News – Page 1460
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NewsMinister 'cannot justify 999 times'
Welsh Assembly health minister Edwina Hart has said she “cannot justify” some of the problems with ambulance waiting times.
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University Hospitals of Leicester struggling on 18 weeks and stroke
PERFORMANCE: The 18 week referral to treatment target at University Hospitals of Leicester Trust is being impeded by the non availability of critical care beds or normal beds.
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North Lancs seeks to pass budget to three consortia
STRUCTURE: North Lancashire Teaching PCT is seeking to delegate its total funding allocation to three emerging commissioning consortia from April.
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NHS Somerset overspends on bariatric services
FINANCE: A £432,000 overspend by NHS Somerset at Taunton and Somerset FT is mainly down to the provision of bariatric services.
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Buckinghamshire Healthcare rejects PCT call to extend waiting times
PERFORMANCE: Buckinghamshire Healthcare has rejected the local PCTs request to extend waiting times for non-urgent patients.
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Heatherwood and Wexham FT blames PCT for over activity
FINANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals FT has attributed its over activity on Berkshire East PCT’s failure to manage demand and expressed concern at an “unacceptable” delay in payment.
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GPs vote on three consortia for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland
STRUCTURE: GP practices in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland have voted to establish three consortia in shadow form.
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NewsBill Moyes: competition can drive NHS innovation
The former executive chairman of Monitor Bill Moyes writes exclusively in HSJ today (17 February) about the opportunities facing the NHS following the government’s plans to reform the service.
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HSJ LocalQuality and finance problems evident in the East
There have been problems of late for acute providers in the East, with two of its foundation trusts in trouble with the Care Quality Commission and another being scrutinised by the strategic health authority.
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NewsDozens of hospitals at risk from PCT efficiencies
More than 50 trusts face being unable to cover the costs of entire inpatient departments, economic modelling by the Department of Health suggests.
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Cancer tsar offers risk sharing deal for Manchester cancer network
PERFORMANCE: Greater Manchester’s hospitals could share responsibility for meeting cancer hospital the Christie’s 62 day waiting target, under a deal proposed by the government’s cancer tsar.
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NewsClarity needed on Monitor accountability, MPs told
Monitor’s accountability as the proposed NHS economic regulator is unclear and its requirements to involve the public appear to be “minimal”, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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NewsFT governors calls for CQC quality assessment
The Foundation Trust Governors Association has called for the Care Quality Commission to assess the quality of governors.
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News'Challenged' acute trusts abandon independent FT status plans
More than half of the Department of Health’s seven financially “challenged” trusts appear to have abandoned plans to become foundation trusts.
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Trusts merger will create 'powerful and global brand'
STRUCTURE: Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre plan to use their proposed merger to create a “powerful, globally recognised brand”.
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NewsJoint surgery redesign could save trusts £664m
NHS Trusts can save £664m from the total they spend on joint surgery over the next 10 years, according to an exclusive analysis made available on hsj.co.uk.
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NewsYork PCT financial problems probed
A strategic health authority has launched an independent review into the finances of a cash-strapped primary care trust.
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Essex PCTs to tackle child safety together
STRUCTURE: Essex’s primary care trusts are expected to come together to form a county-wide clinical network for safeguarding children.
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Local government steps in to resolve PCT leadership
STRUCTURE: Local authority chief executives have been drafted in to help fill a leadership vacuum in the North West.
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News'Draconian' director scared staff at Mid Staffs
Union reps at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust have told of a culture where staff were too scared to speak out because of a “draconian” director of nursing.