All South Central articles – Page 33
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NHS Direct awarded Buckinghamshire 111 contract
COMMERCIAL: NHS Direct has been named as the successful bidder for NHS 111 services in Buckinghamshire.
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NHS 111 leads to drop in out of hours activity
PERFORMANCE: Out of hours activity has fallen 8.5 per cent in Oxfordshire since the NHS 111 service was launched.
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Royal Berkshire risk rating belies deficit
FINANCE: The Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust has a reported financial risk rating of three, despite capital overspends, a revenue deficit and a shortfall in cost savings.
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Berkshire responds to persistent delayed transfer issue
PERFORMANCE West Berkshire health and social care bodies have begun weekly meetings in west Berkshire in response to the area’s persistently high delayed transfers of care rate.
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Berkshire system hopes to relieve acute pressure with 50 community beds
STRUCTURE: The Royal Berkshire Hospitals Foundation Trust is working with commissioners to establish 50 new community beds, in a bid to deal with rising demand for services.
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Royal Berkshire blames complaints on Cerner
PERFORMANCE: The Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust’s nursing director has suggested that a high level of complaints about staff is in part down to the implementation of the Cerner Millennium electronic patient record system.
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Southampton doctors trial new flu vaccine
CLINICAL RESEARCH: Doctors based in Southampton are trialing a new “four-part” vaccine which they hope will offer children much greater protection against flu viruses.
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Oxford trust hits overall waiting time standard
PERFORMANCE: Oxford University Hospitals Trust hit its trust-wide referral to treatment standard, although neurosurgery, ear nose and throat and general surgery under-performed.
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Rising bed occupancy causes £2.3m savings risk at Oxford trust
WORKFORCE: Staff costs due to a “high levels of bed occupancy” at Oxford University Hospitals Trust could lead to a £2.3m shortfall in the organisation’s savings target.
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Oxford trust's commissioning income £7.6m over plan
FINANCE: Oxford University Hospitals Trust described its financial position as “broadly on plan”, despite commissioning income being £7.6m more than expected.
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Chipping Norton maternity unit closed over 'working practices' concerns
PERFORMANCE Oxford University Hospitals Trust has suspended births at its Cotswold Maternity Unit in Chipping Norton amid concerns about “working practices” at the unit.
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Oxford trust opens £13m acute vascular imaging centre
STRUCTURE: Oxford University Hospitals Trust has opened an acute vascular imaging centre worth £13m.
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Oxford trust plans two new operating theatres
STRUCTURE: Oxford University Hospitals Trust is planning to open two operating theatres on its Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre site.
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Heatherwood and Wexham park FT risks £600,000 contingency gap
FINANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust risks a £600,000 gap between the size of its contingency fund and all possible cost pressures.
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Demand not falling, warns Heatherwood and Wexham Park
PERFORMANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust has warned that waiting lists will rise unless commissioners continue to invest more in its services, as demand is not falling.
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Southampton FT plans £70m children's hospital
STRUCTURE: Plans for a new £70m children’s hospital have been revealed by University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust.
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Southampton consultant wins prize for flu vaccine research
RESEARCH: A consultant at Southampton General Hospital has been honoured following the publication of a paper on a universal vaccine for influenza.
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Dermatology QIPP slips back five months
STRUCTURE: A plan to redesign dermatology services in Buckinghamshire has been delayed by up to five months due to consultation on a proposed service change and contract negotiations.
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Oxfordshire CCG forecast to fall £1m short on QIPP
FINANCE: The Oxfordshire clinical commissioning group element of the county’s efficiency plan is forecast to under-deliver by more than £1m this year.
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Buckinghamshire CCGs overspend by £1.3m on elective care
FINANCE: Buckinghamshire’s clinical commissioning groups have reported an overspend on planned care of £1.3m in the year to date.