News – Page 1379
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Wolverhampton City smashes QIPP target by 40 per cent
FINANCE: NHS Wolverhampton City exceeded its 2010-11 QIPP savings target by 40 per cent.
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Stoke on Trent makes less than a third of planned QIPP savings
FINANCE: NHS Stoke-on-Trent achieved just 30 per cent of its planned QIPP savings in 2010-11.
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Shrewsbury and Telford getting SHA support
PERFORMANCE: Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals Trust is being supported by NHS West Midlands having struggled to meet performance standards on a number of fronts.
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Worcestershire Acute chief executive to retire in July
WORKFORCE: John Rostill OBE, who leads Worcester Acute hospitals NHS Trust, announced he will be stepping down at the end of July.
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NewsMonitor duty to support integration of care
Monitor will be given a new duty to consider integration within the NHS and with social care, as part of the government’s changes to the Health Bill.
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NewsExclusive: GP commissioning consortia boards must contain a doctor and nurse
David Cameron has announced a radical reworking of the government’s NHS reform plans which will give hospital doctors and nurses mandated places on GP commissioning consortium boards.
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NewsPM pledge means no change on 18 week target
The Department of Health has confirmed that there will be no reintroduction of national performance management for the 18 week referral to treatment target, after prime minister David Cameron pledged to retain the limit.
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NewsHealth secretary sets sights on improved dementia care
Improving care for older people and support for those with dementia is a “personal priority” for the Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon, she has told a conference.
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NewsCameron to outline 'personal guarantees' on NHS
The prime minister will set out to reassure patients and healthcare professionals that the NHS remains safe in his hands by offering five personal “guarantees” at a keynote speech later today.
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NewsCentral reform principles are 'not controversial'
The principles at the centre of the proposed NHS reforms are not the cause of continued controversy and opposition.
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NewsNeurology care criticised by RCP
The standard of care for UK patients with conditions such as migraines, epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease is inadequate to support patient needs, according to a new report.
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Heart of England failing on handover times
PERFORMANCE: Heart of England Foundation Trust is failing to achieve 30 minute handovers in nearly half of cases.
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NHS Hastings and Rother achieves £4.6m surplus
FINANCE: The primary care trust has reported a surplus of £4.6m in 2010-11.
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Great Yarmouth and Waveney bids for SHA funds
FINANCE: The NHS in Great Yarmouth and Waveney’s bids to the regional health authority for funding have included a coordinated discharge and admissions team, according to board papers.
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Approval for Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent community provider delayed
STRUCTURE: The Department of Health has deferred the approval of a new organisation made up of the provider arms of NHS Stoke on Trent, NHS North Staffordshire, South Staffordshire PCT and adult social services from Staffordshire County Council.
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Royal Cornwall brings in mobile surgeries in bid to meet 18 week target
PERFORMANCE: The Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has introduced mobile surgeries to tackle spiralling waiting times.
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NHS Swindon turns down requests for cosmetic surgery
FINANCE: NHS Swindon’s individual funding request panel approved three out of 21 cases considered in the first three months of 2011.
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NHS Somerset sets out plans to hand over £500m budgets to consortium
STRUCTURE: NHS Somerset will transfer responsibility for a quarter of its budget to the local GP consortium by the end of the year.
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East Riding of Yorkshire plans to delegate to consortium from October
FINANCE: East Riding of Yorkshire PCT plans to delegate a budget of about £370m to a single commissioning consortium from October 2011.
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West London Mental Health Trust says 'disaster is not imminent' on suicide risk
PERFORMANCE: The trust rated the risk of an “inability to manage suicide risk on inpatient wards” as 16 out of a possible 25