All London articles – Page 139
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NewsMet police drive demand for ambulances
Ambulances are being despatched unnecessarily tens of thousands of times a year at the request of police officers in London, a new report has found.
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CCP rules against largest acute merger plan in the country
The Cooperation and Competition Panel has said plans to create the biggest single trust in the NHS would break competition rules.
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NewsClinical commissioning group boards should have tenure and size limits
A model constitution for clinical commissioning groups has recommended board members serve no longer than four years at a time, and boards should be limited to 12 people.
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NewsMergers will not make unviable trusts sustainable, warn MPs
The takeover or merger of troubled trusts in order for them to achieve foundation status “is not a convincing solution” that will ensure their future sustainability, according to MPs.
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CommentAll eyes on London's billion-pound merger after SHA sign off
By the time you read this, NHS London will almost certainly have signed off the Barts/Whipps Cross/Newham merger.
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UCLH opens new urgent care centre
STRUCTURE: The University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust opened a new urgent care centre on December 7.
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£1.1bn London acute merger given go-ahead by SHA
STRUCTURE: NHS London has approved the proposed merger between Bart and the London, Whipps Cross and Newham hospitals.
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Barts uses reserves to stay on track as accounts show £7.17m year-end deficit
FINANCE: The Barts and the London Trust said it had covered a £7.17m deficit that had opened up in the accounts with “management contingency and reserves”.
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NewsLondon NHS strategy has 'no clear lead'
The NHS in London faces a “strategic vacuum” with no clear lead to drive through change, The King’s Fund has said.
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New Imperial chair is former NHS London chair
WORKFORCE: Sir Richard Sykes, who resigned as chair of NHS London over Andrew Lansley’s scrapping of the Darzi plan for the capital, is to take up the chairmanship of Imperial College Healthcare Trust.
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GSTT and King's sign procurement deal with BMI Healthcare
FINANCE: The two south London foundation trusts, which have a combined turnover of approximately £1.4bn, signed the deal with the private healthcare group at the end of last month.
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CommentAcademic health science partnerships take shape in London
Lord Darzi’s phoenix-from-the-ashes academic health science partnership Imperial Health Partners has got off to a flying start, but one name was conspicuous by its absence on its list of potential partners.
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Lewisham Hospital income £1m under plan
FINANCE: The £220m-turnover trust was under plan for income but had also underspent by £546,000 at the end of October.
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South London and Maudsley using reserve to cover operational deficit
FINANCE: The mental health trust reported earnings of £12.4m to the November meeting of the board, £1.1m below plan.
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NHS London to sign off Barts merger on Tuesday
STRUCTURE: The strategic health authority NHS London will consider the full business case for the merger of Barts and the London, Whipps Cross and Newham University hospitals at an extraordinary meeting on Tuesday.
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New NED for Epsom and St Helier
WORKFORCE: The south London/Surrey borders acute trust has appointed Dr Peter Rawlinson as a non-executive director.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe quest for best practice: discovering and implementing new ideas in the NHS
Putting good ideas into practice in the NHS has been made easier by adapting the format of a successful TV programme. Alison Moore ventures into the dragons’ den to find out how.
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Commissioners warned to abide by CCP ruling
FINANCE: The chief executive of Hillingdon Hospital Foundation Trust used his report to the board to remind the PCT of the Co-operation and Competition Panel’s judgment on commisioners imposing minimum waiting times, activity caps and “‘inappropriate constraints’ on elective activity.”
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St George's £4.1m behind finance plan
FINANCE: The south London acute, which has a £556m-turnover, is aiming for a year-end surplus of £7.9m, but was recording a £3.6m deficit at the end of October.
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Hillingdon Hospital FT behind on CIPs but still expecting to hit year-end target.
FINANCE: The latest finance report for the west London acute said the trust was £1.7m off its planned saving of £3.9m.