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Milton Keynes CCG reviews QIPP plans
FINANCE: A review of QIPP schemes for Milton Keynes CCG has identified a potential for £13.3m worth of savings.
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New dying guide launched by CCGs
Three Leicestershire clinical commissioning groups have launched a new guide tackling the issue of care and treatment towards the end of a patient’s life.
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Northamptonshire Healthcare joins DH funded Stonewall group
PERFORMANCE: Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust has become part of Stonewall’s Health Champions programme, receiving free advice and expertise on health services from the gay equality charity.
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Leicestershire Partnership appoints acting chief exec
STRUCTURE: Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust has appointed a new acting chief executive.
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Interim chief executive for Northamptonshire Healthcare
STRUCTURE: Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has appointed Angela Hillery as interim chief executive.
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CQC issues warning notice to Kettering General Trust
PERFORMANCE: Kettering General Hospital Foundation Trust has been issued with an warning notice by the Care Quality Commission after inspectors identified a series of failings.
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New mental health research unit at Lincolnshire Partnership
RESEARCH: A new clinical mental health research unit has been opened at Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
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New chief nurse at Leicestershire Partnership Trust
WORKFORCE: Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust has appointed Adrian Childs as its new chief nurse, from Manchester Mental Health & Social Care NHS Trust.
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Leicestershire CCGs announce further delay to NHS 111
COMMERCIAL: The launch of NHS 111 in Leicestershire has been delayed to ensure the service will be “fully fit for purpose.”
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Leicester consultant appointed NCD for respiratory care
WORKFORCE: Professor Mike Morgan, consultant respiratory physician at University Hospitals of Leicester Trust has been appointed as the National Clinical Director for Respiratory Services for NHS England.
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Nottingham consultants given clinical lead roles
STRUCTURE: Three consultants from Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust are to play a key role in shaping NHS policy in critical care and major trauma.
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Fluck named as renal tsar
STRUCTURE:A leading kidney expert from Derby Hospitals, Dr Richard Fluck, practising consultant in renal medicine has been appointed as National Clinical Director for Renal Disease by the NHS Medical Director, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh.
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Mansfield CCG highlights transfers problem at Sherwood Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: Recent board papers from Mansfield and Ashfield CCG warn of the high level of delayed transfers of care at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
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Nene launches medicine waste campaign
FINANCE: Nene CCG has launched waste medicines campaign in order to tackle the problem of patients “stockpiling” medication at home and then throwing it away.
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Milton Keynes CCG already overspending on hospital care
FINANCE: Milton Keynes CCG is grappling with a £10m over-performance on acute services.
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East Leicestershire identifies acute overspend risk
FINANCE: Recent finance board papers for East Leicestershire and Rutland CCG warn that there is a “significant level of financial risk” for the CCG due to the level of over performance across all the out of county providers it commissions from.
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Leicester City CCG unclear about property cost
FINANCE: Financial board papers from Leicester City CCG warn the board are still “unclear” about the level of funding required from the CCG for property managed by the new NHS Property Services Limited-or PropCo.
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Two Derbyshire CCGs trial memory clinics
STRUCTURE: Recent board papers for North Derbyshire CCG show that the new organisation is set to trial memory clinics across the patch.
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CCG with £17m 'deficit legacy' says allocation could be wrong
FINANCE: One of England’s largest clinical commissioning groups has indicated it believes its funding allocation may be wrong, and said it has an “underlying deficit legacy issue” of £16.6m.
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Lincolnshire hospitals hit by high demand
PERFORMANCE: United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust says it is experiencing a high demand for beds and services.
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Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals FT offers new charged-for service
FINANCE Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust has become the latest trust to offer a special respiratory test required by patients with lung disease to qualify for certain travel insurance as a paid-for service.
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Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals FT appoints senior figure as non-executive director
WORFORCE: Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust has appointed Maureen Baker CBE as a non-executive board director, the trust has announced.
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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG report healthy financial position
FINANCE: The two primary care trusts that were replaced by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group both posted surpluses last financial year, according to CCG board papers.
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East of England Ambulance Service Trust upgrades fleet
FINANCE East of England Ambulance Service Trust is investing nearly £17m on its vehicle fleet, the trust has announced.
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Keogh mortality rates team publish details after Basildon visit
PERFORMANCE Details of the key areas the Keogh mortality rates review are investigating at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust have been published on the NHS Choices website.
