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Hampshire commissioners fail to cut prescribing costs
FINANCE: Hampshire commissioners failed to reduce their spending on medicines during 2011-12, latest primary care trust data shows.
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Councils claim lack of DH engagement on public health budgets
LGA fears funding for new health role will be insufficient
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ROH finances 'embarrassingly good', says new CEO
FINANCE: The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation Trust’s chief executive has warned his board against potential complacency after describing the trust’s finances as “almost embarrassingly good”.
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Royal Orthopaedic FT misses Q4 surplus target
FINANCE: The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation Trust fell well short of its quarter four surplus target, but still beat its planned total for 2011-12.
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Cluster bosses meet Southampton FT over demand and infection rates
PERFORMANCE: University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust is in talks with its primary care trust cluster over ongoing difficulties in managing demand and the knock on effects for care quality.
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Tracker for stroke patients
PERFORMANCE: A new patient tracker system has been introduced at United Lincolnshire Hospitals to make sure stroke patients receive quick efficient care.
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Trust plan to cut mortality
PERFORMANCE: Walsall Healthcare Trust has developed a plan to cut the trust’s high mortality rate.
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Swindon vaccine success
PERFORMANCE: NHS Swindon had the third highest uptake of the human papilloma virus vaccine among year 8 pupils in the whole country during 2010-11.
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Trust launches clinical audit tool
WORKFORCE: Junior doctors working at Burton Hospitals Foundation Trust are undergoing a special clinical audit training programme to improve patient safety and care.
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DH business plan sets out caveats and minor delays
More details about public health funding, including how the controversial “health premium” will work in practice, are due to be published this month according to the Department of Health’s latest business plan.
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UCLH joint venture aims to reduce PFI costs
One of the NHS’s most prestigious foundation trusts is spearheading a joint venture to drive down PFI costs.
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Exclusive: NHS property company to take on 2,500 PCT staff
The new NHS property company will have 2,500 staff and a portfolio of “several thousand” properties with a total value of around £5bn, HSJ has learned.
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FT applications given higher risk rating
The efforts of three London trusts to achieve foundation status have been given a higher risk rating HSJ has learned.
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'Crisis' in child health could arrive in 12 months
The NHS could be a year away from a “crisis” in the care given to children, the new president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has told HSJ.
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Uncertain future for Somerset learning disability services
COMMERCIAL: Learning disability services in Somerset could be put out to tender or spun off into a social enterprise, board papers reveal.
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AWP wins prison contract
COMMERCIAL: Avon and Wiltshire Partnership Trust has been awarded a contract to provide substance misuse services to HMP Bristol.
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Councils using social care cash to plug funding gaps
A new report claims that almost half of councils are plugging gaps in access to existing social care services by using additional social care funding from the NHS, rather than spending it on providing additional services or improving quality.
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Kent, Surrey and Sussex NHS 111 provider named
A partnership between out-of-hours provider Harmoni and South East Coast Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has been named preferred provider to deliver NHS 111 in Kent, Surrey and Sussex.
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Mixed picture for emergency admissions at Somerset trusts
PERFORMANCE: Emergency admissions to Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust fell by 4.7 per cent in 2011-12 compared with 2010-11, equivalent to a reduction of 607 spells.
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Funding boost for Somerset's GP federations
STRUCTURE: Commissioners in Somerset have agreed to double the funding for the county’s nine GP federations in 2012-13 to £500,000.