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NewsImprovements in ‘harm free’ older patient care
A significant improvement has been recorded in the proportion of older patients receiving “harm free” care following a major patient safety trial, HSJ can disclose.
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CommentCould an NHS trust be allowed to go bankrupt?
Hospitals in the wrong place at the wrong time are in danger.
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NewsNational NHS surplus rises by £329m
The NHS is on course to finish the year with a surplus of more than £1.5bn - £300m more than originally planned - HSJ can reveal.
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NewsAcute strain causes hundreds of emergency admission delays
A lack of hospital capacity is being blamed for regular blockages in emergency departments, after data released exclusively to HSJ revealed patients have already spent hundreds of hours stuck outside hospitals in ambulances this year.
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HSJ Local
London cluster delays panel decision on service reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: The south west London PCT cluster is delaying until May the panel meeting at which a 60-strong group will examine the quality aspects of a proposed service reconfiguration for the area.
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HSJ Local
East London trust defies commissioners and plans for 9,000 births
PERFORMANCE: Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust is anticipating 9,000 births across its two sites in 2012-13, board papers said.
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HSJ Local
East London hospital trust sets new record for ambulance handover delays
PERFORMANCE: Barking, Havering, Redbridge University Hospitals Trust saw 120 “black breaches” - cases where patients are left waiting an hour or more in an ambulance because they are unable to admit them - in just one week.
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HSJ Local
Patient waits 23 hours to be admitted to trust A&E
PERFORMANCE: A report to Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust’s board showed one patient had waited 23 hours before being admitted in A&E.
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HSJ Local
Epsom and St Helier breach C section rate
PERFORMANCE: Epsom and St Helier Hospitals Trust saw a Caesarian section rate of 30.2 per cent for November, which is above its target of 24 per cent.
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HSJ Local
'Fundamental capacity issue' at trust with worst A&E performance
PERFORMANCE: Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust recorded the worst performance in London for A&E based on the latest figures and minutes of the January meeting.
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HSJ Local
Epsom and St Helier ahead of deficit plan but behind on savings
FINANCE: Epsom and St Helier Hospitals Trust, the London/Surrey borders acute, has a year-to-date deficit of £15.25m, against a target of £16.1m, according to latest board papers.
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HSJ Local
London hospitals make plans for the Olympics
PERFORMANCE: Hospitals in London are considering reorganising surgery timetables, changing shift patterns and moving delivery times to accommodate the Olympics this summer.
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HSJ Local
London FT boss resigns to lead neighbours' merger bid
WORKFORCE: David McVittie, chief executive of Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust, left his post last week and will now be leading the merger between North West London Hospitals and Ealing Hospital.
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HSJ Local
Union attacks trust chair over 'football managers' approach to chief execs
WORKFORCE: Unison has criticised the “football managers approach to NHS management” at Croydon Health Services Trust.
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NewsExclusive: London bosses 'extremely concerned' over A&E
The head of NHS London has written to all the capital’s primary care trust cluster chiefs after becoming “extremely concerned” over accident and emergency performance, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
New Royal London Hospital opens
STRUCTURE: The new Royal London Hospital has opened its doors for the first time.
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HSJ LocalSecond CCG condemns health bill and 'bureaucratic' authorisation process
City and Hackney clinical commissioning group has become the second to urge the prime minister to drop the Health Bill.
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HSJ Local
London GPs off the pace on exercise programmes
WORKFORCE: GPs in the capital are cynical about a major campaign to encourage physical activity in patients with long terms conditions, reflecting a wider lack of enthusiasm about exercise programmes, a study suggests.
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News
Finance director appointed to commissioning board
A strategic health authority’s finance director has been given the top finance post at the NHS Commissioning Board.
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Comment'Low priority treatments should not let commissioners cut corners'
Setting the wrong clinical priorities?