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West Herts Hospital Trust chair retires
WORKFORCE: West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust chair Thomas Hanahoe is to retire, the trust has announced.
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Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital announces new chair
WORKFORCE: Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital Foundation Trust has appointed a former local newspaper executive as its new chair, it has announced.
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James Paget recruits 40 nurses
WORKFORCE: James Paget University Hospital Foundation Trust has recruited 40 new registered nurses, the trust has announced.
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Cambridge fails to hit A&E target after ‘disappointing’ March
PERFORMANCE Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust failed to hit its four-hour accident and emergency target last year, according to a report discussed at its May board meeting.
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Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust misses A&E target
PERFORMANCE Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust missed the four-hour A&E target in January, according to commissioners.
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Ipswich appoints finance director
WORKFORCE: East of England Ambulance Trust finance director Paul Scott is leaving to take up a post at Ipswich Hospital Trust.
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Cambridge Hospitals reveals partners for £120m private hospital and hotel complex
COMMERCE One of England’s largest hospital trusts is to team up with an infrastructure investor and a private health provider to develop a £120m private hospital and hotel complex, it has announced.
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Cambridge University Hospitals forecasts £24.2m savings in 2012-13
FINANCE Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust is forecasting it will deliver £24.2m of its targeted £25m savings outlined in its cost improvement programme, according to a finance report published this month.
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Cambridge must update Monitor on A&E performance
PERFORMANCE Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust has been ordered to give regular updates on its accident and emergency performance to Monitor, according to a board paper discussed this month.
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Keogh team to visit Basildon next month
PERFORMANCE Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust will be visited by Sir Bruce Keogh’s mortality rates review team on 7 May, the trust has announced.
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Basildon and Thurrock set to appoint in temporary “director of emergency care’
WORKFORCE Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust is set to appoint a temporary ‘director of emergency care’ in a bid to resolve concerns surroundings it’s A&E department and acute medical unit.
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Basildon and Thurrock’s licence sets out ‘wide ranging’ conditions
PERFORMANCE Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust has been granted a provider licence by regulator Monitor but it must meet “detailed and wide ranging” conditions, according to board papers published this week.
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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG forecast to break even for 2012-13
FINANCE Cambridgeshire and Peterborough clinical commissioning group will break even for the 2012-13 financial year, according to a forecast in its April board papers.
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Mental health trust announces job cuts
STRUCTURE Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust has announced plans to cut 41 staff posts as it embarks on a controversial restructure which will see hundreds more jobs go.
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Addenbrooke's Hospital wards offered cash to discharge patients
PERFORMANCE Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust wards have been offered cash incentives to discharge patients under a controversial new scheme to alleviate bed blocking.
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Bexley CCG sets £16.9m QIPP target for 2013-14
FINANCE: Bexley CCG has set a £16.9m QIPP target for 2013-14.
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Epsom and St Helier sees influx of maternity and dialysis patients
COMMERCIAL: A report to Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust’s Finance and Service Improvement Committee said maternity and dialysis services were those that attracted the most overseas visitors.
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Hillingdon Hospitals missing A&E target
PERFORMANCE: Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust scored 92.7 per cent against the 95 per cent target in month 11 of the financial year, board papers report.
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Elective performance plummets at NWLH after A&E problems
PERFORMANCE: Waiting time performance for elective procedures has plummeted at North West London Hospitals Trust after A&E problems meant insufficient beds were available.
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Barnet PCT apologises for failings that led to death
PERFORMANCE: Barnet PCT has apologised to the family of a woman with complex mental health problems who died after a decision to transfer funding to another body meant she was discharged early.
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West Middlesex over-contract on activity
FINANCE: West Middlesex University Hospital Trust is over-performing its contract on activity, a CCG board paper reveals.
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Concern over crisis services at Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust
PERFORMANCE: Barnet CCG has written to Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust to express concern over access to crisis and adult mental health services.
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Epsom and St Helier missing A&E target
PERFORMANCE: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust is breaching a number of performance targets for A&E, new data shows.
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North West London Hospitals Trust has sixth maternity suspension
PERFORMANCE: North West London Hospitals Trust has reported its sixth suspension of maternity services for the year-to-date in a performance report for month 11.
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UCLH chief executive appointed chair of Shelford Group
STRUCTURE: University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust chief executive Sir Robert Naylor has been appointed chair of the Shelford Group.
