News – Page 1408
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Pressure ulcers spark serious incident reports at Oxford Radcliffe
PERFORMANCE: Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust reported 19 serious incidents requiring investigation (SIRIs) in the three months to December 2010.
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Homerton just shy of budget surplus target
FINANCE: Homerton hospital was predicting a £1.7m surplus in month ten, slightly behind plan, documents released to HSJ show.
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NHS Hampshire to consult on the future of cottage hospital
STRUCTURE: NHS Hampshire is to survey residents on the future of Odiham Cottage Hospital.
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PCT to fine acutes for failing to provide named consultant teams
FINANCE: NHS Brent and neighbour Harrow propose to charge their providers £20,000 for each month they fail to offer the choice of a named consultant led team, which was due to be introduced at the start of the month.
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News'Business review' to start for commissioning support
Commissioning support services being developed by primary care trust clusters are likely to undergo a national “business review”.
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NewsFears over offender services as duties transfer to PCTs
One of the largest providers of drug and alcohol services for offenders has expressed serious concerns about primary care trusts’ readiness to commission them.
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Transferred employees feel 'marooned'
Clinicians who transferred from the NHS to work in independent treatment centres feel “marooned” and worry about standards of care, according to research.
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NewsExclusive: hospital trust considers private franchise
The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital has become the third NHS trust to consider becoming privately managed after admitting it cannot achieve foundation status in the short term.
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NewsField emphasises focus on secondary legislation for NHS reform tweaks
The recommendations of the NHS Future Forum are likely to focus on secondary legislation and on the assurance process for consortia, rather than push for major changes to the Health and Social Care Bill, its chair has indicated to HSJ.
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NHS Redbridge appeals process grants most funding appeals in the cluster
PERFORMANCE: The north east London primary care trust approved 79 per cent of appeals to pay for a service or procedure outside of the cluster’s policy.
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NewsGP performance bonuses fail to improve public health
Performance-related pay for GP practices has failed to improve their prevention and health promotion work, according to research published today.
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NewsDH plugs public health and pharma gaps on review panel
The Department of Health has confirmed it is to appoint a public health expert and a pharmacist to plug holes in its reform review panel.
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NewsPublic NHS involvement suspended in Birmingham
Birmingham has been left without a fully functioning patient and public involvement network after its “two key decision making groups” were temporarily suspended.
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NewsCommunity service transfer delays revealed by Department of Health
A total of 29 community service transfers involving 35 primary care trusts have been delayed beyond the Department of Health’s 1 April deadline, the DH has admitted.
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NHS Buckinghamshire awards contract for £3.9m medical centre
COMMERCIAL: The primary care trust has awarded a contract to construction company Stepnell to design and build a £3.9m medical centre in Chesham.
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Northern Lincolnshire FT reconfigures community midwife service
STRUCTURE: A new system of post-natal care will be established in North East Lincolnshire from next month.
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Council throws hat in ring for Surrey community contract
COMMERCIAL: Surrey County Council has bid to take over the running of Surrey Community Health, according to primary care trust board papers.
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NHS Nottingham City calls on patients to join ‘citizen’s panel’
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust is seeking views from people in its area on how the local NHS could be developed and improved.
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Liverpool trust extends pilot health scheme for ex-offenders
STRUCTURE: A pilot scheme which helps ex-offenders to get health checks has been extended in Liverpool.
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Yorkshire chief named on 'listening exercise' review panel
WORKFORCE: NHS Yorkshire and Humber chief executive Bill McCarthy is one of a handful of managers, and the only strategic health authority chief executive, to be a appointed a member of the NHS Future Forum review panel.