All HSJ Local articles – Page 218

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South Gloucs CCG reveals underfunding

2013-10-04T19:12:00Z

FINANCE: South Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group is underfunded by more than 8 per cent in 2013-14, board papers claim.

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Trust medical director takes on top job

2013-10-04T18:02:00Z

WORKFORCE: Northampton General Hospital has appointed Dr Sonia Swart as chief executive with immediate effect.

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Labour accused of hospital cover-up

2013-10-04T10:04:00Z

The Department of Health under Labour tried to stop details emerging of a hospital scandal involving higher-than-normal death rates, emails have revealed.

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Trust accidentally circulates details of Ashworth Hospital volunteers

2013-10-04T09:00:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Mersey Care Trust has published details of a confidentiality breach in which a member of staff accidentally circulated the personal details of volunteers who had visited patients at the high-security Ashworth Hospital.

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Pennine Acute misses hospital acquired infections target

2013-10-03T18:40:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Pennine Acute has failed against its target of having no cases of MRSA in 2013-14, its latest performance report states.

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East Lancs publishes post-Keogh improvement plan

2013-10-03T18:39:00Z

WORKFORCE: East Lancashire Hospitals has hired 30 additional nurses and 30 extra healthcare assistants following the Keogh review of trusts with high mortality rate, the trust reported last week.

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Royal Cornwall breaches C-diff target

2013-10-03T18:39:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has breached its limit of clostridium difficile cases for 2013-14.

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2gether struggles with children and young people backlog

2013-10-03T18:17:00Z

PERFORMANCE: 2gether Foundation Trust has seen an “unanticipated” increase in referrals to its children and young people’s service.

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Basildon and Thurrock reports larger than forecast deficit

2013-10-03T16:56:00Z

Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust has posted a £2.1m deficit for the first four months of 2013-14 – £1.9m more than forecast.

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Imperial yet to identify 18 per cent of savings

2013-10-03T15:05:00Z

FINANCE: Imperial College Healthcare Trust has yet to identify £9.2m in cost-cutting programmes.

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Portsmouth's withdrawal scuppers local pathology plan

2013-10-03T11:25:00Z

STRUCTURE: Portsmouth Hospitals Trust has frustrated its neighbours by pulling out of a proposed local pathology consortium weeks before it was due to go live, citing concerns over governance arrangements and the savings potential of the project.

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Chair of Dorset Healthcare stands down

2013-10-01T17:53:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The chair of a south west foundation trust has tendered his resignation, just a week after Monitor intervened to ensure its board was operating effectively.

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Royal Berkshire records six 'trolley waits' in a single week

2013-10-01T17:50:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Royal Berkshire Hospital Foundation Trust was responsible for six accident and emergency “trolley waits” of more than 12 hours in a single week.

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Trust report reveals 14 year dispute over harm to patients

2013-09-30T17:00:00Z

PERFORMANCE: A troubled foundation trust has commissioned performance reports on each of its surgeons after an internal audit uncovered a 14-year feud among clinical staff and 48 cases of possible harm to patients that were never investigated.

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Overspend on private and voluntary services leaves ambulance trust in £2.5m deficit

2013-09-30T15:04:00Z

East of England Ambulance Service Trust has posted a year to date deficit of £2.5m after it overspent on private and voluntary ambulance services, according to trust board papers.

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Central Manchester surplus £80k behind plan

2013-09-30T15:03:00Z

FINANCE: Central Manchester University Hospitals recorded a surplus of £664,000 for the first four months of 2013-14, £80,000 behind plan to that point in the year, its latest finance report states.

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Royal Cornwall and Peninsula win joint funding

2013-09-30T14:59:00Z

FINANCE: Peninsula Community Health and Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust have secured funding of £1.3m to improve the care experience for people with dementia.

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NHS 111 implementation hit Yorkshire Ambulance finances

2013-09-30T08:29:00Z

FINANCE: Yorkshire Ambulance Service Trust has reported spending more than budgeted this year, partly because of unexpected costs associated with NHS 111.

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Countess of Chester plans £7.4m savings in 2013-14

2013-09-29T17:33:00Z

FINANCE: Countess of Chester Hospital Foundation Trust aims to make cost improvement programme savings of £7.4m in 2013-14.

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Monitor takes more action at Dorset Healthcare

2013-09-27T16:58:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Monitor has imposed an additional condition on Dorset Healthcare University Foundation Trust’s licence due to concerns its leadership is failing to get a grip on ongoing quality and governance concerns.