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Barts Health Trust aiming for 6.5 per cent CIP savings in 2013-14
FINANCE: Barts Health Trust is aiming for £77.5m in savings during 2013-14
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Kingston Hospital plans savings of £10.8m this year
FINANCE: Kingston Hospital Foundation Trust are planning savings of £10.8m this year, HSJ research reveals.
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Barnet CCG makes less than half the expected QIPP savings
FINANCE: Barnet CCG has made less than half of its expected QIPP savings in 2012-13, a report revealed.
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North Middlesex Hospital aiming for 4.3 per cent CIP saving this year
FINANCE: North Middlesex University Hospital Trust is aiming for £8.4m in savings in 2013-14.
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Epsom and St Helier ends 2012-13 ahead of plan, recording £12m deficit
FINANCE: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust has ended 2012-13 with a deficit of £12m, board papers report.
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South London Healthcare Trust in bottom decile for A&E performance
PERFORMANCE: South London Healthcare Trust is the 13th worst in the country for A&E performance so far this year, new figures revealed.
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Hounslow CCG breaching teenage conception targets
PERFORMANCE: Figures provided to Hounslog CCG show the number of conceptions in the borough per thousand females aged between 15-17 was above target.
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Barnet and Chase Farm £2.9m behind on savings plan
FINANCE: Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals Trust was £2.9m behind on its savings programme at the end of January, board papers reveal.
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Guy's and St Thomas' considers starting its own mental health nurse bank
WORKFORCE: Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust is considering starting its own mental health nurse bank, according to board papers.
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Croydon appoints new chief operating officer
WORKFORCE: Croydon Health Services Trust has appointed a new chief operating officer.
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Durham Dales piloting bladder problem service
SERVICES: A nurse led service is offering rapid access for patients in the Durham Dales with bladder problems.
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National clinical advisors question case for new North Tees hospital
A group of experts has questioned the case for a proposed new hospital between Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees.
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South Tyneside CCG paying £7,404 a year for GP prescribing work
FINANCE: A clinical commissioning group is paying the equivalent of more than £600 a day to provide locum cover for GPs released to work for it.
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North East Ambulance reports 300 day handover waits
PERFORMANCE: Ambulances spent nearly 300 days waiting outside hospitals to hand over responsibility for patients in the last quarter of 2012-13, the board of the North East Ambulance Service Foundation Trust heard.
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James Cook extending holistic therapies
SERVICES: The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough is extending the availability of holistic therapies for cancer patients.
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Northumberland has £17m budget gap
FINANCE: Northumberland CCG has a £17m potential gap between its baseline allocation and recurring expenditure.
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South Tyneside may decommission MIU
SERVICES: South Tyneside CCG is planning to stop commissioning a minor injuries unit at its local trust – because it duplicates what is already available for patients at a walk-in clinic.
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New chaplain at County Durham FT
WORKFORCE: The Reverend Kevin Tromans has been appointed as the new lead chaplain at County Durham and Darlington Foundation Trust. Rev Tromans has worked in hospitals since 1997 and replaces Rev Brian Selmes, who has retired.
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North East ambulance service plan opposed by union members
WORKFORCE: Plans to reshape ambulance services in the North East are facing opposition from unions.
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Community hospital moves patients due to gas leak
PERFORMANCE: Eighteen elderly patients had to be moved from a community hospital at the weekend after an underground gas leak.
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NE ambulances launch triage safety review
PERFORMANCE: A review of the triaging of calls is to be carried out by North East Ambulance Service Foundation Trust after six serious incidents involved triaging were reported between November and February.
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Newcastle FT chief exec hits out at 'legal procrastination'
STRUCTURE: The chief executive of Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Sir Leonard Fenwick, has issued a statement following the High Court review on children’s heart surgery services.
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Savile affair disrupts Newcastle patient experience checks
PERFORMANCE: The Jimmy Savile affair and the need for a protocol for visits to wards has affected how a working group assessing patient experience in Newcastle’s hospitals has worked.
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Bidder pulls out of North Tees hospital project
COMMERCIAL: A new hospital serving the North Tees and Hartlepool area is likely to be built by one of two companies – after a third bidder pulled out.
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Newcastle ahead of plan in Jan
FINANCE: Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust had made a surplus of £23.3m at the end of January – £13.7m ahead of plan.
