News – Page 1129
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Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust seeks £9m bailout
A hospital trust struggling with its finances has lodged an application for a £9m loan from the Department of Health.
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Private providers see 11 per cent growth in NHS elective work
The number of NHS-funded elective procedures carried out in the private sector rose 10.5 per cent last year, NHS Information Centre data shows.
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Hospital admission rise 'due to fragmentation' - report
A significant rise in hospital admissions in recent years is largely due to fragmented health and social care services, according to a think-tank.
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NewsHSJ Briefing: General practice service and policy - summary
Ie look at the growing pressure for general practice to meet rising NHS demand. Policy direction focuses on local commissioning board teams and CCGs working on a slow but steady path of improvement
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NewsExclusive: GP practices' huge income variation revealed
Some GP practices are paid substantially more than others, regardless of the number and type of patients they serve, HSJ analysis reveals.
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NewsMonitor and DH work on bailout formula
Monitor and the Department of Health are working to devise a formula determining when troubled foundation trusts receive financial bailouts.
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NewsRevealed: the cost of standardising practices' core income
Standardising practices’ “core” income would mean a shift in funding worth about a quarter of a billion pounds, HSJ has estimated.
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HSJ Local
Barts Health Trust has 20 year-plus waiters, ahead of DH crackdown
PERFORMANCE: Barts Health Trust has 20 patients who have been waiting more than a year for treatment, a report reveals.
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HSJ Local
Whittington hitting delayed transfers of care target
PERFORMANCE: Whittington Health Trust is hitting its target for keeping delayed transfers of care low, despite problems transferring to Islington care homes.
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HSJ Local
Whittington Health Trust theatre utilisation behind target
PERFORMANCE: Whittington Health Trust is 14 per cent short of its local target of 95 per cent theatre utilisation.
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HSJ Local
Whittington Health Trust increases ward rounds to hit A&E target
PERFORMANCE: A report to the board of Whittington Health Trust said: “Emergency department performance against the four-hour target is causingconcern.”
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HSJ Local
King’s Lynn records five never events
PERFORMANCE: The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn FT has reported five never events to date this year.
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HSJ Local
Whittington finances ahead of plan
FINANCE: Whittington Health Trust is ahead of plan by £295,000 at month six, board papers reveal.
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HSJ Local
Barts Health Trust gets Cyberknife
PERFORMANCE: Barts Health Trust has now started offering services with Cyberknife cancer technology.
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HSJ Local
Luton and Dunstable behind budget
Luton and Dunstable University Hospital FT is £600,000 behind its budget plan submitted to Monitor, according to its mid-year financial report.
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HSJ Local
Barts Health Trust 'national outlier' for infections
PERFORMANCE: Barts Health Trust is a “national outlier” in MRSA infections, a report to the trust’s board said.
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HSJ Local
Barts Health Trust misses A&E target for quarter two
PERFORMANCE: Barts Health Trust has missed the 95 per cent accident and emergency target for quarter two, a report reveals.
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HSJ Local
Fax hitch hits Berkshire cancer performance
PERFORMANCE: A fax server failure has led to a backlog in cancer waits in Berkshire.
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HSJ Local
Emerging pressures spotted in Berkshire ambulance service
PERFORMANCE: The Berkshire primary care trust cluster has reported “emerging pressures” emerging in ambulance services.
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HSJ LocalSurgeons in safety row blame managers
Two Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust surgeons at the centre of a row about safety concerns have blamed the trust’s management for problems and called for an investigation.