All London articles – Page 161
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Future of West Middlesex University Hospital to be discussed in coming weeks
STRUCTURE: The south west London hospital trust said an extraordinary trust board meeting will be held “in private in mid March to determine the way forward” to foundation trust status.
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NHS Ealing working towards year-end breakeven after agreeing cap with acute
FINANCE: The west London primary care trust agreed to cap any overspend on their contract with Ealing Hospital Trust to £3.5m.
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NHS Hillingdon still looking for £15.7m in savings for 2011-12
FINANCE: The primary care trust’s finance paper said it had identified £11.5m in savings but still had work to do to identify a way to its £27.2m target.
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Camden PCT hopes to delegate to single consortium
STRUCTURE: All practices in Camden, except the PCT-run practice, are set to join a single commissioning consortium.
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Excess bed days at Barts exceed 50 days in some cases
PERFORMANCE: The sector acute commissioning unit has found patients with more than 50 excess bed days at trust
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Royal Marsden's radiotherapy bill disputed by commissioner
FINANCE: NHS Sutton and Merton is disputing over-performance for radiography by the foundation trust, and has said chemotherapy has also seen more activity than planned.
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NHS Southwark at risk from £13.7m provider over-spends
FINANCE: The primary care trust could see year-end over-spends totalling £13.7m from its two main providers
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Safety breach risk at North Middlesex University Hospital neonatal unit
WORKFORCE: The London trust is warning of a risk to patient safety in its neonatal unit due to staff shortages.
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Orthopaedic Hospital in deficit despite delivering savings plan
FINANCE: The north London specialist trust has a £1.8m deficit despite delivering £2.1m saving plan, according to February board papers.
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NewsBurns: London A&Es may not be 'designated'
Health minister Simon Burns has suggested accident and emergency services in London may not be subject to restrictions on closures under the Health Bill reforms.
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NHS Sutton & Merton is back in balance following an SHA bail-out
FINANCE: NHS London has given the primary care trust a total bail-out worth £21.7m this year.
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NW London Hospitals Trust behind target on major schemes savings plan
FINANCE: A report to the board said the acute trust had achieved less than half of the major savings schemes it had planned.
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Central London community trust plans integrated care pilot for diabetes and elderly care
STRUCTURE: The community provider was approved to begin the integrated care pilot by NHS London and will work with a local acute trust, GPs and the local authority.
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NHS City & Hackney among capital's most successful in reducing GP referrals
PERFORMANCE: Against a regional picture of dramatically increasing GP referrals this year, the east London primary care trust has seen a reduction of 2.3 per cent.
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King's College Hospital FT brings in extra cleaners after performance 'concern'
PERFORMANCE: The south London acute reported it had hired an extra cleaning contractor for high risk areas after “concern” about existing contractors Medirest.
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NHS Hammersmith & Fulham chair to become north west London cluster chair
WORKFORCE: Jeff Zitron has been announced as chair designate for the cluster, which incorporates eight primary care trusts.
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Staff remain at risk at NHS Islington and its PCT 'cluster'
WORKFORCE: The five-PCT cluster identified 594 at-risk posts at the start of the management cost reduction programme and 105 people have now accepted voluntary redundancy.
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Homerton University Hospital FT top in capital for average ambulance handover time
PERFORMANCE: The east London FT had an average handover time of 11.2 minutes, one of only four in the capital to meet NHS London’s green rating target.
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Barking, Havering, and Redbridge hospitals rated red for ambulance handover
PERFORMANCE: Queen’s Hospital, Romford, and King George, Ilford, were both rated red for handover times.
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Chelsea and Westminster FT has second best ambulance handover time in London
PERFORMANCE: The central London hospital had an average patient handover time between ambulance and trust of 11.8 minutes at the end of last year.