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CommentLondon trusts' savings to fall short despite cost-cutting success
It is becoming clear that while trusts in London have succeeded in cutting costs during 2010-11, savings will fall significantly short of what was planned, meaning surplus targets will not be met.
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NHS Camden staff question "top-heavy" PCT cluster
WORKFORCE: In replies to a consultation, staff at the north London primary care trust questioned whether the new north central London PCT cluster would be “top heavy with a high number of senior posts”.
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St George's behind income and expenditure plan agreed with SHA
FINANCE: The south west London trust is £2.4m behind the total agreed with NHS London.
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NHS Enfield predicts deficit next year
FINANCE: NHS Enfield is forecasting a deficit of more than £20m for 2011-12 – but this depends on a £30m efficiency savings programme heavily reliant on tighter contracts with acute trusts.
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McKinsey appointed to work on Ealing and North West London merger
STRUCTURE: The west London acute trust has approved a plan to work on a strategic outline case to look at a merger with North West London Hospitals Trust and the consultancy McKinsey is due to present it to the April board.
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Departing Whipps Cross chief exec looks forward to merger project role
WORKFORCE: Chief executive Lucy Moore’s last day at the north-east London trust was 25 March, following her appointment as integration director for the merger programme with Barts and the London and Newham University Hospital trusts.
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Epsom and St Helier to invite expressions of interest for merger or acquisition
STRUCTURE: The south London trust announced it is considering a merger in its board papers, when publishing its tripartite agreement.
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The Whittington records £700,000 deficit in February
FINANCE: The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust has recorded an in-month deficit of more than £700,000, due mainly to an under-performance on clinical income and increasing staff costs.
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Homerton permitted to use Olympic logo
COMMERICAL: The Homerton, as the designated hospital for the 2012 London Olympics, has been given permission to use the sporting event’s famous five-ringed logo.
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Haringey children's services transfer delayed
STRUCTURE: NHS Haringey has reported that a transfer of community services to a new provider will not be completed by 1 April.
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South London Healthcare Trust predicted to hit A&E target for year, despite shaky start
PERFORMANCE: The multi-site south London trust is predicted to hit the target of 95 per cent of A&E attendances seen within four hours for 2010-11, a report from the capital’s strategic health authority has said.
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NHS Barking and Dagenham best in sector for viability of QIPP plans
FINANCE: The east London primary care trust’s £6.1m quality, innovation, productivity and prevention plan (QIPP), submitted in January, has been fully risk-assessed as the best of the four outer north east London PCTs.
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NHS Richmond agrees year-end settlements with two key providers
FINANCE: The south west London primary care trust has agreed a year-end settlement plan with Kingston and West Middlesex University Hospitals and is “finalising” a similar deal with St George’s.
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Islington practices still referring 'low priority' procedures
FINANCE: The primary care trust’s finance papers have highlighted four practices still referring ‘low priority’ procedures.
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Practice nurse and sessional GP proposed for NHS Islington shadow consortia board
STRUCUTRE: The north London primary care trust GP consortium shadow board willl see 11 voting members, seven of them GPs.
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Haringey likely to miss cancer target
PERFORMANCE: Haringey primary care trust is not expecting to hit its target for cancer deaths, as data for 2009-10 showed that the mortality rate from the disease was increasing year-on-year.
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Barking and other London trusts fall short of savings targets
FINANCE: The capital’s trusts are likely to miss their savings targets due to slipping cost improvement plans and overperformance in the acute sector, NHS London has said.
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Tower Hamlets beats surplus target despite acute overspend
FINANCE: NHS Tower Hamlets is forecasting an end of year surplus of £6.97m for 2010-11, despite a projected acute commissioning overspend of £6m.
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East London cluster plans set out
STRUCTURE: Governance arrangements have been set out for the NHS City and East London primary care trust cluster.
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Whipps Cross told to address concerns on maternity staffing
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has issued a report outlining “moderate” concerns about some standards at Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust.