Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust – Page 5
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Derby Hospitals has insufficient schemes to meet PCT demand management targets
FINANCE: Derby Hospitals has identified a risk associated with NHS Derbyshire County’s plans to reduce income by £9m through demand management.
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Derby City gets go-ahead for service reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: NHS Derby City’s cluster has formally approved a service reconfiguration plan for a walk in centre and an “open access centre”.
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Derbyshire PCTs told to be less 'controlling'
PERFORMANCE: The Derbyshire cluster has been told it needs to be less “controlling” and should be putting more effort into developing consortia.
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Derby Hospitals takes £0.7m CQUIN hit
FINANCE: NHS Derbyshire County has deducted commissioning for quality and innovation income (CQUIN) from Derby Hospitals Foundation Trust worth £699,000.
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Derby City 'sharing' QIPP savings with consortia
FINANCE: Shadow commissioning budgets in Derbyshire for 2011-12 will allocate quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) savings to GP practices along primary care trust boundaries.
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GPs in Derbyshire County to pilot CQC registration
PERFORMANCE: The primary care trust has been named as the only area in the country to pilot the extension of the Care Quality Commission’s registration system to general practices.
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CommentMidlands looking for leaders to deliver business and savings plans
The detailed, costed 2011-12 business plans produced by commissioners this month make interesting reading – but who will be accountable for achieving them?
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Derbyshire PCTs to pilot productivity scheme for general practice
PERFORMANCE: A new GP scheme aiming to increase efficiency is being trialled in Derbyshire.
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NHS Derbyshire County chief exec to lead PCT cluster
STRUCTURE: David Sharp has been appointed as chief executive of the primary care trust “cluster” formed from NHS Derby City and NHS Derbyshire County.
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Derby care home training initiative aims to head off emergency admissions
WORKFORCE: Care home nurses in Derbyshire are to receive specialist training in helping older patients in care homes with feeding or swallowing difficulties.
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NHS Derby City details TCS transfer
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust has detailed where its provider arm services were transferred to on 1 April, under the transforming community services programme.
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NHS Derby City's final TCS plans laid out
NHS Derby City’s proposals for fulfilling the transforming community services agenda have been set out.
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NewsMidwife-led units threatened by falling birth rates
Standalone midwife-led centres are under threat from high costs and falling numbers of deliveries, HSJ can exclusively reveal.
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Sickness absence rises at Derby City amid reforms
WORKFORCE: Increased sickness absence rates for the commissioning arm of NHS Derby City could be related to the NHS reforms, according to board papers.
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Derby City agrees cluster arrangements
STRUCTURE: NHS Derby City and NHS Derbyshire County have had their proposed cluster arrangements agreed by NHS East Midlands.
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Five consortia to cover Derby City and County PCTs
STRUCTURE: Five commissioning consortia are emerging across the Derby City and Derbyshire County primary care trust areas.
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NHS Derby City awards walk-in centre contract to GP social enterprise
STRUCTURE: NHS Derby City has confirmed that the contract for running the Osmaston Road walk-in centre has been awarded to Derbyshire Health United, a not-for-profit social enterprise company run by local GPs.
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NewsConflict of interest concern in primary care centre cuts
Primary care access centres are becoming a common early target for cuts, examples highlighted to HSJ suggest, as spending is squeezed and GPs take a greater role in commissioning.
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NHS Derbyshire County's predicted overspend increases by £2.7m in a month
FINANCE: NHS Derbyshire County has increased its predicted overspend by £2.7m in a month due to high activity levels among trusts.
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NHS Derby City plans 8 per cent reduction to provider contracts
FINANCE: Financial modelling by NHS Derby City has identified a need to reduce 2011-12 contract values by 8 per cent on average across all providers, in order to transfer financial sustainability to GP commissioners from 2012-13.