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Hip replacement patient length of stay falls 25 per cent in five years
Length of stay for hip replacement patients has fallen by 25 per cent during the past five years but variations between trusts remain, according to information company Dr Foster Intelligence.
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Health boards need greater powers, says King's Fund
Health and wellbeing boards should be given more powers to ensure that GP consortia and local authorities work together, the King’s Fund has said.
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Care home sector faces bed capacity lottery
Parts of the country will face a massive shortfall in care bed capacity over the next 10 years, an analysis shared with HSJ has warned.
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'Firm action' needed on access targets, DH warns
“Firm action” is needed to tackle sliding performance against access targets, according to the latest quarterly report from the Department of Health.
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Nursing Times collaborates with NICE on e-learning
HSJ’s sister title Nursing Times has collaborated with the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to launch a free online learning unit on managing diabetic foot problems.
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£18m assisted living technologies project announced
Ministers have announced an £18m project to test new “assisted living” technologies in five sites across the UK.
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NHS Camden staff question "top-heavy" PCT cluster
WORKFORCE: In replies to a consultation, staff at the north London primary care trust questioned whether the new north central London PCT cluster would be “top heavy with a high number of senior posts”.
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Department in talks over 'Amazon model' procurement system
The Department of Health and NHS Supply Chain are in talks about developing a new procurement system being likened to Amazon.com.
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Hereford Hospitals Trust forms first integrated health and social services provider
STRUCTURE: Hereford Hospitals Trust has received the go-ahead from health secretary Andrew Lansley to become the first organisation in England to provide integrated health and social services previously provided separately by the local authority, acute trust and primary care trust.
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NHS Enfield predicts deficit next year
FINANCE: NHS Enfield is forecasting a deficit of more than £20m for 2011-12 – but this depends on a £30m efficiency savings programme heavily reliant on tighter contracts with acute trusts.
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Epsom and St Helier to invite expressions of interest for merger or acquisition
STRUCTURE: The south London trust announced it is considering a merger in its board papers, when publishing its tripartite agreement.
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Lansley outlines 'right to provide' social enterprise drive
NHS staff across the health service are to be given the right to set up their own organisations to provide and manage care for patients, health secretary Andrew Lansley has said.
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Hospitals must help mental health tribunals run smoothly
Hospital managers must ensure staff know it is inappropriate to recommend lawyers to mental health patients who are appealing against detention under the Mental Health Act, the Care Quality Commission has urged.
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South West Essex PCT has shed 200 staff since last year
WORKFORCE: NHS South West Essex has reported that it will have 200 fewer staff for the 2011-12 financial year.
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Council care better than private sector - CQC
The quality of private sector care is generally lower than in council-run facilities, the health regulator has warned.
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Royal Wolverhampton's stretch targets queried by Monitor
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has queried whether the Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust’s stretch targets were realistic, after it decided to retain the goal to treat 95 per cent of A&E patients within four hours.
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St George's behind income and expenditure plan agreed with SHA
FINANCE: The south west London trust is £2.4m behind the total agreed with NHS London.
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SHA singles out Hinchingbrooke over delayed transfers of care
PERFORMANCE: Hinchingbrooke continues to be ranked worst in the East of England for delayed transfers of care 35 occupied bed days due to delays per 100 admissions.
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McKinsey appointed to work on Ealing and North West London merger
STRUCTURE: The west London acute trust has approved a plan to work on a strategic outline case to look at a merger with North West London Hospitals Trust and the consultancy McKinsey is due to present it to the April board.
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Departing Whipps Cross chief exec looks forward to merger project role
WORKFORCE: Chief executive Lucy Moore’s last day at the north-east London trust was 25 March, following her appointment as integration director for the merger programme with Barts and the London and Newham University Hospital trusts.