All UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST articles – Page 18
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UCLH busts target on MRSA cases
PERFORMANCE: University College Hospitals Foundation Trust has exceeded its MRSA target for 2010-11, but regulator Monitor has chosen not to take action over the issue.
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NHS London hand-out gives Haringey chance of breakeven
FINANCE: Haringey Teaching Primary Care Trust was allocated £28m from the NHS London Challenged Trust Board to cover a forecast out-turn deficit of £28.2m.
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IT failure at UCLH closed A&E unit and led to surgery cancellation
PERFORMANCE: University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust had to cancel operations and close an accident and emergency department to blue light traffic as a result of an IT failure.
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Excess bed days at Barts exceed 50 days in some cases
PERFORMANCE: The sector acute commissioning unit has found patients with more than 50 excess bed days at trust
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Barnet and Chase Farm 'concerned' over cardiovascular reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: The trust responded to a consultation on plans for cardviovascular reconfiguration in London, saying it had “little confidence in the ability of a centralised project to produce a responsive service”.
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NHS Enfield predicting £11.2m deficit for year-end
FINANCE: The north east London primary care trust reported managing to hold its deficit to £10.6m in December, the same as October and November.
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Patient choice sees UCLH bust target for maternity work
PERFORMANCE: Patients choosing to have their post and antenatal care and delivery at University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust and the high Market Forces Factor at the trust have seen it over-perform against target for one primary care trust.
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NewsTrusts battle for right to absorb smaller non-FTs
Two London hospital trusts, one of which is struggling with a large private finance initiative, are competing to swallow up two smaller trusts.
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NewsChiefs urge further talks as unions reject pay deal
Trusts are hoping to continue talks on a proposal to freeze pay increments and offer greater job security for staff despite it being dismissed by the main health unions involved.
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NewsPCT restricts doctors from making 'expensive, non-urgent referrals' to London providers
A primary care trust has told clinicians it must approve any referrals to London trusts because of the extra expense involved.
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NewsLatest Dr Foster guide reveals hospital trusts with high death rates
Death rates at 19 hospital trusts in England were alarmingly high last year, according to the latest Dr Foster Hospital Guide.
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NewsOlympics corporate sponsorship a 'challenge' to public health
The line-up of likely fast food and alcohol sponsors to the London 2012 Olympic Games represents a public health “challenge”, the NHS lead for the event has said.
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NewsInfant deaths prompt deep clean at UCH
A leading hospital has said it had stepped up cleaning and taken other measures after four premature babies were found to be infected with a an infection resistant to common antibiotics.
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NewsUCLH says acute care centralisation is better
London’s controversial centralisation programme is delivering lifesaving benefits to patients, according to one of England’s largest foundation trusts.
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NewsRisk linked to surgery volume
Mortality rates can be up to three times higher for a common operations at smaller, low volume acute trusts than at their larger neighbours in the same region, research published by NHS London suggests.
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NewsCameron's bonus cap exempts many NHS managers on top salaries
David Cameron’s move to restrict the salaries of senior NHS managers will not affect the best paid but could encourage trusts to outsource cheaper labour, HSJ has been told.
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NewsUCLH plan to rescue Barts from PFI crisis
Senior managers in London are cooking up an ambitious plan to rescue Barts and the Royal London Trust from its unaffordable £1bn private finance initiative deal.
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NewsNHS trust pioneers land purchase
An acute trust is set to become the first in the country to use compulsory purchase powers to acquire land.
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NewsSenior pay: gap narrows in FT board level salary advantage
Board directors at foundation trusts are still leading the “NHS pay league” but the rest of the service is catching up, latest figures have revealed.
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HSJ KnowledgeBehavioural training: there's a new show in town
High-tech training at a leading foundation trust is giving staff enhanced skills to cope with stress. Helen Mooney reports