All HEATHERWOOD AND WEXHAM PARK HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST articles – Page 4
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NewsMonitor and DH work on bailout formula
Monitor and the Department of Health are working to devise a formula determining when troubled foundation trusts receive financial bailouts.
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HSJ Local
Fax hitch hits Berkshire cancer performance
PERFORMANCE: A fax server failure has led to a backlog in cancer waits in Berkshire.
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HSJ Local
Heatherwood and Wexham Park misses waiting time target in two specialties
PERFORMANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust missed its waiting time target in the trauma and orthopaedics and ear nose and throat specialties, primary care trust board papers show.
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HSJ Local
Close Heatherwood, argue neighbouring trusts
STRUCTURE: The Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust has argued that Heatherwood Hospital should be closed, with funding diverted to its own Brants Bridge clinic in Bracknell.
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HSJ Local
Heatherwood and Wexham Park finances off target
FINANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust reported an adverse financial position of £351,000 in the year to June.
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HSJ Local
Heatherwood FT slips on waiting list backlog
PERFORMANCE: Bosses at Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust have warned that their ability to cut a backlog in long waiters could be “in jeopardy” as extra cash to deal with the issue runs out.
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HSJ Local
Quality improves at Heatherwood and Wexham Park on introduction of Safety Thermometer
PERFORMANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust has reported a steady improvement on some quality indicators since the introduction of the NHS Safety Thermometer.
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HSJ Local
Patients rate Heatherwood higher than Wexham Park
PERFORMANCE: Berkshire patients are more likely to recommend Heatherwood Hospital than Wexham Park, feedback from NHS Choices has shown.
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NewsAccuracy of tariff improved, Audit Commission finds
The accuracy of a key component of the payment by results system has improved since 2007-08, according to a report from the Audit Commission.
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HSJ Local
Heatherwood FT hits emergency target
PERFORMANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust hit accident and emergency targets in April and was on target in May.
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More than half of FTs behind plan on 2011-12 savings
More than half of foundation trusts missed their savings plan targets, according to Monitor’s review of last financial year.
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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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15 FTs ended 2011-12 in deficit
Fifteen foundation trusts finished 2011-12 in deficit and “at least four” are considered unviable in their current form by Monitor, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
Berkshire bosses set out reconfiguration plans
STRUCTURE: Initial proposals for acute sector reconfiguration in Berkshire are proposing a new surgical hospital at Heatherwood, to be paid for by selling off surplus land.
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NewsRevealed: highest-paid interim NHS chiefs on over £1k per day
The going rates for the health service’s most highly paid interim executives have been revealed as a result of a Treasury review of how public sector executives are employed.
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HSJ Local
Heatherwood site has a long-term future, local bosses say
STRUCTURE: NHS bosses in Berkshire have confirmed that Heatherwood Hospital has a long-term future as part of the local health economy.
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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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HSJ Local
Heatherwood trust and PCT cluster agree extra cash for 2012-13
FINANCE: NHS Berkshire and Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals Foundation Trust signed their 2012-13 local acute services contract just three days into the financial year after a thaw in relations.
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HSJ Local
Berkshire East health economy no longer 'failing'
PERFORMANCE: The Berkshire East health economy has been upgraded from “failing” for the first time in more than 18 months.