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SHIP cluster to save £10m through medicines management
FINANCE: The Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth primary care trust cluster expects to save £10.2m through medicines management this year.
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Mid Staffs worker suspended over photos
A worker at Stafford Hospital has been suspended after taking photographs of patients in breach of staff guidelines.
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Avon cancer network winding up
STRUCTURE: The Avon, Somerset and Wiltshire Cancer Service Network has stopped providing monthly performance reports to primary care trusts but is unable to release funding back to the PCT to carry on the work.
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High sickness rates at North Somerset Community Partnership
WORKFORCE: High sickness levels at North Somerset Community Partnership are causing concern for commissioners who fear it could be due to understaffing.
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Full authorisation for Bradford Districts CCG
STRUCTURE: Bradford Districts CCG has been authorised with no conditions in the second wave of CCG authorisation decisions by the NHS Commissioning Board.
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Northumbria nurse given Queen's award
WORKFORCE: A community nurse in Northumberland and North Tyneside has been given the Queen’s Nurse title after being nominated by a patient.
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Ipswich Hospital recruit new non executive director
WORKFORCE Laurence Collins has been appointed a non-executive director of Ipswich Hospital Trust.
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North East GPs 'prescribe paracetamol at more than twice expected rate'
FINANCE: GPs in seven North East primary care trusts are prescribing paracetamol at twice the expected rate and could save the NHS an estimated £2.5m a year by their bringing reducing to the national average, the healthcare analysis firm CHKS has said.
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Bradford and Airedale overspending on acute by £4.3m
FINANCE: Bradford and Airedale PCT’s two main provider contracts are overtrading by a total of £4.3m, but it is on track to meet its financial plan.
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NewsHSJ live: rolling news 4.2.2013
A full review of national media reports on the impending Francis report and the rest of today’s news
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NewsWards dangerously understaffed, warn more than half of nurses
Nearly a quarter of nurses say their trust is at risk of a Mid Staffordshire-style care breakdown
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NewsCQC moves to assess trust leadership in response to Francis
The Care Quality Commission is to assess the leadership, culture and governance of acute services in the NHS and the corporate governance of private sector care providers, HSJ has learned.
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NewsPrivate sector and trusts vie for £500m pathology contracts
A radical shake-up of community pathology services which will see NHS trusts compete with private firms for contracts worth £500m has taken a major step forward after commissioners started a procurement process.
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NewsRegulator to cap Queen's Hospital A&E admissions
The Care Quality Commission is to place a restriction on the number of patients that can be treated at an east London emergency department.
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Protest against trust's plans to cut £24m
Around 70 Unison members, clerical and administration staff, protested outside Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust’s headquarters in Wakefield against proposed cuts to job losses and pay cuts.
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Lewisham decision sparks fresh debate on future NHS
The announcement that accident and emergency and maternity services are to be downgraded at Lewisham Hospital has sparked a fresh round of debate of the future of the NHS.
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Bristol CCGs plan new urology service
COMMERCIAL: The contract for community urology services in Bristol is to be extended on a three month rolling basis while commissioniners finalise plans for a cluster wide service.
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Colin Renwick named GP chair of Airedale, Wharfedale & Craven CCG
STRUCTURE: Dr Colin Renwick has been named GP chair of Airedale, Wharfedale & Craven CCG.
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Airedale struggling with four hour waiting target
PERFORMANCE: Airedale Foundation Trust failed the four hour waiting target for Quarter 3, commissioner papers say.
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Guys & St Thomas' missing A&E target for Q4
PERFORMANCE: Guys & St Thomas’ Foundation Trust is narrowly missing the A&E four-hour wait target of 95 per cent for quarter four, a report reveals.