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NewsMedicines body review announced
Concerns about the inconsistent availability of some medicines in Scotland has prompted a review of the decision-making process at the NHS’s drugs approval body.
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NewsAnti-NHS reforms party launched
A group of healthcare professionals is today launching a new political party dedicated to opposing the government’s reforms of the NHS.
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NewsCCGs reconsider staffing after running-cost funds reviewed
The NHS Commissioning Board has recalculated clinical commissioning groups’ allowances for running costs, prompting claims some may have to consider sacking staff they have just employed.
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NewsWinterbourne whistleblower given job by CQC
The whistleblowing nurse who exposed poor care at the Winterbourne View Hospital has been given a job by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsBig Society mutuals scheme underwhelms NHS staff
A flagship Big Society programme to set up a new wave of NHS mutuals has yielded just 19 proposals, less than half the figure set up under the transforming community services programme in 2010 and 2011.
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NewsMandate aims to spark a 'revolution in transparency'
The NHS will be required to measure and publish outcomes data for all major services by 2015, to enable commissioners and patients to make more informed choices about care providers.
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Sheffield Children's closely misses 18 weeks target
Sheffield Children’s Foundation Trust closely missed the 18 weeks referral to treatment target for admitted patients in August.
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Chipping Norton maternity unit closed over 'working practices' concerns
PERFORMANCE Oxford University Hospitals Trust has suspended births at its Cotswold Maternity Unit in Chipping Norton amid concerns about “working practices” at the unit.
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Oxford trust opens £13m acute vascular imaging centre
STRUCTURE: Oxford University Hospitals Trust has opened an acute vascular imaging centre worth £13m.
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Bradford hospitals struggling with 18 weeks target
Bradford Teaching Foundation Trust missed the 18 weeks referral to treatment target for admitted patients by a signficant distance in August.
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Doncaster closely misses waiting list target
At Doncaster & Bassetlaw Foundation Trust missed the target for 92 per cent of patients on its waiting list to have waited less than 18 weeks.
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Electronic record throws waiting list figures in Rotherham
The Rotherham Foundation Trust missed the target for a minimum of 92% of its waiting list to have waited less than 18 weeks in August.
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Oxford trust plans two new operating theatres
STRUCTURE: Oxford University Hospitals Trust is planning to open two operating theatres on its Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre site.
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Imperial receives specialist top-up funding
FINANCE: Imperial College Healthcare Trust has received its Project Diamond funding from the Department of Health, a top-up payment for specialist trusts in London.
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Imperial to save £12m after gaining level three NHSLA accreditation
FINANCE Imperial College Healthcare Trust has gained level three accreditation from the NHS Litigation Authority.
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IT deal to create 'UK's first healthcare cloud'
An NHS mental health provider has signed up to what it says is the “UK’s first healthcare cloud” deal, aiming to save 15 per cent on its IT spending.
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Lewisham Hospital better than average on coding
FINANCE: A report to the south east London primary care trust cluster said: “Lewisham Healthcare Trust with a clinical coding Healthcare Resource Grouping error rate of 7.2 per cent, was better than the national average.”
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Taunton MRSA free for more than 18 months
PERFORMANCE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust has gone more than 555 days without a case of MRSA.
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Yeovil passes CQC inspection
PERFORMANCE: Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust was meeting all inspected standards when the Care Quality Commission visited in September.
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Guy's and St Thomas' 'significantly worse' than national average for coding errors
FINANCE: An Audit Commission report has declared Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust “significantly worse” than the national average for mistakes in the clinical coding of work which it charges commissioners at tariff rates for.