News – Page 1334
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Sheffield moving to single clinical commissioning groups
STRUCTURE: GP practices within Sheffield primary care trust are planning to form a single clinical commissioning group, the PCT has said.
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Dudley Hospitals nearly halves pressure ulcers
PERFORMANCE: The Dudley Group has reported a 45 per cent reduction in the numbers of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers in the first quarter of 2011-12.
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Robert Jones and Agnes gains FT status
STRUCTURE: Robert Jones and Agnes Orthopaedic and District Hospital Trust has become the latest to gain foundation status.
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Warwickshire PCT pays council to develop reablement
FINANCE: NHS Warwickshire has proposed transferring more than £6m to Warwickshire County Council to develop reablement services.
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Winchester and Eastleigh trust spends £690,000 on maternity
STRUCTURE: Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust has announced it will spend £690,000 upgrading a birthing unit, as a wider review of maternity services in the local area takes place.
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Sherwood Forest raises 'significant' A&E challenge with Monitor
PERFORMANCE: Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust has told Monitor it may miss the new accident and emergency targets.
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NewsPatent warning for doctors over genetic tests
Increasing use of diagnostic genetic tests could put NHS doctors and managers in the firing line for infringing patents, it was claimed today.
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NewsLow manager numbers risk care homes' future
A “leaked” document showing a lack of managers in post has heightened concerns over the future of troubled care homes.
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NewsGPs gain opt-out over new primary care data service
Plans for a new primary care information system have been approved by the Department of Health, but HSJ has learned that GPs have secured the right to opt out of the scheme.
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£72m refurbishment gets go-ahead at East and North Herts
COMMERCIAL: East and North Hertfordshire Trust’s £72m hospital redevelopment has been given the go ahead by the health secretary.
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Hertfordshire overspend attributed to CCGs
FINANCE: NHS Hertfordshire has overspent by nearly £1.4m already this financial year, with much of the overspend attributed to one clinical commissioning group.
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NewsFewer tonsil operations are risking patient lives, hospitals warned
The NHS is putting patients at risk of serious illness by carrying out too few tonsil operations in a bid to save cash, an expert has said.
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NewsNHS trusts to take over community service assets
Acute and mental health trusts are to be given the chance to acquire billions of pounds worth of property assets used to provide community services, with final decisions due by the end of the year.
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NewsLansley announces 75 HealthWatch 'pathfinders'
Ministers reveal almost half of all upper-tier and unitary authorities will trial the new patient-involvement groups
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NewsNHS lags behind in social enterprise drive
Reality of opening up health services social enterprises not living up to government rhetoric, King’s Fund argues
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NewsPensions preferred to pay in public sector, survey shows
People employed in the public sector are more concerned about retaining their pension deals than avoiding salary cuts.
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NewsOffice supplies top procurement savings agenda for Whitehall
Whitehall departments are to pay the same price for office supplies in a bid to save taxpayers more than £18m annually.
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NewsDH rejects 'competition expansion' claim
The Department of Health has rejected claims that recently published guidance for commissioners includes a change in policy causing a “potential massive expansion in competition”.
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NewsNew money-saving medicines scheme a step closer
Patients with long term conditions will be offered a additional consultation with their pharmacist under a £100m plan to improve the effective use of medicines.
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NewsDH seeks better value from IT contracts
The Department of Health will not pull the plug on its contract with electronic care record supplier CSC, although trusts will gain more freedom over which IT systems they buy, HSJ has been told.