All London articles – Page 162

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Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust has been cleared to proceed with £90m PFI rebuild

2011-02-08T18:39:00Z

STRUCTURE: The north London specialist trust was given permission to place an advert for partners for the scheme by NHS London in December.

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NHS Bromley plans to save £7.5m on urgent care

2011-02-08T18:37:00Z

FINANCE: NHS Bromley’s Quality, Improvement, Productivity and Prevention programme anticipates saving £1.8m on urgent care for each of the next four financial years.

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Moorfields Eye Hospital Foundation Trust predicting £6m deficit for 2013-14

2011-02-08T18:36:00Z

FINANCE; A specialist eye hospital is predicting a significant deficit within two years because of increased cost pressures

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Kingston Hospital c-section rate above 27 per cent

2011-02-08T18:35:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The trust’s rate was above its own target but it said its multiple pregenancy rate, often a causal factor, was double the national average and outside its control.

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Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust manages to get staff-turnover below national average

2011-02-08T18:32:00Z

WORKFORCE: The troubled trust, which spent £4.1m on bank and agency staff, in August reached a turnover of 11.3 per cent in December.

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Ealing Hospital Trust considering merger with North West London Hospitals Trust

2011-02-08T18:31:00Z

STRUCTURE: The district general hospital is considering a merger with its much larger neighbour.

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PCTs negotiate Imperial College Healthcare Trust income down by £4m after mid-year review

2011-02-08T18:30:00Z

FINANCE: A revised service level agreement between an acute trust and its local primary care trusts have seen its predicted income fall by £4.2m

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NHS Camden predicting 41 per cent overspend with acute provider

2011-02-08T18:29:00Z

FINANCE: A primary care trust is predicting a 41 per cent overspend at year-end with one of its acute providers

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Royal Marsden challenged over billing for patient 'who wasn't there'

2011-02-08T18:27:00Z

FINANCE: NHS Croydon are challenging the specialist cancer trust saying they were billed until the end of September for a patient who was discharged in May.

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West Middlesex University Hospital Trust performing ahead of target for referral to treatment times

2011-02-08T18:26:00Z

PERFROMANCE: The west London hospital achieved the 18-week standard for admitted and non-admitted cases in November.

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NHS Croydon to challenge local acute over "reclassifying activity" to avoid lower tariff

2011-02-08T18:23:00Z

FINANCE: NHS Croydon is challenging St George’s Healthcare Trust after claiming it re-classified activity to avoid only being paid at a marginal rate.

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NHS Newham squeezes extra £1.4m out of acute provider

2011-02-08T18:23:00Z

FINANCE: The primary care trust is reporting an increased surplus after its PCT sector negotiated extra payment from Barts and the London Trust.

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TCS handover will see Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust forced to accept £1m loss

2011-02-08T17:51:00Z

FINANCE: A mental health trust has rated as red the risk posed by a commissioner cutting £1m from its budget.

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Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust doubles surplus target

2011-02-08T17:35:00Z

FINANCE: A foundation trust has doubled its surplus prediction for the financial year at the end of month eight.

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NHS Havering moves to end duplication of services at GP surgeries and polyclinic

2011-02-08T17:30:00Z

FINANCE: A primary care trust is proposing to save half a million pounds over the next two years by reducing Directed Enhanced Services payments to GPs.

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Donor offers Royal Brompton and Harefield Foundation Trust new paediatric unit

2011-02-08T17:27:00Z

FINANCE: The donor, who has a family member who is a paediatric cystic fibrosis patient, made the offer to help build a dedicated seven-bed unit.

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NHS Tower Hamlets on track for surplus

2011-02-08T17:23:00Z

FINANCE: A London primary care trust is on track for a surplus, as long as its acute contracts don’t overperform.

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NHS Ealing cancels board meeting and can't say when it will next meet

2011-02-08T16:37:00Z

STRUCTURE: A primary care trust cancelled its January board meeting and couldn’t say when it would next meet.

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South West London and St George’s Mental Health Trust claims SHA is pleased with its progress towards FT status

2011-02-08T16:23:00Z

STRUCTURE: A mental health trust is confident it can attain foundation trust status after being told by the strategic health authority is was not an “at risk” trust

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Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust predicting surplus

2011-02-08T16:08:00Z

FINANCE: A trust is predicting it will meet its planned surplus of £3.3m at year end, but needs to find an extra £700,000 in savings.