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Increase in safeguarding demand at South Tees
PERFORMANCE: South Tees Hospitals Foundation Trust is having to deal with more children under safeguarding procedures – with rates of children with child protection plans in some areas being considerably higher than the national average.
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South Tees expects £1m surplus
FINANCE: A year end surplus of £1m is still expected by South Tees Hospitals Foundation Trust – but it is having to use contingency funds to deliver it.
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Newcastle Hospitals issues children's heart surgery statement
STRUCTURE: Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has issued a statement following the successful legal challenge to the national children’s heart surgery reconfiguration proposals.
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Tees MH trust begins £14m redevelopment
SERVICE DESIGN: A £13.8 million scheme to develop Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust’s West Lane Hospital site in Middlebrough has started.
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New medical director appointed at Gateshead FT
WORKFORCE: A specialist in gynaecological cancers has been appointed as the new medical director at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead.
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£3.9m taken from Central Manchester allocation to fund specialised commissioning
FINANCE: An additional £3.9m has been taken out of Central Manchester CCG’s allocation to fund the commissioning of specialised services, minutes from its April board meeting state.
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Rules waived to cover CCG's £15.2m financial hole
FINANCE: A clinical commissioning group has secured exemption from a series of national financial rules after discovering a £15.2m hole in its finances for 2013-14, it has told HSJ.
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Wirral sets aside £2.5m for backdated care claims
FINANCE: Wirral primary care trust has set aside £2.45m to cover the future costs of resolving backdated claims for Continuing Healthcare funding received in 2012-13, clinical commissioning group board papers state.
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Fylde and Wyre moves away from payment by results
FINANCE: Fylde and Wyre Clinical Commissioning Group has entered into an “assured” contract with Blackpool Teaching Hospitals for 2013-14, meaning the foundation trust will not be paid according to national payment by results rules, the group has reported.
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Calderstones FT appoints chair
STRUCTURE: Calderstones Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has appointed Rupert Nichols as its new chairman.
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Pennine care involved in new hospice plan
STRUCTURE: Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust has joined forces with Bury Hospice to develop a children’s hospice.
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Mersey Care unveils new £25m inpatient facility
STRUCTURE: Mersey Care NHS Trust has unveiled a new £25m mental health inpatient facility at a ground-breaking ceremony at the former Walton Hospital site in Liverpool.
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Oldham announces A&E expansion
SERVICE DESIGN: Work has started to expand and improve the accident and emergency facilities at Royal Oldham Hospital, part of Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust.
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Stepping Hill introduces 'paperless' A&E
STRUCTURE: Stepping Hill Hospital, part of Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, has become one of the first hospitals to introduce a paperless A&E department, it has said.
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Pennine Care takes on Trafford community services
STRUCTURE: Community health services in Trafford have transferred to Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust.
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Stockport CCG examines C Diff deaths
PERFORMANCE: Recent board papers for Stockport CCG warn of concern over five serious incidents reported in quarter four 2012/2013 where C.Difficile was named on the death certificate.
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Stockport CCG documents NHS 111 struggle
STRUCTURE: The latest quality report for Stockport CCG set outs the difficulties experienced in the roll out of the new NHS 111 service across the patch.
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New charitable fund at Blackpool cardiac centre
STRUCTURE: The Lancashire Cardiac Centre, based at Blackpool Victoria Hospital, has launched a new charitable fund.
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Cumbria Partnership appoints new chief executive
STRUCTURE: Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has appointed Claire Molloy as its new chief executive.
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New nursing strategy at Cumbria Partnership
PERFORMANCE: Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has launched a new nursing strategy called Taking pride in our nursing care
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Chronic pain addressed by Cumbria CCG
SERVICE DESIGN: Recent board papers for Cumbria CCG warn of ongoing problems with service provision for its spinal pain management service.
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Cumbria reports overactivity for Morecambe Bay
FINANCE: Board papers warn that “activity in 2012/13 is significantly over performance” for University of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust.
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Bolton attempt to cut 18 weeks backlog
PERFORMANCE: Recent board papers for Bolton CCG highlight an agreement with Bolton NHS Foundation Trust to introduce a “backlog reduction plan” to reduce the number of patients waiting more than 18 weeks from referral to treatment.
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Cumbria CCG specialised commissioning query
The latest finance board papers for Cumbria CCG warn of complications due to the split of commissioning responsibility for services.
