All Health Service Journal articles in 3 February 2011 – Page 9
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Lengths of stay at George Eliot highest since 2005-6
PERFORMANCE: Lengths of stay at George Eliot Hospital Trust are at their highest level since April 2009 and the second highest level since 2005-6.
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NHS Nottingham's concern at cancer mortality inequalities
PERFORMANCE: NHS Nottingham City has expressed “major concern” at data suggesting the narrowing of cancer mortality health inequalities has slowed down and may even be widening.
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Clatterbridge mulls participation in Liverpool academic health sciences centre bid
STRUCTURE: The foundation is contributing to work to revisit plans for an academic health sciences centre in Liverpool, after an initial bid was turned down by the Department of Health.
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Bedford Hospital Trust goes to PCT with financial pressures
FINANCE: Bedford Hospital has told its PCT that an increase in non-elective activity and the introduction of a marginal tariff puts its savings targets at risk.
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Dudley Group of Hospitals announces £40m savings drive
FINANCE: The Dudley Group of Hospitals has announced it needs to save £40m over four years.
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NHS Birmingham East and North overspent by £9.7m
FINANCE: NHS Birmingham East and North is overspent by £9.7m against plan.
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Work begins on new dementia unit at Norfolk and Waveney FT
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY: Building work has begun on a 36-bed dementia intensive care unit(DICU) at the Julian Hospital on Bowthorpe Road, Norwich.
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Red risk over staff shortages at Northampton General
WORKFORCE: Staff shortages have led to “headcount” being recorded as a red risk at Northampton General Hospital Trust.
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Royal Berkshire FT to pay nearly £8m in compensation
FINANCE: The Royal Berkshire FT will pay nearly £8m in compensation to a ten-year-old with cerebral palsy after mistakes during his birth.
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CQC requests hygiene review at Nuffield Orthopeadic Centre
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission requested a formal review of Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre’s compliance with hygiene standards.
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Liverpool PCT sets out finance challenges for GP commissioners
FINANCE: At the first meeting of the PCT’s interim GP commission board, held in December, the PCT’s head of information and intelligence described the key features of the city’s £900m commissioning spend.
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NHS Wiltshire appoints joint finance director
WORKFORCE: The primary care trust has appointed a joint finance director with NHS Bath and North East Somerset.
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Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre to start work on new research facility
STRUCTURE: Work on Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre’s new research facility is on course to start mid March.
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QEII birthing unit plans rejected
STRUCTURE: An independent review of plans for a midewife-led birthing unit at the Queen Elizebeth II Hospital has found that it is not feasible.
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SHA seeks assurances from West Hertfordshire Hospitals over quality concerns
PERFORMANCE: East of England SHA’s provider development board is seeking assurance from West Hertfordshire Hospitals over serious incidents, never events and rising mortality rates.
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Liverpool Community Health Trust on track for £2.5m surplus
FINANCE: The community health trust is forecasting a £1m surplus for the period from November 1 to March 31.
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Overperformance and pay underspends see Walton Centre surplus rocket above plan
FINANCE: The foundation was showing a cumulative surplus of £2.8m at the end of October, £2m greater than the surplus it had planned to record by that date.
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Teenagers placed in adult wards at Greater Manchester West Mental Health FT
PERFORMANCE: Twenty-six hospital bed days in adult psychiatric wards were occupied by patients aged 16 and 17 at Greater Manchester West Mental Health Foundation Trust in quarter two.
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The Christie could face red rating due to 'flawed' cancer waiting times target
PERFORMANCE: Care services minister Paul Burstow has written to the foundation acknowledging that its difficulties meeting the 62 day cancer treatment waiting times target are due to problems in the Greater Manchester and Cheshire Cancer Network ‘as a whole’.
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NewsHealthcare assistants to ease budget pressures
Providers will need to see a big growth in the number of healthcare assistants over the next decade, the health skills advisory body has said.