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CCG's referrals to mental health trusts double
PERFORMANCE: Consultant referrals from Fareham and Gosport clinical commissioning group to Solent Trust and Southern Health Foundation Trust more than doubled in 2012-13.
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Two thousand gynaecology patients' notes 'reviewed'
A hospital trust has been forced to review the patient notes of thousands of women after concerns were raised about the work of a senior gynaecologist.
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FT calls in consultants to review theatre use
PERFORMANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust has commissioned an external review of its theatre usage after capacity pressures led to a high rate of cancelled planned operations.
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital misses A&E target two months running
PERFORMANCE Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn Trust did not hit the accident and emergency four-hour waiting target in April and May, according to commissioners.
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South Manchester plans £19m savings in 2013-14
FINANCE: University Hospital of South Manchester aims to make cost improvement programme savings of £19m in 2013-14.
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Southport and Ormskirk plans £8.4m savings in 2013-14
FINANCE: Southport and Ormskirk Hospital Trust aims to make cost improvement programme savings of £8.4m in 2013-14.
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East Cheshire Trust plans £11.7m savings in 2013-14
FINANCE: East Cheshire Trust aims to make cost improvement programme savings of £11.7m in 2013-14.
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West Norfolk CCG reports balanced budget for first two months of financial year
FINANCE West Norfolk CCG has reported a balanced financial position for May 2013 and is planning to deliver a surplus of £2.1m in line with national planning requirements, according to trust board papers.
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Imperial hits A&E target for 2012-13
PERFORMANCE: Imperial College Healthcare Trust hit its A&E target for 2012-13, board papers reveal.
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Kettering sets itself £12.5m CIP target
FINANCE Kettering General Hospital Foundation Trust has set itself a cost improvement plan target of £12.5m for 2013-14.
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Colchester sets itself £9.4m CIP target
Colchester Hospital Hospital Trust has set itself a cost improvement plan target of £9.4m for 2013-14.
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NewsHSJ Live 11.7.2013: Hunt backs two reconfigurations
Jeremy Hunt accepts proposals for Trafford A&E downgrade, reaction to £30bn NHS funding gap warning, and the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsMonitor issues fresh warning on NHS funding gap
Monitor’s chief executive has said that even if the NHS did everything the regulator could think of to make savings it would not be enough to close the funding gap facing the service by 2021-22.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England to take control of investment spending
NHS England is drawing up plans to centralise control of spending on estates and information technology in the health service, including proposals to sign off spending by bodies over which it has no formal power.
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NewsHSJ launches tablet app and digital-only subscriptions
HSJ is now available for iPad.The new iPad app means you can access HSJ’s award-winning journalism on the move or save it to read offline. It contains every story from the most recent issue of the magazine, plus all the latest content from hsj.co.uk.An Android version of the app will ...
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NewsCCGs 'unable to fulfill statutory functions'
Clinical commissioning groups have told NHS England that they are unable to fulfill their statutory functions due to data privacy laws.
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NewsNHS 'paid £435m in redundancies'
The NHS has spent more than £435m making staff redundant as part of its controversial health reforms, official figures show.
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NewsGovernment 'likely to need legislation' to change NHS merger rules
The government is likely to have to legislate if it wants to change the regulation of NHS provider mergers, HSJ has been told.
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Conflicts of interest stymie CCG decision making
COMMERCIAL: The governing body of Blackburn with Darwen Clinical Commissioning group was unable to take a decision on its contract for GP out-of-hours services because too many of its GP members had to leave the meeting due to conflicts of interest.
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NewsSafety fears as junior doctors abandon A&E
Junior doctors are turning their backs on emergency medicine, exacerbating patient safety risks in accident and emergency departments, the General Medical Council has warned.