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Central Manchester CCG investigates options for chronic pain service
COMMERCIAL: Practices in central Manchester are being asked to participate in an audit to “ascertain the impact of a chronic pain service”, according to clinical commissioning group board papers.
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Royal Berkshire finishes 2012-13 in surplus despite QIPP slip
FINANCE: Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust ended 2012-13 on a surplus £500,000.
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Chase Community Hospital plan approved
SERVICE DESIGN: NHS South East Hampshire Clinical Commissioning Group has approved a £3m outline business case for development of Chase Community Hospital.
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Pay costs 'highest ever' at Royal Berkshire
WORKFORCE: Pay costs were their “highest ever” at Royal Berkshire trust in March.
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Concern about Berkshire FT activity reporting
PERFORMANCE:Wokingham CCG has warned implementation of a new electronic patient record system at Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust has created “coding issues” which have led the CCG to question some of the data supplied by the trust.
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Wokingham highlights MRSA target risk
PERFORMANCE: The latest board papers for Wokingham CCG warn there is a “risk for delivery” in relation to its target of recording no cases of MRSA for 2013-2014.
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Horton hospital changes await commissioning strategy
STRUCTURE: Oxfordshire CCG has issued a statement stating it and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust have agreed any consultation on changes to Horton General Hospital will take place following the development of Oxfordshire’s commissioning strategy, but before the end of the current financial year.
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Bicester building date confirmed
STRUCTURE: Oxfordshire CCG has confirmed that building work is to go ahead for the redevelopment of Bicester Community Hospital is to go ahead from June.
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Overspend reported at Milton Keynes CCG
FINANCE: A Milton Keynes CCG finance board paper warned of an over performance on the organisation’s acute service contracts of £10m in 2012-13.
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Nene CCG echoes CQC concerns on Kettering
PERFORMANCE:Nene CCG has issue statement in response to the Care Quality Commission’s report on Kettering General Hospital.
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Chiltern C difficile concern
PERFORMANCE: The latest performance board papers for Chiltern CCG warn it is “unlikely” its maximum 77 case target for C Difficile for the area will be met.
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Southampton CCG associate director focuses on emergency care
PERFORMANCE: According to the latest quality monitoring report from Southampton CCG, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust reported an “above average number of black alerts” in March and April 2013.
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Portsmouth gets £6.2m DH bailout
FINANCE: Portsmouth Hospitals Trust has received a £6.2m bailout from the Department of Health.
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Oxfordshire CCG highlights finance uncertainty
FINANCE: An Oxfordshire CCG board paper warns that the baseline allocations exercise that has set the CCG’s income “could prove to be materially different than the actual value of activity transfers”.
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Emergency care problems linked to poor relationships, finds south of England review
PERFORMANCE: A review of urgent and emergency care failures in the south of England has blamed in part an over-emphasis on incentives and contracts, at the expense of relationships.
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Solent Trust cuts staff
WORKFORCE: Solent Trust cut staff by 5.6 full time equivalents in February.
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Frimley Park to progress with Heatherwood takeover plan
STRUCTURE: Frimley Park Foundation Trust has decided to pursue its plans to acquire neighbouring Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust.
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Patients damn inpatient care at Heatherwood and Wexham Park
PERFORMANCE: Patients have issued a damning verdict on the care given Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust, rating it significantly worse than average in eight out of 10 categories.
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Oxfordshire CCG faces £8.8m 'underlying deficit'
FINANCE: Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group ended 2012-13 overspending on both acute and non acute services, and forecasted an underlying deficit of £8.8m for 2013-14.
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Bucks trust told to improve on staffing after CQC visit
PERFORMANCE: Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust has been warned to improve its staffing levels and training for nurses following an unannounced inspection.
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Portsmouth emergency performance below standard for six months
PERFORMANCE: Performance against the four hour accident and emergency target has been languishing below 90 per cent for two consecutive quarters in Portsmouth.
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More nurses needed, says East Kent staffing report
WORKFORCE: East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust’s board is being asked to support extra investment in nurses after a staffing review revealed issues in some areas.
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East Kent overcomes pressures to hit four-hour target
PERFORMANCE: East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust managed to treat 91 per cent of patients in A&E within four hours in April – despite coming under severe pressure which caused the trust to declare an internal major incident.
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Nearly 20 serious incidents since April at East Kent FT
PERFORMANCE: East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust had 18 serious incidents reported in April – including five which had “death/serious sequalae”.
