All Health Service Journal articles in 24 February 2011
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NewsBill may open up bank lending market to NHS hospitals
Government plans to make it easier for foundation trusts to use their property as loan security may open up a market for private sector lending to NHS hospitals, lawyers say.
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Mid Cheshire Hospitals FT agrees risk sharing deal with primary care trust
FINANCE: The foundation has agreed to cap the total it will charge Central and Eastern Cheshire PCT in 2010/11 at £134.5m.
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NHS Blackpool £4m behind on savings target
FINANCE: The primary care trust was more than £4m behind on its savings plan for the year at the end of November, newly published board documents show.
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Central & Eastern Cheshire PCT forecasts £5.5m savings plan shortfall
FINANCE: The primary care trust is anticipating it will miss its £32.5m savings target for 2010/11by £5.5m, revised forecasts show.
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Lancashire FT feels swine flu pressure
PERFORMANCE: A swine flu outbreak caused “severe organisational pressures” for the trust in December, eventually forcing it to cancel all elective patients except those with life-threatening conditions.
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Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust doubles surplus target
FINANCE: A foundation trust has doubled its surplus prediction for the financial year at the end of month eight.
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Trafford Healthcare cuts forecast surplus by £400,000
FINANCE: The trust has cut its forecast surplus for the year from £1.2m to £800,000.
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TCS handover will see Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust forced to accept £1m loss
FINANCE: A mental health trust has rated as red the risk posed by a commissioner cutting £1m from its budget.
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South Western Ambulance Service wins one and loses one
COMMERCIAL: South Western Ambulance Service is set to take over an out of hours treatment centre from a PCT.
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Countess of Chester Hospital breaches waiting times target in six specialties
PERFORMANCE: The trust missed its 18 week referral-to-treatment target in six specialties in November 2010, newly published board papers show.
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PCTs negotiate Imperial College Healthcare Trust income down by £4m after mid-year review
FINANCE: A revised service level agreement between an acute trust and its local primary care trusts have seen its predicted income fall by £4.2m
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Blackburn with Darwen ahead of plan at end of November
FINANCE: The trust was reporting a year-to-date surplus of £991,000 at the end of November, £11,000 above its planned surplus at that point.
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Draft plan: Western Cheshire will need to find £15m savings to break even next year
FINANCE: The primary care trust will have to find savings of £15m in 2011/12 to break even for the year, draft plans forecast.
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Croydon Health Services Trust making progress on agency spend
WORKFORCE: A hospital and its vertically integrated community services have made progress on reducing the proportion of agency staff employed.
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North West London Hospitals Trust struggles on emergency four-hour target
PERFORMANCE: An acute trust is under pressure to meet the four-hour A&E target after a six per cent rise in attendances
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West London Mental Health Trust to consult on closure of specialist in-patient service
FINANCE: A mental health trust is holding a consultation into the closure of a specialist personality disorder service.
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NHS Richmond's CFT moves step closer to acquiring PCT estate
FINANCE: An aspirant community foundation trust has moved a step closer to taking control of the assets of its commissioner primary care trust.
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Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital Foundation Trust reporting year-to-date deficit
FINANCE: A specialist hospital trust had a year-to-date deficit of £4.5m, according to its most recent board papers.
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NHS Central Lancashire slashes planned surplus by £2m
FINANCE: The primary care trust has cut its planned surplus for 2010/11 to £1.63m, down from £3.63m.
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SHA arbitrates after dispute between trust and NHS Greenwich PCT cluster
FINANCE: A primary care trust has seen the contract value of services with its local acute rise by £10m for the second half of the financial year after arbitration.