Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust – Page 4
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HSJ Local
Berkshire East releases reserves to hit surplus target
FINANCE: Berkshire East primary care trust was forecasting it would achieve its planned surplus for 2012-13, after committing to releasing contingency funding to cover overspends on several providers.
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NewsDetails of Savile investigations announced
A former barrister has been brought in to oversee the investigations into Jimmy Savile’s activities at Stoke Mandeville, Broadmoor and Leeds General Infirmary.
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NewsNurses 'warned children about Savile'
Nurses advised young patients to “pretend to be asleep” when Sir Jimmy Savile was visiting their hospital, it has been claimed.
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HSJ Local
Trust 'shocked' at Sir Jimmy Savile allegations
PATIENT SAFETY Buckinghamshire Healthcare, the trust that runs Stoke Mandeville Hospital, has said it is “shocked” over allegations that Sir Jimmy Savile abused children while volunteering there.
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Buckinghamshire trust puts back FT application date to April
STRUCTURE: Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust has agreed a revised timetable for submission of its application to become a foundation trust.
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Wexham Park Hospital expands AMU
STRUCTURE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust is investing more than £2.5m in reconfiguring wards, in anticipation of a rise in emergency attendances.
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Acute demand pushes Bucks Healthcare into the red
FINANCE: Higher than planned levels of activity forced Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust into a deficit of nearly £1m in June.
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HSJ Local
Bucks trust appoints new NED
WORKFORCE: David Sines has been appointed to the board of Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust as an associate non-executive director.
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HSJ Local
Trust looks to Portugal for new nursing recruits
WORKFORCE: Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust is planning to recruit nurses from Portugal amid staffing shortages and an over-reliance on temporary staff.
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HSJ Local
Bucks PCT in surplus despite overspends
FINANCE: Buckinghamshire primary care trust finished 2011-12 with a year-end surplus higher than planned, despite over-spending on all its providers.
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HSJ Local
Trust in merger negotiations secures bail out funding
FINANCE: Talks are under way regarding a potential merger for Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust, which has also secured bail-out funding for 2012-13.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: the viability of acute services in the Thames Valley area
HSJ Local Briefing is our new in-depth analysis of the key issues facing the NHS’s major health economies. This week: the long term viability of acute services in the Thames Valley area.
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NewsTrusts reveal further delays to the FT pipeline
Four more trusts have confirmed delays in their dates for submitting applications to become foundation trusts, HSJ has discovered.
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HSJ Local
Activity levels keep Bucks trust pay bill high
WORKFORCE: High levels of activity are keeping pay costs high at Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust.
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HSJ Local
Bucks Healthcare behind on surplus target
FINANCE: Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust reported a year to date surplus of £1.3m in February, more than £1m behind target.
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HSJ Local
Buckinghamshire trust FT bid delayed six months
STRUCTURE: Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust has put back its application for foundation status by six months.
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HSJ Local
Buckinghamshire Trust misses C diff target throughout 2011-12
PERFORMANCE: Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust missed its target for C difficile infections in each month of 2011-12 to February.
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HSJ Local
Bucks trust establishes new stroke unit
STRUCTURE: A specialist 30-bed stroke unit is being established at Wycombe Hospital, following the merging of stroke services at Wycombe and Stoke Mandeville.
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Bucks healthcare gets an extra £3m
FINANCE: A £3m settlement has been agreed between Buckinghamshire primary care trust and Buckinghamshire Healthcare to “de-risk” overperformance.
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HSJ Local
Bucks healthcare reviews FT application
STRUCTURE: Buckinghamshire Healthcare is “reconsidering” its timetable for becoming a foundation trust due to “financial pressures”.