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More than 900 'long waiters' at East Kent
PERFORMANCE: East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust had 907 “long waiters” at the end of April – 45 of whom had been waiting more than a year.
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Extra activity driving agency spend at Medway
PERFORMANCE: Pressures from extra activity in March and April has had severe effects on Medway Foundation Trust.
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New chief nurse for Medway FT
WORKFORCE: Medway Foundation Trust has appointed a new chief nurse.
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Kent epilepsy service improves patient dignity and cuts ambulance call-outs
PERFORMANCE: A care home has praised an NHS community epilepsy service in Kent for improving the dignity of its residents, who have learning disabilities.
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Green light for Western Sussex Hospitals IT upgrade
STRUCTURE: Western Sussex Hospitals Trust’s board has approved the replacement and upgrade of its IT server and network infrastructure.
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Go-ahead for Worthing pre-admission facility upgrade
STRUCTURE: The board at Western Sussex Hospitals Trust has approved a business case costing nearly £1.2m to improve surgical pre-admission accommodation at Worthing Hospital.
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Nurse recruitment risk remains for Western Sussex
WORKFORCE: Western Sussex Hospitals Trust has improved its success in recruiting nurses but it continues to be an area of risk.
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Western Sussex identifies need to procure sustainably
PERFORMANCE: Western Sussex Hospitals Trust’s sustainable development management group has identified a need to take into account environmental factors when procuring new equipment.
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East Sussex worst offender in region for mixed sex breaches
PERFORMANCE: East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust breached the government’s guidelines on mixed-sex accommodation on 15 occasions in March.
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Medway second worst offender in region for mixed sex breaches
PERFORMANCE: Medway NHS Foundation Trust breached the government’s guidelines on mixed-sex accommodation on eight occasions in March.
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Flood barriers in place at Worthing Hospital
PERFORMANCE: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust has shored up its flood defenses at Worthing Hospital.
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Western Sussex Hospitals draws up staff wellbeing strategy
WORKFORCE: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust has published a draft strategy to improve the health and wellbeing of its staff.
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Temporary safety changes to maternity services take hold in East Sussex
STRUCTURE: East Sussex Healthcare Trust has confirmed that temporary changes to maintain the safety of its maternity and paediatric services were implemented on 7 May.
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SASH launches new nursing and midwifery strategy
PERFORMANCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust has published a three-year Nursing and Midwifery Strategy intended to take frontline care to a “higher level”.
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New breast cancer unit takes shape at West Sussex
STRUCTURE: Work has begun on new breast cancer services at Western Sussex Hospitals Trust.
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Improved weekend patient care in East Kent
PERFORMANCE: Patients at East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust are getting better, safer care thanks to an initiative to improve the training and supervision of junior medical staff, especially at weekends.
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Kent nurses trying to tackle rising tide of school nappy wearers
PERFORMANCE: A pilot project in Dover and Deal is targeting the increasing number of children who are starting school without being toilet trained and still wearing nappies.
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Weston reorganises management structure
STRUCTURE: Weston Area Health Trust has reorganised its management structure from three divisions into two.
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2gether score poorly on staff engagement
WORKFORCE: 2Gether Foundation Trust scored in the lowest 20 per cent for staff engagement in 2012, according to the NHS Staff Survey.
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South West pathology joint venture to open
COMMERCIAL: A new pathology centre, built as part of a joint venture between Somerset’s two acute hospitals, opened on Friday.
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NEW Devon sets priorities
PERFORMANCE: The Eastern locality of the NEW Devon Clinical Commissioning Group has set three priorities for 2013-14.
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FTN challenges 'assumptions' in Dorset FT merger
COMERCIAL: The Foundation Trust Network has written to the Competition Commission to challenge some of its assumptions about competition in the NHS.
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New board appointments at 2gether
WORKFORCE: 2gether Foundation Trust has appointed two new non-executive directors as its new chair also takes up post.
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Monitor higlights Cornwall PCT 'lack of transparency'
COMMERCIAL: Monitor has provisionally rejected a private sector provider’s complaint that a south west primary care trust breached competition rules - but criticised the commissioner’s lack of transparency.
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Royal Bournemouth recalls screening patients
PERFORMANCE: Hundreds of women have been recalled for further breast cancer screening by a hospital over fears that a junior doctor failed to follow proper procedures.
