All London articles – Page 143
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Sixth London hospital trust now predicting deficit
FINANCE: Whipps Cross University Hospital is now predicting a year-end deficit, alongside five other trusts, new documents reveal.
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NHS London above plan for outpatient referrals and total elective day cases
FINANCE: NHS London said the capital’s health economy at month four of 2011-12 was over-plan for outpatient referrals, total elective day cases and non-elective activity.
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Four London trusts' activity reporting 'inadequate'
FINANCE: The Audit Commission’s annual report on NHS London said four trusts in the SHA’s catchment area were “performing inadequately” on activity reporting, while six were “performing well” and 19 “adequately”.
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Commissioner challenge and land sale delay a threat to St George's finance plans
FINANCE: The south London acute trust’s minutes said the hospital faced a significant challenge from its commissioners for overperforming.
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St George's selected for safety pilot
PERFORMANCE: The south west London acute trust has been selected to be part of a pilot project to improve the investigation of incidents and measure their impact.
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Olympics concerns see NHS London approve Newham refurb
STRUCTURE: The full business case for a new urgent care centre and alterations to A&E at the east London acute was approved by NHS London, who said it would provide “critical Olympics resilience”.
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NHS Wandsworth given permission to sell Putney Hospital to Wandsworth council
COMMERCIAL: The south west London primary care trust received permission from NHS London’s capital investment committee to sell the property for £4.5m, making a profit of £1m, a report said.
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HSJ Local
London mental health trusts 'unfairly targeted' for savings
FINANCE: London’s mental health services are seeing a relative disinvestment while the acute sector “overheats”, according to a leaked report.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to coordinate integrated care across multidisciplinary groups
An integrated care pilot in London is linking up services for people with complex health problems and social issues. Andrew Steeden and Aumran Tahir demonstrate the benefits.
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Commissioner had concerns about patient handover at Oxleas
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners expressed concerns about south east London mental and community health provider Oxleas Foundation Trust at a quality and safety meeting last month.
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Commissioners urge Guy's and St Thomas' to increase maternity cover
PERFORMANCE: The south east London commissioning cluster has called on Guy’s and St Thomas’ to increase cover on its maternity wards.
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NHS Greenwich asks Belmarsh to represent patients after deaths in custody
PERFORMANCE: The south east London PCT, which has commissioned Harmoni for Health to provide services at the prison, said there had been two deaths in custody since April.
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NewsNHS London offers GPs training to smooth passage into CCGs
London’s GPs are being offered management training worth £7m in an attempt to smooth their passage to becoming clinical commissioning groups.
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HSJ Local
Bexley allowed to use SHA top-slice to pay off trust after losing arbitration
FINANCE: NHS Bexley has received permission to use the 2 per cent top-slice of budget levied on all London PCTs to pay the extra costs it will incur from South London Healthcare Trust.
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London cluster identifies 'almost certain' risk to high quality primary care
STRUCTURE: A risk register document produced by the south east London PCT cluster said 45 live “issues of concern” posed an “almost certain” risk to primary care.
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UK’s first mental health ‘recovery college’ opens in SW London
STRUCTURE: An education institution specifically aimed at teaching about mental health recovery has been formerly opened at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
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NHS Greenwich says it will probably need to dip into its top-slice
FINANCE: The south east London PCT says it will probably need to access the 2 per cent of its budget that NHS London top-sliced at the start of the financial year in order “to maintain its financial position”.
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NHS London expects Imperial to plan for a deficit in 2012-13
FINANCE: The troubled west London acute trust revealed in a finance report that strategic health authority NHS London expects them to plan for a deficit in 2012-13 as well as this financial year.
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Hillingdon Hospitals downgrade surplus estimate
FINANCE: The north west London trust has reforecast its surplus down to £220,000, £2.3m below what it aimed for in its annual plan.
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Hospital says Greek private patients owe £1.8m
FINANCE: King’s College Hospital reported that private patients from the financially-stricken state owe it £1.8m.