News – Page 1014
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Nick Balac named Barnsley CCG chair
STRUCTURE: Dr Nick Balac has been appointed as the chair of the NHS Barnsley Clinical Commissioning Group.
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Choose and Book faces delays
The new Choose and Book electronic appointment booking system is “very unlikely” to be in place by the NHS Commissioning Board’s December deadline, industry figures told HSJ this week.
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NHS property company to charge CCGs to bridge cost gap
The new NHS property company is likely to charge clinical commissioning groups for any assets it takes ownership of whose costs are not fully met by rents or service charges.
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Council-led public health group has role extended
A group of council representatives set up to negotiate local government’s new public health role with the Department of Health will continue to run for another year.
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Analysed: CCGs draw up commissioning support deals
This week’s HSJ Local Briefing looks at the progress made by clinical commissioning groups to enter into service level agreements with commissioning support units, and what the implications could be for the new market in these services
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Epsom Hospital will remain open
Epsom Hospital in Surrey will remain open, according to assurances given to local councillors by NHS managers.
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Asthma cases 'down after smoke ban'
The number of children admitted to hospital with symptoms of asthma has fallen since the ban on smoking in enclosed public places came into effect, a study has found.
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Text message reminders saves trust £84,000
FINANCE: A text message service reminding patients about their outpatient appointments at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has saved more than £84,000 in eight months.
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Patient leaders concerned over CCG lay member strength
Some clinical commissioning groups have appointed lay people with insufficient experience and skills, patient leaders have said.
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Wealthy south set to gain from public health funding boost
The Department of Health has almost doubled some councils’ public health allocations, according to research which reveals authorities in the relatively wealthy south and east are among the biggest winners.
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Councils to lead key shift in care
The former council chief heading the sector’s efforts to improve living arrangements for people with learning disabilities has described the drive as a “seminal moment” in health and care services.
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DH gives London £82.5m to cope with winter pressures
PERFORMANCE: The Department of Health has allocated an extra £82.5m to London to help it cope with winter pressures.
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Urinary tract infection issues hit Heatherwood and Wexham Park
PERFORMANCE: More than a fifth of catheterised patients at Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust had a urinary tract infection latest data shows.
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Heatherwood and Wexham Park fails on stroke target
PERFORMANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust has failed persistently to meet one of its main performance targets on stroke care.
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Nicholson: 'more' community focused care required
Care for older people needs a fundamental shift towards caring for them in the community rather than hospitals that are “very bad places”, the chief executive of the NHS Commissioning Board has said.
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Mid Staffs struggles with patient satisfaction test
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has recorded the third-lowest score in the latest set of results from the midlands and east of England pilot of the friends and family test.
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Rape charge HCA remanded to crown court
WORKFORCE: A healthcare assistant who worked at Western Sussex Hospitals Trust has been remanded to appear before a crown court.
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NHS earmarks £300m to put hospitals through failure regime
Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority are planning a £300m joint contract to pay for failing trusts to go through the special administration regime.
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Shortage of secondary care doctors for London CCG boards
STRUCTURE: Minutes presented to NHS London said there was a shortage of secondary care doctors “of appropriate calibre” to sit on clinical commissioning group boards.
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NHS London midwife vacancies below 10 per cent for frst time in decade
WORKFORCE: The rate of midwife vacancies in London has fallen beneath 10 per cent for the first time in 10 years, according to NHS London board minutes.