All Health Service Journal articles in 18 August 2011 – Page 3
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One Plymouth practice not signed up to PCT-wide CCG
STRUCTURE: A single GP practice within Plymouth Teaching primary care trust is not a member of a PCT-wide emerging clinical commissioning group.
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Two practices in Redcar and Cleveland not in CCG yet
STRUCTURE: Two GP practices in Redcar and Cleveland PCT are not yet members of a GP consortium,
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North East Lincs social enterprise joins healthy workplace programme
WORKFORCE: NAViGO Health and Social Care Community Interest Company, a new social enterprise provider, has joined North East Lincolnshire Council’s healthy workplace programme.
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Clatterbridge oncology centre passes CQC spot checks
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission found the foundation trust was meeting standards relating to dignity and nutrition during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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Sussex Community Trust heading for £9.5m over spend
FINANCE: Sussex Community Trust is projected to be £9.5m over budget at the end of the year.
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Sussex expects £24.9m overspend with Western Sussex Hospitals
FINANCE: The trust’s contract with Sussex PCTs is expected to be £24.9m overspent at the end of the year – the second worst forecast in Sussex.
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Surrey and Sussex Healthcare heading for £9.4m contract overspend
FINANCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare is projected to be £5.1m over spent on its service level agreement plan and £9.4m over budget at the end of the year.
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Sussex contracts with BSUH head for ‘significant’ overspend
FINANCE: Sussex PCTs contracts with Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust are projected to be £4.2m over spent compared to the service level agreement plan, and £23.9m over budget at the end of the year - the worst forecast for an acute in Sussex.
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QVH expected to over perform by £500k this year
FINANCE: Queen Victoria Hospital FT is projected to overperform against its budget with Sussex PCTs by £500,000 this year.
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Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells forecast to breakeven against SLA
FINANCE: The trust is predicted to breakeven against its service level agreement plans with Sussex PCTs by the end of the year, but is forecast to over spend slightly against budget, by £1.2m.
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Sussex PCTs predict £77m provider overspend
FINANCE: The Sussex primary care trust cluster says there is currently a projected overspend of £77.1m against budget on all contracts for 2011-12.
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Brighton and Hove remains on course for £4.6m surplus
FINANCE: The primary care trust predicted it was on course to meet its planned end-of-year surplus of £4.6m after the first three months of the financial year.
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East Sussex Downs and Weald rates its financial position ‘amber’
FINANCE: The primary care trust has rated its year-to-date position as “amber” due to lack of data on expenditure in key areas.
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East Sussex Healthcare predicted to end year £7.6m over budget
FINANCE: East Sussex is projected to be £5m over spent on its service level agreement plan and £7.6m over budget with Sussex PCTs at the end of the year – the third worst forecast in the county.
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Single Bristol GP practice not signed up to one of three emerging CCGs
STRUCTURE: A single GP practice has not signed up to one of three emerging clinical commissioning groups under Bristol PCT.
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Southport and Ormskirk falls 45 per cent behind on savings target in Q1
FINANCE: The trust was 45 per cent behind on its challenging cost improvement programme savings at the end of the first quarter of 2011-12, board papers show.
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Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh FT records deficit for Q1 of 2011-12
FINANCE: The foundation recorded a deficit of £47,000 for the first quarter of 2011-12, against a plan to have made a surplus of £497,000 by that point, board papers state.
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Performance under pressure at Royal Devon and Exeter
PERFORMANCE: An increase in emergency admissions and an “unseasonal” outbreak of norovirus put pressure on performance at Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust during July.
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Royal Devon and Exeter exceeds C diff target
PERFORMANCE: NHS Devon has agreed not to penalise Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust for exceeding its C difficile trajectory by nine cases.
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NewsMedical resistance hampers doctor-patient decisions programme
The first evaluation of an NHS programme to spread joint decision making with patients has highlighted “many challenges” to the aim, mainly because of resistant doctors.