News – Page 1177
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Royal Sussex County part of national trauma drive
STRUCTURE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust is to be part of a national trauma network, the Department of Health has announced.
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Virgin community services deal confirmed
COMMERCIAL: Virgin Care (formerly Assura Medical) has now signed a contract with NHS Surrey to deliver community services across much of the county from 2012 to 2017.
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Cluster turns down majority of individual funding requests
PEFORMANCE: Figures from the cluster showed 42 of 76 cases received between April 26 2011 and February 9 2012 were declined.
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Public health strong focus in North Central London's CQUINs
PERFORMANCE: The north central London cluster selected six local CQUINs for the providers in its patch including, “alcohol reduction” and smoking cessation.
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Camden and Islington's performance beats north London counterpart
PERFORMANCE: A performance report to the board of the North Central London cluster found the trust’s performance on inpatient length of stay and staff sickness were better than at Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust.
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Residential care spend for learning disabilities varies over borough boundaries
PERFORMANCE: Preliminary findings from a review showed that the residential care spend for people with learning disabilities was three times higher in Enfield and Haringey than the rest of the PCT cluster
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NHS Enfield hopes to save £1m with end of life care programme
PERFORMANCE: The north London PCT hopes to increase the number of people able to die at home and save money over three years with an awareness campaign and a “rapid response Palliative Care Community Support Service”.
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Lowest flu jab coverage in North for Greater Manchester West staff
WORKFORCE: There was a lower uptake of the seasonal flu vaccine among staff at the trust than in any other provider in the North of England this year.
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George Eliot Trust seeks to solve death rate problem
George Eliot Hospital trust has launched a plan to combat its “poor” mortality rate.
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Highest flu jab coverage in North for Royal Liverpool staff
WORKFORCE: There was a higher uptake of the seasonal flu vaccine among staff at the trust than in any other provider in the North of England.
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Five Arden CCGs merge into three
STRUCTURE: Coventry and Warwickshire’s five clinical commissioning groups have been merged into three after a strategic health authority risk assessment flagged concerns over the proposed configuration.
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Wiltshire cluster services to merge with Berkshire/Gloucestershire CSS
STRUCTURE: Talks are already under way to further expand the NHS commissioning support service already stretching from Berkshire to Gloucestershire.
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Oxford professor wins international prize
CLINICAL RESEARCH: Professor Fiona Powrie, of the University of Oxford and Oxford University Hospitals Trust, has been given an international prize for clinical research.
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Whittington Health faces a £19.8m disinvestment from its commissioners
FINANCE: The north London integrated care organisation faces a disinvestment under the North Central London cluster’s QIPP programme of £19.8m over the next three years.
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£1.3m overspend forecast for Eastern Cheshire clinical commissioners
FINANCE: Eastern Cheshire clinical commissioning group was forecasting a 2011-12 overspend of £1.3m at the end of December, its latest finance report shows.
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Commissioners plan £28.6m disinvestment from UCLH
FINANCE: The central London acute and specialist trust faces a disinvestment under the North Central London cluster’s QIPP programme of £28.6m over the next three years.
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Royal Free faces £25.6m disinvestment from cluster
FINANCE: The north London acute faces a disinvestment under the North Central London cluster’s QIPP programme of £25.6m over the next three years.
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North Middlesex Hospital faces cluster disinvestment of £20.6m over the next three years
FINANCE: The north London acute faces a disinvestment under the North Central London cluster’s QIPP programme of £20.6m over the next three years.
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Moorfields faces £1.7m disinvestment from cluster
FINANCE: The east London specialist trust faces a £1.7m disinvestment from the North Central London PCT cluster over the next three years.
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Great Ormond Street faces £3m disinvestment from cluster
FINANCE: The central London specialist trust faces a disinvestment under the QIPP programme of £3m over the next three years.