South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1892
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HSJ Local
Wirral University Teaching Hospital breaching 18-week target
PERFORMANCE: The 18 week referral to treatment target is continuing to be breached in the Cheshire, Warrington and Wirral PCT cluster with particular problems at the Wirral University Teaching Hospital Trust.
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HSJ Local
Surplus of £9m forecast by Cheshire, Warrington and Wirral cluster
FINANCE: The Cheshire, Warrington and Wirral PCT cluster is forecasting a surplus of £9m for the year with QIPP savings on target at £24m in the first five months of the year, the board heard.
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East Cheshire CCG awards non-obstetric ultrasound tender
FINANCE: The East Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group has completed a tender process for direct access non-obstetric ultrasound, Cheshire, Warrington and Wirral cluster board heard.
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Trust to start VTE league table of consultants
PERFORMANCE: Epsom and St Helier Hospitals Trust has written to each of its consultants that did not achieve the national VTE risk assessment target as it works to drag its total towards the target.
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Epsom and St Helier sets lower deficit target after receiving bailout
FINANCE: The London-Surrey borders acute trust is now aiming for a year-end deficit of £14.3m, after its commissioners stepped in with £5m.
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St Helier to be assessed as trauma unit in February
STRUCTURE: The future of St Helier Hospital’s trauma unit is to be assessed in February of next year, according to board papers.
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News
United Lincs spent £120,000 on legal fees in chief exec case
A trust spent £120,000 on legal fees in the run up to an employment tribunal hearing with its former chief executive - only to agree an “amicable resolution”.
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Warning over status of nurses involved in NHS commissioning
Nurses involved in emerging clinical commissioning groups are being given little time and support and are being paid less than GP peers, according to an authoritative report published today.
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Hakin: pace of CCG development next year will 'be dramatic'
The Department of Health commissioning lead has warned that there will be a rapid step change in pace to establish clinical commissioning groups, equivalent to a “very big train coming down the track”.
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Comment
Could a public cycle network cut down inner city obesity?
This year’s Faculty of Public Health award for innovation went to an idea for cycle networks that mirror public transport routes. With obesity already costing the NHS £4.2bn annually, this radical idea could be a valuable long-term investment. Geraint Lewis explains.
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News
Private sector could take £2bn slice of community services
The private sector could secure a fifth of the annual £8.5bn market for NHS community services by 2016, analysts have predicted.
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NHS wages and national conditions may be under new threat
NHS employees can expect a prolonged wage squeeze and a possible end to national NHS terms and conditions, the government has signalled.
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Hospitals plan strike contingency
NHS trusts across the country have written to patients informing them not to visit as thousands of operations and appointments are cancelled due to industrial action over pensions.
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News
Escalating staff tensions feared as Osborne squeezes pay
George Osborne’s clampdown on pay on the eve of today’s (Wednesday 30 November) national public sector strike comes as managers are fearful of worsening staff tensions.
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GPs claim CCGs are being 'bullied and coerced' by PCTs
A survey of doctors involved in emerging clinical commissioning groups has found 60 per cent report “being coerced or bullied” in how they set up the organisation, according to a new survey.
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HSJ Local
Imperial hits A&E target
PERFORMANCE: The west London acute exceeded the 95 per cent four-hour accident and emergency target, hitting 98.2 per cent.
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HSJ Local
Ridgeway partnership has lowest financial risk rating
FINANCE: The Ridgeway Partnership reported a year to date deficit before adjustment of £858,000 at the end of October, £1.1m worse than planned.
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NHS South West exceeds planned surplus
FINANCE: NHS South West delivered a surplus for NHS organisations in the region £10m higher than planned.
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IT launch delayed at Oxford trust
PERFORMANCE: The implementation of the Cerner Millennium electronic patient record system at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust has been delayed.
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New chief executive for Chesterfield Royal
WORKFORCE: Gavin Boyle is to take up the top post at the East Midlands trust in March.