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Activity well above plan at Great Western

7-Jan-2013
Commisioners raise issue over South Bristol Urgent Care Centre

18-Dec-2012
Plymouth Hospitals aims for openness

28-Nov-2012
'Prime contractors' could run pathways for decade

20-Nov-2012
Bristol children's services contract set to be extended

29-Oct-2012
Bristol DVT contract extended

25-Oct-2012
St Helens and Knowsley exceeds annual MRSA threshold

5-Oct-2012
Royal Cornwall above average for coding errors

28-Sep-2012
Serco admits staff falsified records

21-Sep-2012
AQP contract offered for Sussex hearing services

17-Sep-2012
The Min ahead of plan on deficit

14-Sep-2012
North East NHS 111 go live delayed

7-Sep-2012
East Sussex on list of potential targets for Circle

23-Aug-2012
MTW on Circle’s list of ‘growth opportunities’

23-Aug-2012
Royal Cornwall issued with contract notice

22-Aug-2012
Trust chairman sparks food review after criticising ham sandwich

13-Aug-2012
Eastern Kent PCT being kept afloat by reserves

7-Aug-2012
Current West Kent overspend is ‘not sustainable’

7-Aug-2012
Medway FT ‘main factor’ driving commissioner overspend

7-Aug-2012
Ashford and St Peter’s pens new ‘healthy’ catering contract

6-Aug-2012
Ryhurst shortlisted in CWP estates tender

6-Aug-2012
Cluster could delay GP funding redistribution to avoid 'destabilising' practices

26-Jul-2012
Ambulance trust wins Surrey patient transport deal

3-Jul-2012
Smoking service in Norfolk goes out to tender

29-Jun-2012
North Kent trusts look to London to boost market share

19-Jun-2012
AWP wins prison contract

7-Jun-2012
Herts PCT to hold own contract with London provider

1-Jun-2012
Herts acute services overspent last year

1-Jun-2012
Social enterprises face losing core contracts

30-May-2012
Royal United Hospital Bath refunds commissioners

25-May-2012
Block contract trust sets two-year deal with commissioners

23-May-2012
NW London providers set to learn cluster's service change proposals

23-May-2012
Oxfordshire in £23m overspend on acute trust

15-May-2012
Norfolk and Suffolk FT wins £17m contract

11-May-2012
Royal Cornwall fined £130,000

11-May-2012
Harmoni wins Suffolk 111 contract

9-May-2012
£300m contract out for Midlands pathology services

9-May-2012
Mental health trust wins substance misuse contracts

4-May-2012
Revenue rise for Birmingham Women's trust

27-Apr-2012
Harrogate FT expecting 'difficult' contract negotiation

27-Apr-2012
East Sussex Healthcare issues pathology tender

26-Apr-2012
Heatherwood trust and PCT cluster agree extra cash for 2012-13

19-Apr-2012
Blocking dialysis contract could risk EU law challenge, trust warns DH

19-Apr-2012
The dos and don'ts of contract management

19-Apr-2012
IT contract signed by Sussex Partnership

16-Apr-2012
PCT backtracks on GP move after lease agreement

2-Apr-2012
GP practice closes in Surrey

2-Apr-2012
Virgin community services deal confirmed

1-Apr-2012
Only one out of six bidders for 111 service met criteria

30-Mar-2012
Privately-run centre breaches 18-week standard

30-Mar-2012
Virgin and Serco on shortlist for Devon children's services

15-Mar-2012
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals agrees deal with commissioners

