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Referral times performance blamed on CCG transition
PERFORMANCE: A failure to hit a referral times target for oral surgery in Berkshire has been blamed in part on the organisational reforms to the NHS implemented this spring.
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Royal Cornwall sets itself £14.2m CIP target
FINANCE Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has set itself a cost improvement plan target of £14.2m for 2013-14.
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Great Western sets itself £16m CIP target
FINANCE Great Western Hospitals Foundation Trust has set itself a cost improvement plan target of £16m for 2013-14.
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King's College breaks even
FINANCE: A report from King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust reveals the trust received £6.5m from PCTs to cover “winter pressures” in 2012-13.
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King's College Hospital Foundation Trust above target on pressure sores
PERFORMANCE: King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust failed to hit its target number of pressure ulcers in month one, board papers reveal.
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West Middlesex halves A&E attendances but raises overall attendances
PERFORMANCE: West Middlesex University Hospital’s urgent care centre halved A&E attendances over 2012-13 but raised overall attendances, its annual report shows.
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NewsHSJ Live: 06.09.13: Nurses may face revalidation every three years
RCP appoints Patricia Wright as chief executive, Thornton criticises the NHS management, NMC to vote on revalidation, and the rest of today’s news and comment
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Trust responds to Keogh by centralising complex surgery
STRUCTURE: North Cumbria University Hospitals will tomorrow take the first steps towards centralising all of its complex surgery onto one site, at the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle.
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NewsAnalysis: Support units could be taken over by CCGs
NHS England could allow clinical commissioning groups to take ownership of their support service providers, rather than let the units be moved into the private sector, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTrust threatened CQC with legal action over A&E cap
The chief executive of a hospital trust threatened the Care Quality Commission with legal action if it capped the number of accident and emergency patients it could admit, HSJ can reveal.
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Coventry and Warwicks in breach on a third of KPIs
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire is behind target on a third of its key performance indicators.
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Nurse who viewed Nazi websites struck off
A mental health nurse who put patients at risk while he surfed the internet looking for torture, rape and Nazi websites has been struck off by the nursing watchdog.
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Hospital fined over legionella
A hospital trust has been ordered to pay fines and costs of £350,000 for failing to ensure the safety of its patients.
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NewsNHS contracts firm gave to Tories
An American health firm which runs key NHS services has donated £17,000 to the Tories, Electoral Commission records show.
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NewsNHS England 'working with' GP firm over Merseyside practice concerns
NHS England has acknowledged concerns raised about services at some of the 22 practices in Liverpool and Sefton which were taken over by a GP-led company in the spring.
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LeaderHunt seizes back control as reform legacy creates a frantic summer
Surveying the events of August
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Southampton trust appoints new chief
WORKFORCE: A major acute trust on the south coast has hired a new chief executive.
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Lewisham sets £13.6m savings plan
FINANCE: Lewisham Healthcare Trust has set a £13.6m savings plan for this financial year.
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NewsHSJ Live: 05.09.2013 Major reconfiguration announced at hospital trust
How one chief executive transformed his new FT and the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsLegacy of care claims liabilities threatens CCGs’ finances
Contingent liabilities in primary care trust accounts rocket to £661m