All HSJ Local articles – