All East of England articles – Page 104
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HSJ Local
Colchester FT savings slip by £1m
FINANCE: Colchester Hospital FT has fallen £1m behind on its savings plan for the financiual year, according to board papers.
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HSJ Local
Norfolk FT fails CQC nutrition test
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission raised concerns about the trust’s standards relating to dignity and nutrition during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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NewsDH to review FT application process to avoid 'embarrassment'
The Department of Health is overhauling the process for checking whether a trust is ready to apply for foundation status to avoid “embarrassing” the health secretary, HSJ has discovered.
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HSJ Local
Suffolk mental health trust risks £2m arbitration
COMMERCIAL: A mental health trust in the East of England may be “heading to arbitration” over the terms of its talking therapies programme, having failed to sign its contract for the current financial year.
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HSJ Local
Cambridgeshire GPs may have to reform commissioning structures
STRUCTURE: Commissioning groups in Cambridgeshire - which have been at the forefront of the government reforms - may have to reform after changes to the Health Bill.
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HSJ Local
Hertfordshire PCT pledges £1.7m to delayed centre
FINANCE: NHS Hertfordshire has committed £1.7m of non recurrent funding on “ramp up costs” for a delayed treatment centre at the Lister Hospital
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HSJ Local
Clustering hits morale in South Essex
FINANCE: Primary care trust clustering in South Essex has led to a “decline in morale”, according to a board report.
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HSJ Local
Suffolk Mental Health Trust 'does not have' merger reports
STRUCTURE: Suffolk Mental Health Partnership Trust has said it is not in possession of independent reports into its planned merger with Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health FT.
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HSJ Local
NHS Great Yarmouth and Waveney staff transfer to CIC
WORKFORCE: Around 70 staff have been transferred from Great Yarmouth and Waveney PCT to the social enterprise looking to take over the commissioning budget in the area.
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HSJ Local
James Paget FT 'routinely' on black alert
PERFORMANCE: Accident and Emergency activity at James Paget UHFT over performed in all but two weeks of the winter, a letter from the strategic health authority has revealed.
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HSJ Local
CIP concern at Suffolk Mental Health Trust
FINANCE: Suffolk Mental Health Partnership Trust’s cost improvement programme is currently the trust’s “main concern”, board minutes have revealed.
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HSJ Local
Chief exec to leave King's Lynn FT
WORKFORCE: The Queen Elizabeth Hospital FT’s chief executive will leave the trust in October, it has been announced.
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HSJ Local
Colchester FT misses targer for abortion waits
PERFORMANCE: More than one in 10 women waited more than three weeks for an abortion in April at Colchester FT.
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HSJ Local
Norfolk and Waveney 'holds vacancies' to make savings
WORKFORCE: Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health FT used “vacancy management” as part of its efforts to save £6m last year.
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HSJ Local
Suffolk Mental Health Partnership 'heading to arbitration' over IAPT
FINANCE: Suffolk Mental Health Partnership may be “heading to arbitration” over the terms of its talking therapies programme as it has not yet signed its contract for the 2011-12 year.
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HSJ Local
Colchester FT was not paid by PCT in April
FINANCE: Colchester Hospital UFT had to “slow” payments and dip into its reserves after a delay in signing its contract with NHS North East Essex.
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HSJ Local
Queen Elizabeth II Hospital passes CQC dignity inspection
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission said the trust passed both of the standards relating to dignity and nutrition it inspected during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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HSJ Local
Cambridgeshire delayed transfers down to suspended services
PERFORMANCE: NHS Cambridgeshire has blamed delayed patient transfers on suspended services in the local area, according to a board report.
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NewsTrusts missing NICE guidelines on stroke treatment
“Considerable variation” exists in the time taken to provide stroke prevention surgery, data from the Royal College of Physicians and the Vascular Society has shown.
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CommentProvider trouble brewing in the East
A number of concerns were raised in a report from the East of England provider development board last month.