News – Page 1423
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Trafford aims to identify preferred takeover bid by July
STRUCTURE: Trafford Healthcare is due to publish a prospectus this month in its bid to be absorbed by a foundation trust.
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Mid Essex cost reductions come from consultancy spend
FINANCE: Mid Essex PCT has delivered management cost savings mainly through reducing the use of external consultants, with some savings coming from voluntary redundancies.
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North Cumbria opts for 'accelerated' process to select merger partner
STRUCTURE: The trust aims to have found a foundation trust to take it over by October this year, and to dissolve by October 2012, latest board papers show.
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Barnet PCT completes community services transfer
STRUCTURE: NHS Barnet’s community services has transferred out of the primary care trust into the Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (CLCH).
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Oxford and Bucks gets new name
STRUCTURE: Oxford and Buckinghamshire Mental Health Foundation Trust has changed its name.
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Mid Essex PCT heading for £3m surplus
FINANCE: Mid Essex PCT is forecasting a surplus for the 2010-11 financial year of £3m, which is £2m better than the plan.
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Concerns raised about risk management group at NHS South West Essex
STRUCTURE: Concerns have been expressed over a poorly attended risk managment group at South West Essex PCT.
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NewsReforms forcing managers to choose between job and prison, Information Commissioner warns
Data security in the NHS is being put at risk because managers are focusing on financial issues and structural reforms, the Information Commissioner has warned.
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NewsDon't jump to conclusions on health bill changes, government source warns
A senior government figure has told HSJ that Monitor’s duty to promote competition and the accountability of GP consortia are being scrutinised in discussions over bill amendments.
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NewsHealth workers step up cuts fight
Unions and campaign groups will step up protests today against the government’s controversial reforms of the NHS, warning they were costing jobs and damaging services.
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NewsNHS productivity increases by 0.7 per cent
NHS productivity has crept up slightly after more than a decade of overall decline, figures suggest.
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News£90m mental health unit approved
A new £90m mental health unit in South Wales has moved a step closer after Welsh assembly minister Edwina Hart gave her blessing to the scheme.
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NewsExclusive: government rebrands NHS reforms
The government is to embark on a major rebrand of its NHS reforms, HSJ can reveal.
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Croydon Healthcare Services Trust busts bed occupancy target
PERFORMANCE: Croydon Healthcare Services Trust is over its bed occupancy target for the entire year to date.
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Southampton shocked at potential loss of children's heart surgery
STRUCTURE: Management at Southampton University Hospitals were shocked to find they were at risk of being stopped from carrying out paediatric cardiac surgery in England despite excellent clinical ratings, according to board papers.
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NHS Hillingdon to miss surplus target
FINANCE: NHS Hillingdon is £4.9m behind its financial plan for 2010-11, reporting a deficit of £1.2m in February.
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East London FT third highest reporter of incidents
PERFORMANCE: The FT has become the third highest reporter of incidents among the capital’s mental health trusts
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St Helens and Knowsley has £4.2m hole in savings plan despite calling in PwC
FINANCE: The trust still does not know where £4.2m of the savings it needs to make next year will come from, despite hiring PricewaterhouseCoopers to “review cost reduction and productivity opportunities for 2011-12”.
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Imperial faces 15 per cent CIP target
FINANCE: Imperial has said its Cost Improvement Programme target for 2011-12 will be 15 per cent of controllable costs.
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Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust aims for £4m surplus in 2011-12
FINANCE: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust is aiming to make savings of £19m during the coming financial year in order to achieve a surplus of £4.4m.