Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust – Page 17
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NewsStruggling trusts owe DH quarter of a billion in bailout cash
Trusts owe the Department of Health a quarter of a billion pounds, with most of the debt resulting from mass bailouts made during the financial crisis of 2006, DH figures reveal.
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Delayed payments bolster Berks FT cash position
FINANCE: The February cash position of Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was more than £1.6m better than planned, due to planned overpayments to neighbouring trusts.
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Smaller trusts forced to rethink FT plans
STRUCTURE: Several smaller trusts that could not confirm the date on which they will apply for foundation status had previously been confident of achieving it.
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Provider contracts still in dispute
COMMERCIAL: A third of contracts between providers and commissioners in the North West are still incomplete, HSJ has discovered.
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Heatherwood and Wexham Park given extension to resolve dispute
FINANCE: A foundation trust with high-profile financial difficulties has been given an extra three months to finalise its commissioner contract for 2011-12.
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Police to discuss controlled drugs policy with Frimley Park staff
WORKFORCE: The FT is making efforts to improve areas of poor performance in theatres, with a focus on improving management of controlled drugs.
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Frimley Park expects improvement on stroke to result from workforce changes
PERFORMANCE: The FT expects to improve its stroke services “imminently” after a lengthy period of below par performance, according to board papers.
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Frimley Park Hospital FT acts to improve trauma performance
PERFORMANCE: The FT is making efforts to improve areas of poor performance in trauma and orthopaedics.
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Work to begin this month on new Frimley Park A&E
STRUCTURE: Work is about to start on Frimley Park Hospital’s new emergency department, day surgery unit and helipad.
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Frimley Park reports high risk of emergency admission care failure
PERFORMANCE: The FT is currently rated as at “extremely high” risk of failing to provide clinical management of emergency admissions.
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Frimley Park asked to invest in informatics strategy
FINANCE: The FT is “falling behind” other hospitals on informatics and looks set to invest more in this area as a result, according to latest board papers.
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Frimley Park FT appoints two new NEDs
WORKFORCE: Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has appointed two new non-executive directors to its board.
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NewsJoint pathology venture fairly awarded, CCP decides
A foundation trust did not breach competition principles in selecting a public/private partnership for its pathology services, the NHS market regulator has found.
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Heatherwood and Wexham Park missing cancer targets due to capacity problems
PERFORMANCE: “Chronic capacity problems” are preventing Heatherwood and Wexham Park FT from meeting cancer waiting time targets, according to board papers.
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Legionella shuts nursery at Heatherwood and Wexham Park
PERFORMANCE: A nursery at Heatherwood and Wexham Park FT was closed temporarily after high levels of legionella were found in a water tank.
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Sickness costs Heatherwood and Wexham Park over £4m
WORKFORCE: Staff sickness costs at Heatherwood and Wexham Park amounted to £4.2m in between June and December 2010, according to board minutes.
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Monitor's intervention threshold lowered in new framework
Monitor is set to intervene in more foundation trusts that are in danger of breaching their authorisation.
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Foundation blames PCT in payment dispute
FINANCE: A foundation trust that received an £18m loan from the Department of Health is now embroiled in a dispute over the “failure” of commissioners to manage demand.
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Heatherwood and Wexham Park FT seeks to clarify 'urgent referrals' with GPs
PERFORMANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham FT is working to clarify with GPs the definition of an “urgent referral”, its board has heard.
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Oral surgery backlog at Heatherwood and Wexham Park FT
PERFORMANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park FT’s oral surgery department is underperforming due to “chronic capacity problems”, its board has been told.