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'MRI-safe' pacemaker installed at Watford
SERVICES: Watford General Hospital’s cardiology team has implanted the world’s first ‘MRI-safe’ pacemaker.
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Dementia centre gets go-ahead in Essex
SERVICES: A flagship centre for people with dementia has been given the go-ahead in south Essex.
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Ipswich site could be sold off for housing
FINANCE: The site of a hospital in Ipswich could be sold off to fund mental health developments in the area.
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NewsOne in 10 NHS appointments missed
One in 10 health appointments were missed last year, costing the NHS millions of pounds and delaying treatment for other patients, figures suggest.
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NewsNew rules to tackle drugs lottery
More details have come to light of how hospitals that delay acting on National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance will be forced to explain hold-ups to patients.
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Q1 A&E target problems for Royal Surrey County
PERFORMANCE: Royal Surrey County Hospital Foundation Trust breached the four-hour target for accident and emergency waits more often than it met it during the first quarter of 2012-13, according to board papers.
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New X-Ray machine for Isles of Scilly
STRUCTURE: Peninsula Community Health has installed a new x-ray machine at St Mary’s Hospital on the Isles of Scilly that means residents will no longer have to visit the mainland for an x-ray.
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HSJ LocalLondon has best cardiac arrest survival rate in England
PERFORMANCE: London has the best cardiac arrest survival rate in England, with patients up to three times more likely to survive in the capital than elsewhere in the country, new figures reveal.
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NHS London grants £800k to NHS South East London for global sum equivalent transition
FINANCE: NHS South East London was granted £800,000 of its two per cent topslice back by NHS London to “support transition” to the Global Sum Equivalent payment system.
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University College London Hospitals makes 5.6 per cent saving in 2011-12
FINANCE: University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust made a 5.6 per cent saving in 2011-12.
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NHS London approves £1.5m NHS 111 set-up costs in SW London
FINANCE: NHS London has agreed NHS South West London could use £1.5m of the funds the SHA had top-sliced from it to fund part of the set-up costs for NHS 111.
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NHS London agrees use of topslice funding to set up maternity network
PERFORMANCE: NHS South West London has had its bid to use funding topsliced by NHS London to establish a maternity network approved.
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£5.4m for long term conditions in SW London
PERFORMANCE: NHS London has agreed that NHS South West London can use £5.4m in top-sliced funding to set up a long term conditions programme delivery board.
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Barking, Havering and Redbridge hospitals given £9.6m for 'turnaround costs'
FINANCE: The east London primary care trust cluster has given Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust £9.6m in “turnaround costs”, a Freedom of Information Act request reveals.
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HSJ LocalCancer services at Chesterfield Royal in UK top ten
PERFORMANCE: The Chesterfield Royal Hospital Foundation Trust’s cancer service has been placed in the country’s top ten following the results of the latest patient experience survey.
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East London cluster spends £6.4m on redundancy costs and CSS set-up
FINANCE: The east London primary care trust cluster has had funding of £6.4m approved by NHS London to pay for redundancy costs and the transition costs of setting up commissioning support services.
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HSJ LocalConsultation pledge on Worcestershire acute service review
STRUCTURE: NHS Worcestershire has committed itself to holding a second round of public engagement on major plans to reconfigure acute services in the county.
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Guy's and St Thomas' given £4.7m loan to tackle waiting list backlog
FINANCE: NHS South East London applied to NHS London for a £4.7m loan to tackle the waiting list backlog at South London Foundation Trust, HSJ can reveal.
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NHS East London and the City applies for topslice funding
FINANCE: NHS East London and the City applied to NHS London for £55,000 of the two per cent top-slice funds to kickstart its sexual health tariff programme.
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Cluster gives Barts Health Trust £15m to help with merger
FINANCE: Documents released under the Freedom of Information Act show the East London primary care trust cluster gave Barts Health Trust £15.1m to help with its merger.