All London articles – Page 132
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NHS Lewisham hires social enterprise for child weight management service.
PERFORMANCE: The south east London primary care trust has commissioned the service from Mytime Health, a social enterprise that grew out of Bromley Council’s leisure services in 2004.
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NewsExclusive: acutes' deficit and savings performance worsens, DH figures show
Plans to cut deficits in the acute trust sector fell further behind in the third quarter of 2011-12 as hospitals struggled to make up lost ground on challenging savings targets.
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Whittington sets two year savings target
FINANCE: Whittington Health Trust has set a savings target of £38.9m over next two years.
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Block contract trust sets two-year deal with commissioners
FINANCE: Whittington Health Trust has agreed a two-year block contract deal with commissioners
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NHS North West London makes 82pc of QIPP target
FINANCE: The cluster of eight primary care trusts in north west London had set itself a savings target of £142.3m in 2011-12 but achieved £116.5m.
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NW London providers set to learn cluster's service change proposals
STRUCTURE: The provider trusts and clinical commissioning groups of north west London are to be sent a letter with the proposals for service changes on 8 June.
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Croydon interim chief executive will be applying for permanent job
WORKFORCE: The interim chief executve of Croydon Health Services Trust told a local paper he intends to apply for the permanent position when it is advertised.
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McKinsey dominates consultancy spend by NHS North West London
FINANCE: McKinsey accounted for nearly three-quarters of NHS North West London’s consultancy spending of £8.8m in 2011-12, new documents reveal.
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HSJ LocalGP quality monitoring project under threat from reform
PERFORMANCE: A groundbreaking project monitoring the quality of GPs faces an uncertain future once its host strategic health authority is abolished.
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HSJ LocalData breach trust fined £90,000
A health trust plans to appeal after being fined £90,000 because details of almost 60 patients were sent to the wrong person, the information watchdog said.
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New chief executive for South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust
WORKFORCE: South West London and St George’s Mental Health Trust has appointed a new chief executive.
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St George's breast cancer service wins award
PERFORMANCE: The breast cancer service team at the south west London acute won an NHS Improvement award for reducing the amount of time that patients spend in hospital following surgery.
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Imperial appoints new chief operating officer
PERFORMANCE: The central London trust has appointed Steve McManus as chief operating officer, from the equivalent role at University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust.
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London mental health clinicians win places on fellowship programme
WORKFORCE: Two staff from South West London and St George’s Mental Health Trust have won places on the Clinical Leadership Fellowship Programme run by the NHS National Leadership Academy.
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St George's earmarked as hub for south-west London pathology services
COMMERCIAL: The Tooting-based acute provider is to become the “hub” for pathology services serving the south-west’s GPs and four general hospitals.
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Night discharges controversy down to the time data was entered, says Barnet and Chase Farm
PERFORMANCE: The north London hospital trust was asked, like every other acute trust, to assess the number of discharges at night, in light of a report in The Times.
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Barnet Hospital gets gold accreditation for transient ischaemic attacks
PERFORMANCE: Barnet Hospital’s transient ischaemic attack service, which deals with ‘mini-strokes’, has been awarded gold accreditation by the North Central London Cardiovascular and Stroke Network and commissioners.
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Kingston Hospital achieves caesarian target after renegotiating key performance indicator
PERFORMANCE: The south west London acute hospital trust has confirmed it will not face a penalty from commissioners on its C-section rate.
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Great Ormond Street tenders for renal support IT system
COMMERCIAL: The central London specialist trust has placed a tender for a system to manage information about children with chronic kidney disease.
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Kingston Hospital record financial risk rating of three for 2011-12
FINANCE: The south west London acute hospital trust recorded a financial risk rating of three on the metrics Monitor uses to assess a trust’s stability.