All Acute care articles – Page 284
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NewsHospital's A&E too small - minister
A major Welsh hospital’s accident and emergency has been branded inadequate by the Assembly’s first minister.
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HSJ KnowledgeA pathway to success for total joint replacement services
An ambitious redesign of total joint replacement services could lead to a massive level of savings without the loss of capacity at the same time. Sg2 vice president Meghan Robb outlines the potential.
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HSJ Local
Central Manchester FT may over-perform on PCT contract by £2.5m
FINANCE: The foundation trust will over-perform on its £126.8m contract with NHS Manchester by £2.5m, the primary care trust forecasts.
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HSJ Local
Tameside Hospital FT contract threatens to go £1.9m over budget
FINANCE: The foundation trust is forecast to over-perform on its NHS Tameside and Glossop contract by £1.9m for 2010-11, the primary care trust’s latest finance report shows.
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HSJ Local
South West Essex still heading for deficit despite improvement
FINANCE: NHS South West Essex improved its deficit from £11.4m to £9.8m in January, but still does not expect to break even.
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HSJ Local
NHS Southwark at risk from £13.7m provider over-spends
FINANCE: The primary care trust could see year-end over-spends totalling £13.7m from its two main providers
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HSJ Local
Oxford Radcliffe and Nuffield merger under scrutiny
STRUCTURE: The Co-operation and Competition Panel (CCP) has started work on assessing the proposed integration of Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals and the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre.
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HSJ Local
Barnsley FT struggling with C difficile stretch target
PERFORMANCE: Barnsley Hospital Foundation Trust is missing its stretch target for preventing C difficile cases.
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NewsFirst ambulance trusts achieve FT status
South East Coast and South West ambulance services have become the first ambulance trusts to achieve foundation status.
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HSJ Local
Hinchingbrooke continues to predict breakeven as deficit grows
FINANCE: Hinchingbrooke Health Care is reporting a cumulative deficit of £1.8m but still expects to breakeven at the end of the year thanks to financial recovery plan schemes.
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NewsHealth lottery plans unveiled
Media tycoon Richard Desmond has unveiled a new lottery game which aims to raise more than £50m a year for health charities.
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HSJ Local
Hinchingbrooke seeks to appoint directors for transition to franchise
STRUCTURE: Hinchingbrooke Health Care is looking to appoint a new chair and two non-executive directors as it finalises arrangements for Circle to take over the hospital.
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HSJ Local
Governors wanted at Norfolk and Norwich FT
STRUCTURE: Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals FT is holding elections to appoint 17 governors to its board.
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HSJ Local
NW London Hospitals Trust behind target on major schemes savings plan
FINANCE: A report to the board said the acute trust had achieved less than half of the major savings schemes it had planned.
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HSJ Local
Royal Cornwall ordered to offer gynae patients alternative provider
PERFORMANCE: Five patients have invoked their rights under the NHS Constitution and requested treatment at an alternative provider after a breach of the 18 week referral-to-treatment target at Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust.
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HSJ Local
Central London community trust plans integrated care pilot for diabetes and elderly care
STRUCTURE: The community provider was approved to begin the integrated care pilot by NHS London and will work with a local acute trust, GPs and the local authority.
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HSJ Local
Commissioning change 'delaying QIPP' at Newcastle FT
FINANCE: Quality, improvement, productivity and prevention (QIPP) planning around Newcastle is being further delayed by reforms to the local commissioning landscape, a foundation trust is reporting.
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HSJ Local
More than 100 same sex breaches at Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust
PERFORMANCE: There were 128 breaches of rules banning mixed sex accommodation at Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust in January.
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HSJ Local
Workforce spending cuts aid Princess Alexandra's finances
FINANCE: The Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust has reigned in its spending and is predicting a year-end breakeven, thanks largely to reductions in workforce expenditure.
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HSJ Local
North Devon Healthcare Trust breaches waiting target for urodynamics
PERFORMANCE: North Devon Healthcare Trust saw more breaches of the six week diagnostic test target in December than in the previous seven months combined.