All Health Service Journal articles in 3 February 2011 – Page 8
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Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust manages to get staff-turnover below national average
WORKFORCE: The troubled trust, which spent £4.1m on bank and agency staff, in August reached a turnover of 11.3 per cent in December.
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Kingston Hospital c-section rate above 27 per cent
PERFORMANCE: The trust’s rate was above its own target but it said its multiple pregenancy rate, often a causal factor, was double the national average and outside its control.
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Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust has been cleared to proceed with £90m PFI rebuild
STRUCTURE: The north London specialist trust was given permission to place an advert for partners for the scheme by NHS London in December.
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The Royal Free Hampstead Trust is on target to meet its planned surplus
FINANCE: The north London hospital is on track for a £4.6m surplus, in line with its plans
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North Middlesex University Hospital Trust declined in more than half of its quality indicators in December
PERFORMANCE: Thirty-eight of the trust’s performance measures were worse than they were in November.
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The Tavistock and Portman Foundation Trust establishes partnership with top US university
STRUCTURE: The north London specialist mental health trust is working with Yale University on infant mental health training.
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Heart of England slashing 1,600 posts
WORKFORCE: Heart of England Foundation Trust is cutting around 1,600 posts over four years to deliver efficiency savings.
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£20m research centre for University Hospitals Birmingham
STRUCTURE: Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham is to host £20m national centre for research into treating trauma.
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Worcestershire Acute £5.5m overspent on pay
FINANCE: Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust has overspend on pay by £5.5m this year.
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Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust overperformance to cost an extra £5.5m
FINANCE: NHS Worcestershire will have to pay Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust an estimated £5.5m due to overperformance.
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Weather pushes West Midlands Ambulance Trust below target on response times
PERFORMANCE: Adverse weather conditions have led to West Midlands Ambulance Trust dipping below target on response times.
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Dudley and Walsall more than double predicted surplus
FINANCE: Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership Trust has more than doubled its predicted surplus.
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Social enterprise looks likely for NHS North Somerset provider arm
STRUCTURE: NHS North Somerset is planning to transfer its community services to a social enterprise.
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NHS Devon moves ahead with plans for provider arm
STRUCTURE: The Co-operation and Competition Panel (CCP) has de-prioritised the transfer of NHS Devon’s provider arms.
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Birmingham Community Healthcare Trust still struggling on efficiency savings
FINANCE: Birmingham Community Healthcare Trust has missed its efficiency savings target for the fifth month running.
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High sickness absence among senior staff at Birmingham Community Healthcare Trust
WORKFORCE: Sickness absence among senior staff has contributed to a 40 per cent jump in costs this financial year at Birmingham Community Healthcare Trust.
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NHS Sutton & Merton allowed to work to below target chlamydia screening goal
PERFORMANCE: The primary care trust, which is predicting a year-end deficit, will be working to an “internal target” of 15 per cent after “financial reductions” meant it wouldn’t make the national target of 35 per cent.
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Derbyshire mental health trust granted foundation status
STRUCTURE: The trust formerly known as Derbyshire Mental Health Services Trust has been granted foundation status by Monitor and renamed Derbyshire Healthcare Foundation Trust.
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Central London Community Healthcare acquires fourth provider arm
STRUCTURE: An aspirant community foundation trust is set to become one of the largest in the country after NHS Barnet voted to transfer its provider arm to it.
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Treatment bans worsen George Eliot deficit
FINANCE: George Eliot Hospital Trust is reporting a year to date deficit of £1.96m, which is largely the result of the primary care trust banning certain procedures.