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South Gloucestershire CCG awards new contract
COMMERCIAL: South Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group have awarded a new contract for the provision of learning disability services.
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Peninsula sets up new company
COMMERCIAL: Peninsula Community Health has set up a new company to deliver community dental services across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
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RDE slightly behind plan on surplus
FINANCE: Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust generated a surplus of £1.3m in 2012-13, against a plan of £3.5m.
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Bristol Community Health pilots mobile working
COMMERCIAL: Bristol Community Health is to pilot a new mobile technology system designed to allow staff to spend less time on travel and administration.
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Weston to recruit more nurses
WORKFORCE: Weston Area Health Trust’s board has agreed to fund an additional 62.6 full time equivalent nurses and healthcare assistants to improve patient safety and patient experience.
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North Somerset A&E patients face long waits
PERFORMANCE: More than a quarter of north somerset patients who attended a local accident and emergency department in March faced waits of longer than four hours.
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Emergency care problems linked to poor relationships, finds south of England review
PERFORMANCE: A review of urgent and emergency care failures in the south of England has blamed in part an over-emphasis on incentives and contracts, at the expense of relationships.
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Bristol CCG to tender £30m mental health services
COMMERCIAL: Bristol Clinical Commissioning Group has voted to put the city’s mental health services out to tender in a deal worth £30m.
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New chief executive for Peninsula
WORKFORCE: Peninsula Community Health, which provides community health services in Cornwall, has appointed a new chief executive.
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Plymouth Hospitals goes overseas to recruit nurses
WORKFORCE: Plymouth Hospital Trust has held recruitment days in Belfast and Dublin in a bid to recruit registered nurses.
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PCT chair joins acute trust board
WORKFORCE: A former primary care trust chair has joined Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust as a non-executive director.
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Royal Cornwall gets £6m income boost
FINANCE: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has been given a £6m by NHS South of England to help pay down an historic debt.
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North Staffs calls in police to investigate 'malicious campaign'
Police have been asked to investigate a “malicious campaign” against a hospital doctor after letters alleging poor care were sent to three patients and their families.
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Safety not guaranteed at 18 A&E depts amid 'toxic overcrowding'
PERFORMANCE: Patient safety at 18 accident and emergency departments in the West Midlands cannot be guaranteed according to a joint letter signed by leading clinicians from across the region.
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Birmingham hospital mounts campaign to tackle pressure ulcers
PERFORMANCE: Heartlands Hospital has introduced a new tool in a bid to reduce pressure ulcers.
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All visiting stopped after Redditch norovirus outbreak
PERFORMANCE: All wards at the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch have been closed to visitors due to an outbreak of norovirus.
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14 never events at Wolverhampton trust since April 2011
PERFORMANCE: Surgeons and theatre staff at a Midlands hospital have been given further training after 14 so-called Never Events.
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Millions spent on agency staff in Hereford and Worcestershire
WORKFORCE: Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust and Wye Valley Trust spent more than £12.5m employing locum doctors and agency nurses in 2012.
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Wards closed at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals
Two wards have been closed at the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust due to an outbreak of norovirus.
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North Staffordshire trust reports surplus after cash injection
FINANCE: University Hospital of North Staffordshire has reported a £0.2m surplus for 2012-13 after receiving a £19m cash injection to cope with extra emergency demand.
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Wye Valley Trust may change services instead of lose independence
STRUCTURE: Wye Valley Trust is considering whether it could carry out a major service reconfiguration, rather than close as an independent organisation.
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Council urges criminal action against former Mid Staffs leadership
Stafford Borough Council has called for criminal action to be considered against the former leadership of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust over an alleged death rates cover-up.
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Hundreds of jobs to go at Worcestershire acute trust
WORKFORCE: Hundreds of jobs will be lost at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust in the next four years as part of plans to cut costs.
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Royal Orthopaedic Hospital appoints new chair
WORKFORCE: The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital has appointed Bryan Jackson as its chair.
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Burton Hospital FT failing RTT target
PERFORMANCE: Burton Hospitals Foundation Trust has failed to deliver the 90% referral to treatment target for the three months to March, according to the latest performance report from East Staffordshire CCG.
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Two South Warwickshire transformation schemes rated amber
PERFORMANCE: Two of South Warwickshire Foundation Trust’s transformation plans have been rated amber.
