News – Page 1033
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News‘Urgent action’ needed in Peterborough, says NAO
Urgent action must be taken by regulators, ministers and local managers if Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust is to avoid going bust, according to the National Audit Office (NAO).
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NewsLeadership Academy will focus on culture at all levels
The drive to improve leadership skills in the health service will not be confined to high-fliers, the head of the NHS Leadership Academy has told HSJ.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Technology sidelined in QIPP plans
Only one in six local NHS innovation and efficiency schemes explicitly mentions adopting or extending the use of new technologies, HSJ analysis reveals.
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NewsLatest scores spark fresh doubt over 'friends and family test'
Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust has recorded the lowest score yet by any organisation on the friends and family test, according to the latest data from the pilot of the fledging patient satisfaction survey.
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NewsHunt promises Francis recommendations will not add to bureaucracy
Implementing recommendations from the report into Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry will not add to the bureaucracy faced by NHS managers, the health secretary has said.
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HSJ Local
'Significant political risks' to Mid Yorks QIPP
FINANCE: West Yorkshire QIPP schemes - centred on the critical service reconfiguration of Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust - face “significant political and reputational risks”, the area’s QIPP tracker admits.
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HSJ Local
Ealing Hospital Trust forced to 25 per cent extra escalation beds
PERFORMANCE: Ealing Hospital Trust was forced to open an average of 60 escalation beds in September against a 47-bed average for July and August, a report reveals.
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HSJ Local
Requests for acupuncture at Imperial a large proportion of IFR requests
FINANCE: Requests for acupuncture at Imperial College Healthcare Trust formed a large proportion of Individual Funding Requests in north west London, a report reveals.
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HSJ Local
IVF approvals now half the level of rejections in NW London
PERFORMANCE: A report from the individual funding requests board show the number of IVF approvals is now half the number of rejections.
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HSJ Local
£15m to be transferred from NHS Brent to NHS Hillingdon
FINANCE: NHS Brent is to transfer £15m in bailout to its stricken cluster neighbour NHS Hillingdon.
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HSJ Local
NHS Hillingdon to work with mental health, hospital trust and local authority to make savings
FINANCE: NHS Hillingdon is to work with its mental health and acute trusts, and council, to “come to agreements that would support the whole of the health economy” as it faces a £5m savings gap.
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HSJ Local
London Ambulance Service 'submits financial recovery plan to NHS London'
FINANCE: A report to the board of NHS North West London said the London Ambulance Service is running a deficit of £781,000 at month six of the financial year.
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HSJ Local
NHS Hillingdon 'overspending'
FINANCE: NHS Hillingdon was overspending at the end of month four, according to minutes released with the latest NHS North West London board papers.
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HSJ Local
North West London Hospitals Trust 'plans for £20m deficit'
FINANCE: North West London Hospitals Trust is planning to end 2012-13 with a deficit of £20m, according to papers submitted to the board of NHS North West London.
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HSJ Local
West Middlesex University Hospital to get cap and bailout from cluster
FINANCE: West Middlesex University Hospital is to get an activity cap and bailout from the NHS North West London primary care trust cluster.
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HSJ Local
NHS Hounslow 'overspending'
FINANCE: NHS Hounslow was overspending at the end of month four, minutes released with the latest set of NHS North West London board papers reveal.
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HSJ Local
David Slegg appointed commissioning board finance director for London
WORKFORCE: NHS North West London’s finance director David Slegg has been appointed the National Commissioning Board’s finance director for London.
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HSJ Local
Bristol cluster amber on three QIPP plans
FINANCE: The Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire primary care trust cluster has been rated amber on three of its five QIPP initiatives for the second quarter of 201-13.
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HSJ Local
Cornwall QIPP plans 'remain a risk'
FINANCE: NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly’s QIPP plan has been rated amber overall, despite all of its initiatives being given a green rating by NHS South of England.
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HSJ Local
Activity puts Devon cluster QIPP plans at risk
FINANCE: The Devon, Plymouth and Torbay primary care trust cluster’s QIPP plan has been rated amber by NHS South of England due to high levels of activity.