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Warwickshire PCT pays council to develop reablement
FINANCE: NHS Warwickshire has proposed transferring more than £6m to Warwickshire County Council to develop reablement services.
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Oxleas wins prison health contract
COMMERCIAL: Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust has been successful in its bid to run integrated healthcare services to West Kent Prisons and Forensic Units in Maidstone and Dartford.
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Hastings and Rother ‘assumes’ it is ahead of plan
FINANCE: The primary care trust said it was ahead of its forecast position after the first three months of the financial year but admits it lacks data on acute activity and prescribing.
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Dudley Hospitals nearly halves pressure ulcers
PERFORMANCE: The Dudley Group has reported a 45 per cent reduction in the numbers of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers in the first quarter of 2011-12.
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Airedale reports early surplus and strong performance
FINANCE: Airedale NHS Foundation Trust reported a £229,000 surplus - £83,000 ahead of plan - at the end of June.
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Kent and Medway Partnership appoints interim chief
WORKFORCE: Bob Deans has taken up post as the trust’s new Interim chief executive for 12 months.
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South West Ambulance receives Olympic funding
FINANCE: South West Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has received £120,000 from the Department of Health to help prepare for the Olympic sailing competitions in 2012.
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NewsNHS trusts to take over community service assets
Acute and mental health trusts are to be given the chance to acquire billions of pounds worth of property assets used to provide community services, with final decisions due by the end of the year.
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NewsDH rejects 'competition expansion' claim
The Department of Health has rejected claims that recently published guidance for commissioners includes a change in policy causing a “potential massive expansion in competition”.
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NewsGPs gain opt-out over new primary care data service
Plans for a new primary care information system have been approved by the Department of Health, but HSJ has learned that GPs have secured the right to opt out of the scheme.
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NewsNHS lags behind in social enterprise drive
Reality of opening up health services social enterprises not living up to government rhetoric, King’s Fund argues
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NewsPensions preferred to pay in public sector, survey shows
People employed in the public sector are more concerned about retaining their pension deals than avoiding salary cuts.
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NewsFewer tonsil operations are risking patient lives, hospitals warned
The NHS is putting patients at risk of serious illness by carrying out too few tonsil operations in a bid to save cash, an expert has said.
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NewsLansley announces 75 HealthWatch 'pathfinders'
Ministers reveal almost half of all upper-tier and unitary authorities will trial the new patient-involvement groups
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NewsOffice supplies top procurement savings agenda for Whitehall
Whitehall departments are to pay the same price for office supplies in a bid to save taxpayers more than £18m annually.
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£72m refurbishment gets go-ahead at East and North Herts
COMMERCIAL: East and North Hertfordshire Trust’s £72m hospital redevelopment has been given the go ahead by the health secretary.
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Hertfordshire overspend attributed to CCGs
FINANCE: NHS Hertfordshire has overspent by nearly £1.4m already this financial year, with much of the overspend attributed to one clinical commissioning group.
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Heatherwood and Wexham Park reports 'extremely adverse' trend in finances
FINANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals Trust is reporting a worsening and “extremely adverse” financial trend.
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NewsFlagship involvement policy faces funding threat
The success of the government’s flagship policy on patient and public involvement is at risk from “insulting” funding plans, it is being claimed.
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NewsMore district generals predicting financial problems
The number of district general hospitals predicting the lowest finance ratings has almost tripled in the space of a year, prompting a call for them to consider redesigning their processes.