South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1835
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Leader
Does the government really have a Plan B for NHS reform?
As the Health Bill staggers through the House of Lords and opposition grows to it in a daily basis, the question is reasonably asked whether the government has a Plan B.
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HSJ Local
NHSHMR advised to extend treatment centre contracts
COMMERCIAL: The primary care trust’s board was asked to approve contract extensions for two independent sector-run clinical assessment and treatment services (CATS).
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HSJ Local
Bury forecasts £8m overspend on secondary care
FINANCE: At the end of November the primary care trust was forecasting it would overspend its secondary care budget by £8m this year, its latest finance report shows.
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HSJ Local
Gloucestershire backs down over social enterprise plan
COMMERCIAL: A primary care trust has backed down on the second day of a judicial review hearing by agreeing to reconsider the future of its community services.
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News
Mergers pay boost for NHS interim managers
Interim managers working in the NHS saw their daily rates grow by 6 per cent last year despite other parts of the public sector seeing falls of up to 13 per cent, a new survey suggests.
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Comment
'There is inherent value in high quality outcomes data'
Patient outcomes can provide value no matter what the NHS looks like.
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HSJ Local
Psychological therapies put out to tender in Leicester
SERVICES: Psychological therapies for Leicester City residents are to be put out to tender, the PCT cluster heard.
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HSJ Local
Rise in staffing incidents in Leicester
PERFORMANCE: There has been a significant rise in the level of ‘staffing level’ incidents at University Hospitals Leicester Trust in the last two months of 2011.
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HSJ Local
All Northants and Milton Keynes' acutes miss A&E target
PERFORMANCE: All three acute trusts in the area covered by the NHS Northamptonshire and NHS Milton Keynes cluster are likely to miss the 95 per cent standard for A&E cases dealt with within four hours.
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HSJ Local
Kettering reports 30 pressure ulcers
PERFORMANCE: Kettering General Hospital has reported 30 grade three and four pressure ulcers since last April, the cluster board for Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes PCTs heard.
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HSJ Local
Six month project examines inappropriate admissions
SERVICES: The care home quality monitoring team has won funding for a six month pilot project to look at inappropriate admissions from care homes into acute hospitals
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HSJ Local
NHS Lincs' PBR expenditure £26m above plan
FINANCE: Spending on PBR-based acute care - which falls within the remit of CCGs - is expected to be £26m above plan by year end in Lincolnshire.
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HSJ Local
United Lincs' A&E performance slumps
PERFORMANCE: Many patients in Lincolnshire faced a long wait for A&E in December when performance at the United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust slumped to 90 per cent against the four hour standard.
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HSJ Local
Three Lincs CCGs to merge
STRUCTURE: Three CCGs in Lincolnshire are to merge to ensure their viability and improve their position for authorisation, the PCT was told.
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HSJ Local
Ambulatory care unit set up at Chesterfield
SERVICES: An ambulatory care unit has been set up at the Chesterfield Royal Hospital aimed at reducing the need to admit patients.
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HSJ Local
South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw to share commissioning service
STRUCTURE: CCGs in South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw will be covered by a single commissioning support organisation and will be able to select a range of volume of services to meet their individual needs, the cluster board was told.
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HSJ Local
£6.8m CCG contract overspend anticipated in Sheffield
FINANCE: CCG commissioning contracts are overspent by £4.9m at the end of November and could rise to £6.8m overspent by the end of the financial year.
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HSJ Local
CCG contracts overspent by £3.1m in Barnsley
FINANCE: Clinical commissioning group contracts in the Barnsley area are overspent by £3.1m at the end of month eight.
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HSJ Local
West Midlands plans £9m efficiencies
FINANCE: West Midlands Ambulance Service Trust is planning £9m in cost improvements in 2012-13 to enable it to make a £4m surplus.