All Primary care articles – Page 136
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Pharmacists ordering scripts without patient consent in Oldham
PERFORMANCE: The primary care trust has discovered that some pharmacies on its patch have been ordering repeat prescriptions on behalf of patients without their informed consent.
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Barnsley FT giving consortium 'breathing space'
STRUCTURE: Barnsley Hospital Foundation Trust is not interacting heavily with local emerging commissioners, and is respecting their wish to be given “breathing space” rather than heavy interaction.
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NewsFirst ambulance trusts achieve FT status
South East Coast and South West ambulance services have become the first ambulance trusts to achieve foundation status.
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Brighton health charities receives government funding to keep going
FINANCE: Three health and social care charities in Brighton and Hove will receive a share of the £3.6m financial assistance fund set up to support charities by the Department of Health.
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NewsCancer gap with Europe 'not closed', report finds
The gap in cancer survival rates between England and the best-performing European countries has not closed, more than a decade after the last government launched its NHS Cancer Plan, a parliamentary report has said.
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Bournemouth and Poole to lose chief exec in clustering arrangements
WORKFORCE: NHS Bournemouth and Poole’s acting chief executive has announced she will stand down at the end of March.
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Royal Cornwall ordered to offer gynae patients alternative provider
PERFORMANCE: Five patients have invoked their rights under the NHS Constitution and requested treatment at an alternative provider after a breach of the 18 week referral-to-treatment target at Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust.
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More than 100 same sex breaches at Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust
PERFORMANCE: There were 128 breaches of rules banning mixed sex accommodation at Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust in January.
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Cornwall PCT engages with public on NHS reform
STRUCTURE: NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly have organised a series of 11 public meetings to discuss the effect of NHS reform on local service configuration.
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Winter knocks Royal Devon & Exeter FT off course on diagnostics target
PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust is agreeing a revised trajectory for the six week diagnostic test with its primary care trust, NHS Devon.
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North Devon Healthcare Trust breaches waiting target for urodynamics
PERFORMANCE: North Devon Healthcare Trust saw more breaches of the six week diagnostic test target in December than in the previous seven months combined.
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Northern Devon Healthcare Trust on course for FT status
STRUCTURE: Northern Devon Healthcare Trust is on course to submit an application for foundation trust status to Monitor on 1 May 2012.
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NHS City & Hackney among capital's most successful in reducing GP referrals
PERFORMANCE: Against a regional picture of dramatically increasing GP referrals this year, the east London primary care trust has seen a reduction of 2.3 per cent.
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'Historic' three way cluster announced for Devon
STRUCTURE: NHS Devon is to join with two neighbouring primary care trusts to form a cluster covering the whole of “historic Devon”.
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Staff remain at risk at NHS Islington and its PCT 'cluster'
WORKFORCE: The five-PCT cluster identified 594 at-risk posts at the start of the management cost reduction programme and 105 people have now accepted voluntary redundancy.
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NHS Brent's chief executive to move on
WORKFORCE: Mark Easton is set to leave his role leading NHS Brent and neighbouring Harrow to take up a role leading Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals Trust.
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Care reviewed across Coventry and Rugby
PERFORMANCE: A review of care in Coventry and Rugby has praised the area’s trusts but identified concerns over mental health support and falls services.
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NewsAlcohol and drug care 'saves money'
Every pound spent on helping teenagers cope with drug and alcohol problems saves the taxpayer up to £8 over a lifetime, economists have said.
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NHS Warrington chief plans power handover to GPs
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust’s chief executive has unveiled plans to hand responsibility for commissioning secondary and community health care services to an emergent GP consortium.
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Torbay Care Trust commissioning staff to transfer to NHS Devon
WORKFORCE: Commissioning staff from Torbay Care Trust will be transferred to NHS Devon until the NHS Commissioning board is in place and GPs take over local commissioning.