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GP consortium votes to end choose and book LES
STRUCTURE: An emerging GP consortia has voted to discontinue a local enhanced service agreement for choose and book .
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Berkshire mental health services slipped on targets last year
PERFORMANCE: Mental health services in Berkshire fell behind target on a range of indicators in 2010-11.
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Care eclipsed by 'management goals' at Suffolk mental health trust
PERFORMANCE: A Suffolk mental health trust’s governance and leadership was criticised in an independent review commissioned after the suicide of an inpatient and following nine homicides caused by service users and former service users over two years.
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Berkshire TCS transfer held up by Monitor process
STRUCTURE: The transfer of Berkshire East and Berkshire West community services to Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was delayed until after the 1 April deadline because Monitor was not able to approve the trust’s risk ratings in time.
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NewsMORI poll shows confidence in NHS 'eroded'
Public confidence in the NHS has shown “signs of erosion” since the government’s reforms were proposed, according to a poll for the Department of Health.
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Portsmouth takes hard line on long term sickness
WORKFORCE: Portsmouth Hospitals Trust has dismissed 75 individuals for sickness absence or performance issues as part of a workforce efficiency drive which knocked £9m off the pay bill.
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Review into Berkshire FT suicides
PERFORMANCE: An independent review into suicides in Berkshire has been launched after an internal investigation found a higher proportion of suicides in the Windsor, Ascot and Maidenhead area than in other parts of the county.
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Lincolnshire PCT 'pauses' its board
STRUCTURE: NHS Lincolnshire has cancelled its May board meeting because of the “pause” taken by the government in the introduction of the Health Bill.
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Northamptonshire PCT underspends by £10.5m
FINANCE: NHS Northamptonshire finished the financial year with an underspend of more than £10.5m, according to the primary care trust’s board papers.
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NHS Bristol given all clear over histopatholgy row
PERFORMANCE: A review of NHS Bristol’s role in the city’s histopathology crisis has found the primary care trust acted appropriately.
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NewsTrust in management 'at record low'
Employee confidence and trust in management has fallen to record lows, a survey has suggested.
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Gloucestershire Hospitals FT suffers extended norovirus outbreak
PERFORMANCE: Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust was still struggling with norovirus four months after a winter outbreak of the vomiting bug, board papers show.
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NewsStroke care progress lagging, report suggests
A government campaign to increase awareness of stroke may not have had a long-term effect, according to audit findings.
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NHS North Yorkshire and York celebrates refurbishment of historic hospital
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust has celebrated the completion of a £2.7m refurbishment of the historic Bootham Park Hospital in York.
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News£1.9bn cut to pay budgets revealed in trust CIPs
NHS providers are planning to cut pay budgets by £1.9bn this year, a study released exclusively to HSJ has revealed.
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Specialist trust says Monitor process leaves 'no room for growth'
STRUCTURE: A specialist trust has abandoned plans to become a foundation trust, blaming Monitor’s assessment process for discriminating against its more commercial model.
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Sheffield PCT delivers surplus but has to use £10m reserves
FINANCE: Sheffield PCT has delivered a small surplus of £499k in 2010-11 after a very difficult financial year.
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NewsHealth Select Committee calls for evidence on meeting the 'Nicholson Challenge'
The Health Select Committee is to review the progress of the NHS in meeting the “daunting” Nicholson Challenge to make £20bn of efficiency savings by 2014-15.
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NewsMonitor chair sets out case for competition
Monitor’s chair has set out a passionate case for increasing competition, choice and local autonomy in order to improve productivity and patient care.
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NewsSlipman to leave independent FT Network after a year
The Foundation Trust Network has announced it will become formally independent of the NHS Confederation on 1 June and will be led by director Sue Slipman until April next year.