News – Page 1372
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NewsTrusts face readmissions penalties totalling £600m
Trusts stand to lose an average of 3 per cent of tariff income as a result of penalties for emergency readmissions, analysis gathered exclusively for HSJ reveals.
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NewsOlder women less likely to have breast cancer surgery
Older women are less likely to have breast cancer surgery than those who are younger, research suggests.
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NewsAlan Milburn hits out at NHS reform 'car crash'
Former health secretary Alan Milburn has branded the coalition’s watered down NHS reforms the “biggest car crash” in the service’s history.
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NewsLower qualified pathology workforce ‘could make 25 per cent savings’
The government’s pathology tsar has said the discipline could save 15-25 per cent of its costs by reducing the proportion of highly qualified staff it uses to perform junior tasks.
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NewsRare cancer drugs budget underspent by nearly half
Only 56 per cent of the money allocated for cancer drugs normally unavailable on the NHS was spent in the first six months of a high profile fund, a report has found.
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NewsPFI rethink stalls hospital building plans
Plans to build a number of new hospitals have stalled as trusts await a ministerial decision on whether the government will underwrite private finance initiative deals.
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Commissioners to investigate 'disproportionate' activity rise
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners in west London ordered a report into short stay emergency admissions at their main hospital after becoming suspicious about an activity rise in the run-up to the trust’s Monitor application.
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Acute trust announces its potential merger partners
STRUCTURE: Epsom and St Helier University Hospital Trust on the Surrey/London border has announced Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals Foundation Trust and the Royal Surrey County Hospital FT are interested in merging with Epsom Hospital, with St George’s Healthcare Trust interested in St Helier Hospital.
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NewsConsortia rebrand required to 'clearly link' with locality
The creative names chosen by many shadow commissioning consortia – now rebranded clinical commissioning groups – are to disappear under the amendments to the Health Bill.
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NHS Buckinghamshire chair to continue in post
WORKFORCE: NHS Buckinghamshire has confirmed that Stewart George has been invited to serve a further term as its chair.
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Chair steps down at Milton Keynes
WORKFORCE: The chair of Milton Keynes primary care trust has stepped down after more than eight years in the role.
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Nursing director to become interim chief exec at Trafford Healthcare
WORKFORCE: Morag Olsen has been appointed acting chief executive of Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust.
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Ealing is second biggest overperformer in NW London
FINANCE: NHS Ealing is the second biggest overperformer in the north west London primary care trust cluster
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North Middlesex University Hospital sees reduced sickness absence
WORKFORCE: The north London trust saw its sickness absence rate fall to 3.61 per cent in May, lower than the Audity Commission’s average of 4.4 per cent.
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Royal Bournemouth breaching mixed sex accomodation rules
PERFORMANCE: The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals Foundation Trust reported six breaches of of the mixed sex accommodation rules during April.
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Complaints against GPs and Dentists in Dorset almost double
PERFORMANCE: The number of complaints made to dentist and GP practices increased by 43 per cent in the NHS Dorset area during 2010-11.
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RDaSH improves staff survey results
WORKFORCE: Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust has improved its staff survey results.
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NewsFears raised over two-tier commissioning system
The Department of Health must set target dates for handing budgets to local commissioning groups or an unworkable two-tier system will emerge, senior figures have told HSJ.
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NewsMajor power to be focused at centre
Major powers and oversight will now sit with the health secretary, the NHS Commissioning Board and its local arms, under changes to the Health Bill set out by the government this week.
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Leicestershire Partnership appoints temporary chief exec
WORKFORCE: John Short has been appointed as chief executive of the Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust for 12 months from 1 July 2011.