http://www.hsj.co.uk http://www.hsj.co.uk http://www.hsj.co.uk/magazine/graphics/logo.png http://www.hsj.co.uk http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/north-cumbria-university-hospitals-nhs-trust/new-ae-to-open-at-cumberland-infirmary/5058281.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/north-cumbria-university-hospitals-nhs-trust/new-ae-to-open-at-cumberland-infirmary/5058281.article STRUCTURE: A new Emergency Surgical Assessment Unit will open at the Cumberland Infirmary, part of North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust. Fri, 3 May 2013 14:20 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/north-cumbria-university-hospitals-nhs-trust/crane-hits-hospital-wall-on-west-cumberland-redevelopment-site/5058194.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/north-cumbria-university-hospitals-nhs-trust/crane-hits-hospital-wall-on-west-cumberland-redevelopment-site/5058194.article STRUCTURE: Developers have ceased work on the redevelopment of West Cumberland Hospital, North Cumbria, after a crane hit a hospital wall smashing a window. Thu, 2 May 2013 10:01 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/north-cumbria-university-hospitals-nhs-trust/north-cumbria-leans-on-strategic-support-to-show-surplus/5057644.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/north-cumbria-university-hospitals-nhs-trust/north-cumbria-leans-on-strategic-support-to-show-surplus/5057644.article FINANCE: North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust was reporting a small surplus of £198,000 a month before the end of 2012-13, its latest finance report shows. However, in order to record a surplus the trust needed to include a disproportionately large chunk of the strategic support it had received for the year in its income and expenditure statement. Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:46 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/north-cumbria-university-hospitals-nhs-trust/cumberland-infirmary-gets-prosthetic-care-funding-boost/5056913.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/north-cumbria-university-hospitals-nhs-trust/cumberland-infirmary-gets-prosthetic-care-funding-boost/5056913.article SERVICE DESIGN: Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle has won part of the Government’s £11m funding boost to improve NHS prosthetic care for war veterans. Tue, 2 Apr 2013 17:45 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/north-cumbria-university-hospitals-nhs-trust/north-cumbria-and-northumbria-decide-takeover-date/5056833.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/north-cumbria-university-hospitals-nhs-trust/north-cumbria-and-northumbria-decide-takeover-date/5056833.article STRUCTURE: Hospitals in North Cumbria are set to be run by Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust from October 1. Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:11 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/north-cumbria-university-hospitals-nhs-trust/north-cumbria-cuts-surplus-forecast-by-80-per-cent/5055558.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/north-cumbria-university-hospitals-nhs-trust/north-cumbria-cuts-surplus-forecast-by-80-per-cent/5055558.article FINANCE: The trust has cut its forecast surplus from £1m down to just £200,000 despite receiving more than £20m in “strategic support funding” for the year. Mon, 4 Mar 2013 14:39 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/university-hospitals-of-morecambe-bay-nhs-foundation-trust/morecambe-bay-mulls-judicial-review-bid-over-vascular-row/5053746.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/university-hospitals-of-morecambe-bay-nhs-foundation-trust/morecambe-bay-mulls-judicial-review-bid-over-vascular-row/5053746.article STRUCTURE: University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has warned it may seek judicial review of a decision to transfer its inpatient vascular services to a neighbouring trust. Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:51 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/north-cumbria-university-hospitals-nhs-trust/merger-delay-means-north-cumbria-will-need-fresh-loans-trust-reports/5052999.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/north-cumbria-university-hospitals-nhs-trust/merger-delay-means-north-cumbria-will-need-fresh-loans-trust-reports/5052999.article FINANCE: Delays to the trust’s planned takeover by Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust mean North Cumbria will need to apply for further strategic health authority loans, its latest finance report states. Mon, 17 Dec 2012 14:22 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/north-cumbria-university-hospitals-nhs-trust/north-cumbria-launches-recruitment-drive-after-agency-costs-spike/5051009.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/north-cumbria-university-hospitals-nhs-trust/north-cumbria-launches-recruitment-drive-after-agency-costs-spike/5051009.article WORKFORCE: North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust has launched a recruitment drive after seeing its bill for agency staff go up by 57 per cent in the first half of 2012-13 compared with the same period last year. Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:30 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/north-cumbria-university-hospitals-nhs-trust/north-cumbria-records-savings-of-36m-to-end-of-august/5050642.