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Barts plans £77.5m in savings in 2013-14
FINANCE: Barts Health Trust has set a savings target of £77.5m for 2013-14, board papers reveal.
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NewsDrug firms accused of pay-for-delay deal
Drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline has been accused by the competition watchdog of paying firms to delay the launch of cheaper versions of its antidepressant treatment, in a move which denied the NHS “significant” cost savings.
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NewsCancer survival rates vary by geography
Cancer patients face “wide and persistent” variations in survival rates depending on where they live, officials said.
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Hants CCGs seeking most savings from Frimley Park
FINANCE: Clinical commissioning groups in Hampshire are seeking an unachievable level of quality, innovation, productivity and prevention savings from Frimley Park Hospital Foundation Trust, the acute believes.
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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough FT chief moves to South Manchester FT
WORKFORCE: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust chief executive Attila Vegh is stepping down to take up a role in Manchester, the trust has announced.
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NewsAnti-smoking campaigns top PHE marketing list
A quarter of Public Health England’s marketing budget will be spent on stopping smoking
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Frimley missed A&E target in Feb but hit quarter
PERFORMANCE: Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust failed the four-hour accident and emergency target in February for the second consecutive month.
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Cerner Millennium problems at North Bristol
PERFORMANCE: Recent North Somerset CCG board papers warn that North Bristol NHS Trust is still experiencing “significant reporting problems” following the implementation of Cerner Millennium for outpatient reporting.
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Bristol details 111 concern
SERVICE DESIGN- According to Bristol CCG’s latest board papers the launch of the new NHS 111 service with Harmoni has “not gone well and performance has not been what we would expect it to be.”
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NewsHSJ Live 19.04.2013: Children's heart surgery row goes on
Latest on the Leeds child heart surgery row, challenges for Oxfordshire’s integration work, and the latest other news.
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NewsBerwick: I'm optimistic about the future of the NHS
A “better” NHS would involve redesign of service delivery but the answer is not in finding the “right number of agencies”, according to the man leading the government’s zero harm review.
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Poor scores for Tameside in 2012 inpatient survey
PERFORMANCE: Tameside Hospital scored “significantly worse than average” against 15 questions in the 2012 NHS inpatient survey, results published this week show.
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Oxfordshire delayed transfers remain high despite assessment overhaul
PERFORMANCE: A significant change to care assessment in Oxfordshire aimed at reducing delayed transfers has led to an initial exacerbation of the problem.
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Hundreds of jobs to go at Worcestershire acute trust
WORKFORCE: Hundreds of jobs will be lost at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust in the next four years as part of plans to cut costs.
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NewsCQC could appoint three chief inspectors in regulation shake-up
The Care Quality Commission confirmed today that it planned to appoint two chief inspectors to lead its work on hospitals and adult social care. The regulator said it was also considering the appointment of a third chief inspector, responsible for primary and integrated care.
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Patient survey flags concerns over George Eliot care
PERFORMANCE: Patient ratings for care given by doctors at George Eliot Hospital was worse than for most other NHS trusts, a Care Quality Commission survey has found.
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NewsInvolve junior doctors in IT development, conference told
Health service IT managers should draw on the experiences of junior doctors when designing new processes, one such doctor has said.
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East Lancashire misses A&E target in February
PERFORMANCE: The trust missed the four hour accident and emergency target in February, due in part to a lack of available beds, board papers state.
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Mixed inpatient survey results for Warrington and Halton
PERFORMANCE: Warrington and Halton Hospitals scored significantly worse than average on three questions in the 2012 NHS inpatient survey, and significantly better than average on two.
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Frimley Park misses C difficile target by two
PERFORMANCE: Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust missed its target this year for Clostridium difficile infections.