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Midlands CCGs agree risk-sharing deal
FINANCE: Three clinical commissioning groups in the West Midlands have agreed to a plan to help them mitigate potential risks for the year ahead.
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Dudley CCG reports risk on activity transferred to NHS England
FINANCE: Dudley CCG has identified a financial risk over the level of commissioning activity which is transferred to NHS England.
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2gether failing follow up target
PERFORMANCE: 2gether Foundation Trust hit the target for following up 95 per cent of patients within seven days of discharge from mental health inpatient units.
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Birmingham Women's relies on non-recurrent 'efficiencies'
FINANCE: Birmingham Women’s Hospital Foundation Trust has made a third of its efficiency schemes non-recurrently so far this year.
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HSE launches criminal probe into Mid Staffs patient death
A criminal investigation has been launched by the Health and Safety Executive into the death of a woman at Stafford Hospital in 2007.
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George Eliot falls short on cancer target
PERFORMANCE: George Eliot Hospital Trust reported a red risk rating for January due to a breach of the 62 day cancer waiting time target for three successive quarters.
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New non-execs for Mid Yorks
WORKFORCE: Four new members have joined the board of Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust.
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Mid Yorks opens orthopaedic unit at Pontefract
STRUCTURE: A new orthopaedic unit has opened which will help make Pontefract Hospital a centre for planned orthopaedic surgery.
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Durham Dales falling short on health checks
PERFORMANCE: GP surgeries in the Durham Dales are not calling enough patients for health checks to meet targets.
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Sheffield Hospitals opens £11m lab
SERVICES: A £11m laboratory centre which will process more than 10m tests a year has opened at the Northern General Hospital.
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Leeds hospitals chief executive leaving post
The chief executive of Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust is to leave next month. Maggie Boyle’s departure follows persistent performance problems at the trust, and an investigation into mortality rates among children undergoing heart surgery.
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Hull and East Yorks considers food venture
PERFORMANCE: A trust is examining ways it could mass produce a new range of foods which have won it a national award.
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Success for Hull and East Yorks hip programme
PERFORMANCE: A 12 week project to help hip patients recover has led to a dramatic fall in mortality at Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals trust.
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New non-executive for Hull and East Yorks
WORKFORCE: Andy Snowden has been appointed as a non-executive director at Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust.
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Vale of York CCG plans £3.3m surplus and to pay off debt
FINANCE: Vale of York CCG is planning for a surplus of £3.3m in its first financial year – but hopes to pay off nearly £3.5M of the deficit it is inheriting.
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Calderdale and Huddersfield leading on new cornea surgery
SERVICES: Patients at Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust are benefiting from a new cornea transplant process.
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Keyhole kidney stone treatment introduced at Huddersfield
SERVICES: Keyhole treatment for kidney stones is now available at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, saving patients a journey to Wakefield or Leeds. And a new centralised urology unit at the hospital can also use lithotropsy to break up smaller stones.
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York CCG decides not to routinely fund IVF
SERVICES: Vale of York CCG has decided to follow the example of its predecessor PCT and not routinely fund IVF treatment.
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Scarborough and Ryedale CCG overturns PCT decision on MIU weekend closure
SERVICES: A CCG has taken the decision to reopen a minor injury unit at the weekend – but wants more information before it decides how it is to be run.
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Scarborough CCG reverses MIU weekend closure decision
STRUCTURE: A clinical commissioning group has decided to reopen a minor injury unit at weekends, after its opening was limited by its predecessor primary care trust.
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Yorkshire CCGs concerned about specialised commissioning fund hole
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Yorkshire CSU appoints chief finance officer
WORKFORCE: Mike Savage has been appointed as chief finance officer for the West and South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Commissioning Support Unit.
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New software system on cards for Leeds FT
COMMERCIAL: Leeds Partnership Foundation Trust has taken the first steps which could lead to it buying a new clinical software system.
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Unexpected surplus level at Bradford care trust
FINANCE: Bradford and District Care Trust had a surplus of just over £2m at the end of February - £600,000 ahead of plan.
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Leeds FT recruits support workers
WORKFORCE: Leeds Partnership Foundation Trust has recruited eight peer support workers who will work in community mental health teams in the city.
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Leeds FT expects £2.3m surplus
FINANCE: Leeds Partnership Foundation Trust is planning to deliver a £2.3m surplus in this financial year - £1.4m less than it indicated in previous annual plans.
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