13-Mar-2012
Taunton and Somerset FT gets additional £5m

2-Mar-2012
Performance improving at Avon and Wiltshire

2-Mar-2012
RUH 'unlikely' to close savings gap this year

28-Feb-2012
AQP risks and benefits assessed by Notts Healthcare

27-Feb-2012
PMS contracts being cut by £800,000 in Staffs and Stoke

17-Feb-2012
NHS North West London awards £3.3m 111 contract

17-Feb-2012
Bucks healthcare gets an extra £3m

15-Feb-2012
Oxford Radcliffe gets extra cash as overperformance grows

15-Feb-2012
NHS Worcs considers tendering for rehab beds

15-Feb-2012
Rise in 'digestive procedures' prompts overspend on private contract

13-Feb-2012
NHS Swindon challenges GWH on overperformance

13-Feb-2012
AWP rejects clinicians bid to set up a social enterprise

10-Feb-2012
Commissioners overspending at Newcastle FT by £10.5m

8-Feb-2012
South Essex PCT cluster tenders for NHS 111

6-Feb-2012
Dorset reaches £10m agreement with Lloyds TSB

2-Feb-2012
Greater Manchester reduces underuse of private sector contracts

26-Jan-2012
Commissioner contract still unsigned at RUH

26-Jan-2012
Emergency patient transport firm wins £130m contract in Nottinghamshire

24-Jan-2012
Nottinghamshire starts first phase of out of hours procurement

24-Jan-2012
South Warwickshire FT concerned over demand management

20-Jan-2012
Trusts facing 'difficult choice' over service provision

19-Jan-2012
Hounslow council to tender out £2m of mental health services

20-Dec-2011
Gloucestershire cluster sets out AQP choices

15-Dec-2011
Main AQP rivals identified by Chesterfield Royal

9-Dec-2011
Wye Valley wins learning disability service

8-Dec-2011
Competition panel takes York FT complaint to next stage

22-Nov-2011
Notts City issuing out of hours tender

21-Nov-2011
Marketing helps specialist trust halt activity decline

18-Nov-2011
Leicestershire PCTs choose final three AQP priority services

18-Nov-2011
Whittington plans to split benefits of contract 50:50 with GPs

15-Nov-2011
Derbyshire identifies AQP priorities

14-Nov-2011
Referrals fall in Gloucestershire

11-Nov-2011
PCT visit highlighted care and records issues at Peterborough and Stamford FT

8-Nov-2011
Southend FT looks at lease deals to preserve cash buffer

7-Nov-2011
High activity levels sees Royal Bournemouth surplus double

4-Nov-2011
Serco wins £32m Cornwall OOH contract

4-Nov-2011
Luton and Bedfordshire cluster on monthly monitoring over acute concerns

3-Nov-2011
'Very high risk' NHS Devon will fail to achieve savings plans

1-Nov-2011
Royal Cornwall hit by readmissions tariff

21-Oct-2011
Leicestershire cluster shortlists four services for AQP

20-Oct-2011
Mid Essex Hospital Trust to overspend by over £10m

14-Oct-2011
NHS Greenwich asks Belmarsh to represent patients after deaths in custody

11-Oct-2011
Frimley Park will seek to renew MoD contract

10-Oct-2011
University Hospitals Bristol records mixed sex breaches

6-Oct-2011
Pathfinder complains over London's use of McKinsey

29-Sep-2011
£700m estates contract links primary and secondary care

28-Sep-2011
Commissioning cluster identifies services to be considered for AQP

27-Sep-2011
Private company accuses foundation trust of 'predatory pricing'

27-Sep-2011
Assura wins Surrey community services contract

16-Sep-2011
NHS Norfolk set to launch tender for OOH service

13-Sep-2011
Shortlist announced for Suffolk community services tender

6-Sep-2011
Yorkshire substance misuse service tender

6-Sep-2011
Cumbria PCT agrees £164.6m contract with NCUHT

2-Sep-2011
Ipswich Hospital 'not to achieve' patient experience improvement

31-Aug-2011
South East Essex to apply local marginal tariff rate

30-Aug-2011
Calderdale PCT tenders for a new diabetes screening service

26-Aug-2011
NHS Wakefield tenders for a breastfeeding support service

26-Aug-2011
Poor performance sparks concerns over commissioning relationship in Mid Essex

24-Aug-2011
Kent PCT to end treatment centre deal with Care UK

23-Aug-2011
Early acute overspend leads to £10m 'pressures' forecast in Norfolk

23-Aug-2011
NHS Wiltshire struggles to reach contract agreement with acutes

12-Aug-2011
Brighton and Hove remains on course for £4.6m surplus

9-Aug-2011
Sussex PCTs predict £77m provider overspend

9-Aug-2011
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells forecast to breakeven against SLA

9-Aug-2011
QVH expected to over perform by £500k this year

9-Aug-2011
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare heading for £9.4m contract overspend

9-Aug-2011
Oxleas wins prison health contract

8-Aug-2011
Hastings and Rother ‘assumes’ it is ahead of plan

8-Aug-2011
Kettering General the main driver of Northants acute overspend

4-Aug-2011
South Tyne PCTs agree to reinvest readmissions proceeds

1-Aug-2011
'Outstanding issues' in Peterborough and Stamford FT's contract

1-Aug-2011
Portsmouth hospital demand levels exceed contract

27-Jul-2011
SHA backs formal arbitration on Suffolk mental health contract

22-Jul-2011
Aylesbury GP premises plan will endanger QIPP savings

19-Jul-2011
James Paget FT 'routinely' on black alert

30-Jun-2011
Sussex Partnership faced with fallout from closure of private unit

29-Jun-2011
Twenty-two contracts signed off late in Yorkshire and the Humber

28-Jun-2011
Seventeen South East Coast provider contracts signed off late

28-Jun-2011
Colchester FT was not paid by PCT in April

22-Jun-2011
Spending on private providers blows NHS Oldham’s acute budget by £5m

17-Jun-2011
Late contract agreement in Calderdale

17-Jun-2011
GP-private healthcare link raises conflict of interest concerns

15-Jun-2011
Specialised services spending risk at South West Essex

14-Jun-2011
Independent review into Norfolk PMS provider

14-Jun-2011
Mid Essex savings and governance issues 'escalated'

13-Jun-2011
NHS Hastings and Rother achieves £4.6m surplus

6-Jun-2011
NHS East Sussex Downs and Weald achieved £2.6m surplus

3-Jun-2011
FT pulls of out of race for Surrey community services contract

31-May-2011
UCLH commits to financial risk rating of at least three for 2011-12

26-May-2011
Former West Kent chief exec leaves SHA role for Qatar

24-May-2011
Private provider opens specialist rehab hospital in Southwark

23-May-2011
NHS Greenwich heading to judicial review with GPs over contract termination

19-May-2011
Wolverhampton City overspends on private providers by 88 per cent

19-May-2011
NHS Surrey halted referrals to private providers over indemnity risk

18-May-2011
Healthy financial position for Surrey Community Health

18-May-2011
Blackburn with Darwen surplus was ahead of plan in January

17-May-2011
PCT challenges West Suffolk Hospital to reduce activity

17-May-2011
Specialist trust says Monitor process leaves 'no room for growth'

12-May-2011
Colchester Hospital UFT to benefit from contract break up

11-May-2011
Portsmouth Hospitals win new Ministry of Defence contract

11-May-2011
George Eliot Hospital gets SHA funds to balance books

10-May-2011
East Lancs Hospitals Trust agrees £307.5m acute contract for 2011-12

10-May-2011
Coventry and Warwickshire acute overperformed on contract

9-May-2011
Assura to bid for Surrey community services contract

6-May-2011
North Yorkshire PCT developing continuing care tariff

5-May-2011
Council throws hat in ring for Surrey community contract

20-Apr-2011
NHS Bury still £1.7m overspent one month before financial year end

18-Apr-2011
Southend UHFT overperforming by £10m on contract

18-Apr-2011
Sussex Partnership wins Hampshire children’s health contract

15-Apr-2011
NHS Oxfordshire announces contract for counselling services

13-Apr-2011
Queen Victoria Hospital plans to promote its tertiary services

12-Apr-2011
'Challenging' savings plan for NHS Portsmouth

7-Apr-2011
NHS North Staffordshire on track for £1m surplus

5-Apr-2011
Commissioners to investigate over-performance at three trusts including Whipps Cross

