces departure one week after chief exec
WORKFORCE: The chair of St George’s Healthcare Trust, Naaz Coker, is to step down in October, shortly after chief executive David Astley announced he was leaving.
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CCP investigate Basingstoke and Winchester merger
STRUCTURE: The proposed merger of Basingstoke and North Hampshire NHS Foundation Trust and neighbouring Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust is to be considered by the Competition and Co-operation Panel.
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'Listening exercise' delays DH business plan
Fresh uncertainty surrounds the coalition’s NHS reforms after the Department of Health’s business plan was delayed.
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Maternity services review at East Sussex Healthcare
PERFORMANCE: East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has announced the start of an externally led review to ensure the sustainability of its maternity services.
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Shadow social enterprise now operating in east Surrey
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust said a social enterprise was now running part of its community services, under the transforming community services programme.