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South Manchester targets prescribing savings
FINANCE: South Manchester Clinical Commissioning Group plans to make higher quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) savings on its prescribing budget than on any other area of expenditure in 2013-14, board papers show.
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South London Healthcare Trust in bottom decile for A&E performance
PERFORMANCE: South London Healthcare Trust is the 13th worst in the country for A&E performance so far this year, new figures revealed.
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Peninsula sets up new company
COMMERCIAL: Peninsula Community Health has set up a new company to deliver community dental services across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
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RDE slightly behind plan on surplus
FINANCE: Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust generated a surplus of £1.3m in 2012-13, against a plan of £3.5m.
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New breast cancer unit takes shape at West Sussex
STRUCTURE: Work has begun on new breast cancer services at Western Sussex Hospitals Trust.
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East of England Ambulance Service Trust upgrades fleet
FINANCE East of England Ambulance Service Trust is investing nearly £17m on its vehicle fleet, the trust has announced.
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West Herts Hospital Trust chair retires
WORKFORCE: West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust chair Thomas Hanahoe is to retire, the trust has announced.
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North Middlesex Hospital aiming for 4.3 per cent CIP saving this year
FINANCE: North Middlesex University Hospital Trust is aiming for £8.4m in savings in 2013-14.
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Epsom and St Helier ends 2012-13 ahead of plan, recording £12m deficit
FINANCE: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust has ended 2012-13 with a deficit of £12m, board papers report.
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Bristol Community Health pilots mobile working
COMMERCIAL: Bristol Community Health is to pilot a new mobile technology system designed to allow staff to spend less time on travel and administration.
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HSJ Live 13.05.13: Care Bill debated in House of Commons
NHS England and Moniotr have announced plans to overhaul payment by results, continuing concern over A&E performance and the rest of the days news.
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Exclusive: NHS England to begin work on 'Expedia' style booking system
NHS England is to begin an ambitious move to create an “Expedia.com” style system for electronic booking of NHS appointments, to replace the unpopular Choose and Book.
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Care bill extends CQC's powers
The Care Quality Commission will be able to order Monitor to put trusts into special administration over quality failures, under new powers set out in the Care Bill.
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Trusts submit deficit plans for 2013-14 amid 'going concern' worries
The NHS Trust Development Authority has written to trusts assuring them they can be classed as “a going concern” by auditors, despite submitting deficit plans for this financial year, HSJ has learned.
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Exclusive: Two hospitals to close in Fylde shake-up
STRUCTURE: NHS organisations on the Fylde coast have agreed plans for a reorganisation of older people’s rehabilitation services that will involve the closure of two community hospitals.
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DH director general warns over diversion of social care funds
A senior Department of Health official has warned about NHS funds which are being transferred to local authorities being diverted to other services.
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750 patients suffer 'never events'
Hundreds of hospital patients have suffered basic, preventable mistakes that should “never” happen in the NHS during the last four years including having surgical instruments left inside them and operations being carried out on the wrong body part, figures suggest.
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New chief operating officer for Leicester hospitals
WORKFORCE: University Hospitals of Leicester has appointed Richard Mitchell as chief operating officer.
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South Tyneside CCG paying £7,404 a year for GP prescribing work
FINANCE: A clinical commissioning group is paying the equivalent of more than £600 a day to provide locum cover for GPs released to work for it.
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Hull and East Yorks considers food venture
PERFORMANCE: A trust is examining ways it could mass produce a new range of foods which have won it a national award.