5-Apr-2011
Over-performance pushes down South Staffs forecast to breakeven

4-Apr-2011
South Tyne PCTs work to address over-performance

1-Apr-2011
Mid Essex acute contract overspending

1-Apr-2011
NHS West Sussex surplus hopes pinned on settling provider contract disputes

29-Mar-2011
Haringey children's services transfer delayed

29-Mar-2011
NHS Richmond agrees year-end settlements with two key providers

28-Mar-2011
Tameside FT overperforming by £3.6m on PCT contract

25-Mar-2011
Tariff changes make contract negotiation tough for NHS Liverpool

25-Mar-2011
Worcestershire Acute set to receive £7.3m of transitional support

24-Mar-2011
Berkshire West PCT still negotiating provider contract

24-Mar-2011
£252m underactivity bill sparks renewed calls for contract renegotiations

24 March 2011
NW commissioners to pool buying power for continuing care

22-Mar-2011
NHS Surrey opens sexual assault referral centre

14-Mar-2011
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly provider arm seeks to become social enterprise

14-Mar-2011
NHS Knowsley on track for £1.6m surplus in 2010-11

11-Mar-2011
St Helens and Knowsley agrees to £1.95m over-performance cap

11-Mar-2011
Newham PCT considers drug service contract

11-Mar-2011
Warwickshire PCT heading for deficit

11-Mar-2011
Surplus above plan for South Warwickshire FT

9-Mar-2011
North Bristol Trust halves overspend

9-Mar-2011
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals in dispute with PCT over income

9-Mar-2011
NHS London hand-out gives Haringey chance of breakeven

9-Mar-2011
UH South Manchester may over-perform on PCT contract by 8 per cent

1-Mar-2011
Central Manchester FT may over-perform on PCT contract by £2.5m

1-Mar-2011
Gloucestershire Hospitals FT racks up £700,000 contract penalties

1-Mar-2011
South West Essex still heading for deficit despite improvement

1-Mar-2011
Luton PCT QIPP target cut by a quarter

1-Mar-2011
South Essex PCTs could share specialised commissioning risk

1-Mar-2011
NHS Southwark at risk from £13.7m provider over-spends

1-Mar-2011
Luton PCT challenges providers to help with deficit

1-Mar-2011
Medway charity given government cash to survive the year

1-Mar-2011
Brighton health charities receives government funding to keep going

1-Mar-2011
West Kent charity receives government funding to stay open

1-Mar-2011
Royal Cornwall ordered to offer gynae patients alternative provider

28-Feb-2011
King's College Hospital FT brings in extra cleaners after performance 'concern'

28-Feb-2011
UH South Manchester forecast to over-perform on Stockport contract

28-Feb-2011
ISTC overspend for Buckinghamshire PCT

25-Feb-2011
'Challenging' CQUINs for Buckinghamshire Healthcare

25-Feb-2011
Sandwell and West Birmingham in 'difficult' contract talks

25-Feb-2011
A&E target improving at Plymouth Hospitals Trust after winter blip

25-Feb-2011
Plymouth pathfinder pledges to work with local PCT and providers

25-Feb-2011
NHS Bath and North East Somerset reveals £6m savings plan

25-Feb-2011
Weston Area Health Trust does deal with PCT on overperformance

24-Feb-2011
PCT tells Basildon and Thurrock FT to delay appointments

21-Feb-2011
NHS Somerset signs deal with independent provider

17-Feb-2011
NHS Somerset overspends on bariatric services

17-Feb-2011
Heatherwood and Wexham FT blames PCT for over activity

17-Feb-2011
Two performance notices given to Mid Essex trust

14-Feb-2011
PCT relationship 'breakdown' with Peterborough and Stamford FT

14-Feb-2011
Barnsley Hospital FT driving acute overspend for PCT

9-Feb-2011
NHS Cornwall teams up to re-procure services using any willing provider

