All ACUTE LIST articles – Page 44

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Oxfordshire Learning Disability Trust behind on surplus plans

2011-02-09T11:23:00Z

FINANCE: Oxfordshire Learning Disability NHS Trust is predicting a year end surplus more than 65 per cent less than plan.

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Pennine Acute will need to cut costs by £22.5m to manage tariff cut

2011-02-09T11:19:00Z

FINANCE: The trust will have to find savings of £22.5m in 2011/12 to make up for nationally directed price cuts of 1.5 per cent, latest board papers show.

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Red risk over staff shortages at Northampton General

2011-02-09T11:00:00Z

WORKFORCE: Staff shortages have led to “headcount” being recorded as a red risk at Northampton General Hospital Trust.

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Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust has better than expected surplus

2011-02-09T10:45:00Z

FINANCE: Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust has achieved a “bottom line” surplus of £1.205m, which is £158,000 better than the planned position, as measured against the Department of Health’s performance target.

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Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust get go-ahead for new hospital

2011-02-09T10:42:00Z

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY: Health secretary Andrew Lansley has backed a plan by Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust to buy land for a new hospital via a compulsory purchase order.

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Audit Commission highlights weaknesses at Great Western Ambulance Service

2011-02-09T10:37:00Z

FINANCE: The Audit Commission’s annual audit of Great Western Ambulance Service highlighted two serious weaknesses in reporting.

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Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital Foundation Trust reporting year-to-date deficit

2011-02-09T10:29:00Z

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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Bedford Hospital Trust goes to PCT with financial pressures

2011-02-09T10:12:00Z

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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North West London Hospitals Trust struggles on emergency four-hour target

2011-02-09T10:06:00Z

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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Croydon Health Services Trust making progress on agency spend

2011-02-09T10:06:00Z

WORKFORCE: A hospital and its vertically integrated community services have made progress on reducing the proportion of agency staff employed.

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Great Ormond Street ends its child health services contract with NHS Haringey

2011-02-09T10:04:00Z

COMMERCIAL: The commissioners decided the The Whittington Hospital Trust would provide children’s health services as of April.

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Hinchingbrooke predicts recovery plan will rescue breakeven

2011-02-09T10:02:00Z

FINANCE: Hinchingbrooke Health Care expects to break even despite a £1.4m deficit at the end of 2010, thanks to its recovery plan.

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NHS Plymouth confident of surplus despite commissioning overspend of £11.5m

2011-02-09T09:59:00Z

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY: NHS Plymouth is forecasting an overspend on commissioning of £11.5m.

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University Hospitals Bristol FT presses ahead with partnership plans

2011-02-09T09:58:00Z

STRUCTURE: University Hospitals Bristol and North Bristol Trust have set up a partnership board to take forward plans to work more closely together.

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Lengths of stay at George Eliot highest since 2005-6

2011-02-08T19:39:00Z

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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Treatment bans worsen George Eliot deficit

2011-02-08T19:37:00Z

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.

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NHS Kensington & Chelsea miss breast screening targets two months in a row

2011-02-08T19:36:00Z

A central London PCT has missed its breast cancer screening targets for months seven and eight of the financial year.

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NHS Devon moves ahead with plans for provider arm

2011-02-08T19:20:00Z

STRUCTURE: The Co-operation and Competition Panel (CCP) has de-prioritised the transfer of NHS Devon’s provider arms.

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£20m research centre for University Hospitals Birmingham

2011-02-08T19:08:00Z

STRUCTURE: Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham is to host £20m national centre for research into treating trauma.

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Barts and the London Trust still above agency staff budget

2011-02-08T18:47:00Z

WORKFORCE: The east london acute trust missed its 3.5 per cent target in December, board papers revealed.