All London articles – Page 153
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Epsom and St Helier misses MRSA target
PERFORMANCE: The Surrey and London borders acute trust had 11 MRSA cases in 2010/11 against a target of seven.
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South West London and St George's gets new workforce director
WORKFORCE: The mental health trust announced the appointment of Ian Fleming as the new head of workshops and partnerships.
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Smaller trusts forced to rethink FT plans
STRUCTURE: Several smaller trusts that could not confirm the date on which they will apply for foundation status had previously been confident of achieving it.
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Ealing Hospital merger proposal to be submitted to NHS London later this month
STRUCTURE: The west London hospital trust’s plans to merge with North West London Hospitals Trust will see a Strategic Outline Case submitted to the Capital Investment Committee on May 17th.
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Guy's and St Thomas' FT sets improved GP communication as quality priority
PERFORMANCE: The central London acute trust is working on a metric to measure the communications performance of district nurses and general practice.
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North Central London cluster sets up 'Primary Care Concerns Group'
STRUCTURE: The group would “ensure timely and appropriate response to concerns about independent contractors and performers and their services and implement appropriate actions”.
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Two-thirds of staff in North Central London cluster now appointed
WORKFORCE: The five-borough commissioning body said at its last board meeting it intended to have all its positions filled by early May.
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North West London Hospitals Trust over performing against maternity contract
PERFORMANCE: The acute trust has seen “a significant over performance against the contracted level of births” a report says.
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Guy's and St Thomas' to take action on did not attend rates
PERFORMANCE: The large London teaching hospital latest DNA rate was 13.25 per cent, more than 50 per cent over target.
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Caesarian rates above target at Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust
PERFORMANCE: The north west London trust recorded a c-section rate of 31.6 per cent for March.
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Guy's and St Thomas' plans £53.2m savings
FINANCE: Guy’s and St Thomas’ plans a £53.2m savings plan to generate £30m for capital investment
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Provider contracts still in dispute
COMMERCIAL: A third of contracts between providers and commissioners in the North West are still incomplete, HSJ has discovered.
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North West London Hospitals meets locally agreed A&E target
PERFORMANCE: The acute organisation said it faced a “significant challenge” in meeting the four-hour target but that a 97 per cent target agreed with commissioners had been hit.
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London cluster adds £2m to transition costs budget
FINANCE: The south-west London cluster had set aside £2.8m fo transitional costs as it moves to a single management team from five primary care trusts but added £2m to it for additional costs.
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Barts and the London misses its cost improvement programme target
FINANCE: The east London acute trust made a total of £34.7m savings in 2010-11, £4.5m worse than plan.
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Chelsea and Westminster risked breaching private income cap
FINANCE: Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust narrowly missed breaching its 3.5 per cent private income cap due to a technical change in how the sum is calculated
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Londonwide GP council to represent capital's pathfinders
STRUCTURE: A single forum now represents all of London’s 38 pathfinder consortia.
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Royal Free records year-end surplus
FINANCE: The central London hospital reported a surplus of £9m for the financial year.
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NW London Hospitals Trust forced to set deficit plan for 2011-12
FINANCE: The large acute trust’s plan for the year anticipates a £19m deficit.
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Chelsea and Westminster maternity complaint count remains static
PERFORMANCE: An internal review of maternity services at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has concluded that more needs to be done to ensure all patients have a positive experience.