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/north-cumbria-university-hospitals-nhs-trust/north-cumbria-records-savings-of-36m-to-end-of-august/5050642.article FINANCE: The trust delivered savings of £3.6m in the months to the end of August, against a target for the full year 2012-13 of £16.9m, latest board papers state. Fri, 12 Oct 2012 18:43 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/vascular-controversy-spreads-to-lancashire/5049543.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/vascular-controversy-spreads-to-lancashire/5049543.article Discontent over the Cheshire and Merseyside vascular reconfiguration has spread across the North West crispin.dowler@emap.com (Crispin Dowler) Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:49 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/local-briefing/analysed-north-wests-vascular-controversy-spreads-to-lancashire-and-cumbria/5049536.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/local-briefing/analysed-north-wests-vascular-controversy-spreads-to-lancashire-and-cumbria/5049536.article Discontent over the Cheshire and Merseyside vascular reconfiguration has spread across the North West crispin.dowler@emap.com (Crispin Dowler) Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:22 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/north-cumbria-university-hospitals-nhs-trust/north-cumbria-takeover-deadline-pushed-back-to-2013-14/5049240.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/north-cumbria-university-hospitals-nhs-trust/north-cumbria-takeover-deadline-pushed-back-to-2013-14/5049240.article STRUCTURE: The deadline for Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust’s planned acquisition of North Cumbria University Hospital has been pushed back by four months, into the next financial year. Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:05 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/north-cumbria-university-hospitals-nhs-trust/neil-goodwin-steps-down-as-north-cumbria-interim-chief-executive/5048943.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/north-cumbria-university-hospitals-nhs-trust/neil-goodwin-steps-down-as-north-cumbria-interim-chief-executive/5048943.article WORKFORCE: Neil Goodwin has stepped down as interim chief executive of North Cumbria University Hospitals ahead of the planned arrival of a replacement from neighbouring Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust. Wed, 5 Sep 2012 16:20 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/north-cumbria-university-hospitals-nhs-trust/treasury-approves-72m-funding-for-north-cumbria-hospital-rebuild/5047772.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/north-cumbria-university-hospitals-nhs-trust/treasury-approves-72m-funding-for-north-cumbria-hospital-rebuild/5047772.article FINANCE: The Treasury has approved capital funding of £71.6m to allow the trust to redevelop its West Cumberland Hospital, North Cumbria University Hospitals reported yesterday. Tue, 31 Jul 2012 18:33 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/north-cumbria-university-hospitals-nhs-trust/north-cumbria-midwives-warn-staffing-changes-could-harm-care/5047530.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/north-cumbria-university-hospitals-nhs-trust/north-cumbria-midwives-warn-staffing-changes-could-harm-care/5047530.article WORKFORCE: Proposed changes to maternity staffing at North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust could harm patient care and prompt an exodus of skilled midwives, unions have warned. Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:47 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/north-cumbria-university-hospitals-nhs-trust/ccp-begins-review-of-northumbria-north-cumbria-merger/5047113.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/north-cumbria-university-hospitals-nhs-trust/ccp-begins-review-of-northumbria-north-cumbria-merger/5047113.article STRUCTURE: The NHS Cooperation and Competition Panel has begun its investigation of the proposed takeover of the trust by Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust. Fri, 13 Jul 2012 18:13 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/north-cumbria-university-hospitals-nhs-trust/ncuh-reports-60000-surplus-for-first-two-months-of-2012-13/5046904.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/north-cumbria-university-hospitals-nhs-trust/ncuh-reports-60000-surplus-for-first-two-months-of-2012-13/5046904.article FINANCE: The trust reported a surplus of £60,000 for the first two months of 2012-13, but noted that this included “strategic support funding” of £4.1m. Tue, 10 Jul 2012 18:25 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/pcts/cumbria-teaching-pct/cumbria-misses-rtt-waiting-target-for-q1-2012-13/5046589.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/pcts/cumbria-teaching-pct/cumbria-misses-rtt-waiting-target-for-q1-2012-13/5046589.article PERFORMANCE: Cumbria will not meet national referral to treatment waiting times standards for the first three months of 2012-13, due to a “backlog of patients waiting over 18 weeks”, its latest performance report states. Fri, 29 Jun 2012 17:58 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/north-cumbria-university-hospitals-nhs-trust/north-cumbria-anticipates-10m-income-reduction-for-2012-13/5046297.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/north-cumbria-university-hospitals-nhs-trust/north-cumbria-anticipates-10m-income-reduction-for-2012-13/5046297.article FINANCE: The trust anticipates a reduction in its income of around £10m in 2012-13, its newly published financial plan for the year shows. Mon, 25 Jun 2012 15:36 GMT