9-Feb-2011
NHS Plymouth teams up to re-procure services using any willing provider

9-Feb-2011
NHS Devon teams up to re-procure services using any willing provider

9-Feb-2011
NHS Devon underspending on corporate costs

9-Feb-2011
Ashton, Leigh and Wigan PCT in discussion with over performing provider

9-Feb-2011
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh FT predicted to over perform by £3.4m

9-Feb-2011
NHS Gloucestershire predicts healthy surplus

9-Feb-2011
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health FT behind on PCT target

9-Feb-2011
NHS Halton & St Helens slipping off-track for end-of-year surplus

9-Feb-2011
NHS Manchester tells OOH provider to review its Christmas performance

9-Feb-2011
NHS Dudley has growing problem with acute overspend

9-Feb-2011
Bedford Hospital Trust goes to PCT with financial pressures

9-Feb-2011
NHS Plymouth confident of surplus despite commissioning overspend of £11.5m

9-Feb-2011
Social enterprise looks likely for NHS North Somerset provider arm

8-Feb-2011
Dispute with PCTs puts Great Western Hospitals' surplus at risk

8-Feb-2011
NHS Camden predicting 41 per cent overspend with acute provider

8-Feb-2011
South Western Ambulance Service wins one and loses one

8-Feb-2011
Weston Area Healthcare Trust fears PCTs will not pay for any overperformance

8-Feb-2011
'Despair' as mental health trust risks losing £13m of contracts

8-Feb-2011
PCT working with Peterborough and Stamford FT to tackle £2.7m overspend

8-Feb-2011
South Devon FT wins payroll contract for new provider arm

8-Feb-2011
£15m of savings needed at Milton Keynes FT

8-Feb-2011
Salisbury FT in overperformance dispute with PCTs

8-Feb-2011
NHS Oxfordshire health system 'failing'

8-Feb-2011
North Bristol NHS Trust pays back PCTs

8-Feb-2011
Central and North West London Mental Health Foundation Trust wins prison contract

8-Feb-2011
Homerton over-performing on bariatric surgery

8-Feb-2011
Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre over performing by £2m

8-Feb-2011
Torbay provider arm to expand as it becomes independent

8-Feb-2011
Ten per cent of patients waiting more than 30 mins for A&E transfer

8-Feb-2011
Delays in patient handover at Taunton and Somerset A&E

8-Feb-2011
Interim chief exec made permanent at Hampshire Partnership FT

8-Feb-2011
Royal Surrey ‘mitigates’ against weather with block contract

7-Feb-2011
Luton and Dustable FT overperforming on acute contract

2-Feb-2011
Royal Berkshire FT overspending

2-Feb-2011
Savings plan shortfall in West Herfordshire Trust

2-Feb-2011
Outpatients causing overspend at West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust

2-Feb-2011
East and North Hertfordshire Trust overspending by nearly £6m

2-Feb-2011
South East Essex PCT faces £1.3m cost pressures

2-Feb-2011
NHS Barnet approves transfer of Barnet Community Services

1-Feb-2011
Patient choice proving costly for NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

31-Jan-2011
NHS Dorset in cancer drug dispute

31-Jan-2011
NHS Hamphire's debt repayment reduced by SHA

28-Jan-2011
NHS Wiltshire threatens further action against FT

28-Jan-2011
Non-elective income below plan for Cambridge University FT

25-Jan-2011
Non-elective activity drives overspend at West Essex PCT

25-Jan-2011
Norfolk and Norwich FT heading for £1.5m overspend on contract

25-Jan-2011

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