News – Page 1287
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Specialist stroke services in Gloucestershire to be centralised
STRUCTURE: Specialist stroke services in Gloucestershire are to be centralised at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital from summer 2012.
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AWP rejects clinicians bid to set up a social enterprise
STRUCTURE: The Avon and Wiltshire Partnership Trust board has rejected a request from a group of clinicans to break away and establish a social enterprise in Bristol which could potentially become a competitor when services are put out to tender.
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EMAS challenges PTS procurement process
COMMERCIAL: East Midlands Ambulance Service has challenged the procurement process behind the award of contracts for patient transport services after it lost out on all of the contracts in the region.
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IT problems cause FT delay for Bath
STRUCTURE: Royal United Hospital Bath’s planned date for the submission of its foundation trust application to the DH has been delayed.
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Commissioners 'very disappointed' as reconfiguration abandoned
STRUCTURE: Vascular services in the south of Hampshire are to remain unchanged after a planned reconfiguration was halted.
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Bucks healthcare reviews FT application
STRUCTURE: Buckinghamshire Healthcare is “reconsidering” its timetable for becoming a foundation trust due to “financial pressures”.
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Oxfordshire and Bucks CSS told to address 'footprint' issue
STRUCTURE: The commissioning support service being set up in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire could merge with neighbouring bodies after its first assessment by NHS South of England.
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Buckinghamshire CCGs mull merger
STRUCTURE: Two Buckinghamshire clinical commissioning groups are consulting on whether to merge.
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12-13 target for FT status for West Midlands Ambulance Service
STRUCTURE: West Midlands Ambulance Service is hoping for approval as a foundation trust during 2012-13.
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Improved bereaved centre at Leicester Royal
SERVICES: Relatives of patients who have died at Leicester Royal Infirmary are to benefit from an improved bereavement centre which was opened this week (9th)
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A&E performance falls at Princess Alexandra
PERFORMANCE: Performance against the four hour A&E standard feel to 86.9 per cent in December at the Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust.
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NHS 111 roll out threatened after DH technical demand
PERFORMANCE: The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire primary care trust cluster has said delivery of its NHS 111 service could slip – with unknown time and cost implications – because of a new technical specification from the Department of Health.
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NewsPM backing for NHS reform has 'drifted'
The prime minister and other senior ministers have been criticised for backing away from public sector reforms amid heavy political pressure.
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NewsConservative ministers 'ring alarm bell' over NHS reforms
Conservative Cabinet ministers have “rung the alarm bell” about the government’s NHS reforms with one comparing it to the poll tax, it was claimed today.
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NewsCalls to reduce 1.6m unnecessary prescriptions
Unnecessary prescriptions for antibiotics could be slashed by 1.6 million a year and save the NHS vital funds, researchers have said.
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NewsUnite warns of further strike action over pensions
The health union Unite has warned of a “real prospect of strike action” if its members reject the government’s revised pension offer.
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London FT to replace private patients' PIP implants free of charge
Patients treated privately with PIP breast implants at a London foundation trust will have them removed and replaced free of charge if necessary, it has been confirmed.
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NHSHMR advised to extend treatment centre contracts
COMMERCIAL: The primary care trust’s board was asked to approve contract extensions for two independent sector-run clinical assessment and treatment services (CATS).
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Bury forecasts £8m overspend on secondary care
FINANCE: At the end of November the primary care trust was forecasting it would overspend its secondary care budget by £8m this year, its latest finance report shows.
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Gloucestershire backs down over social enterprise plan
COMMERCIAL: A primary care trust has backed down on the second day of a judicial review hearing by agreeing to reconsider the future of its community services.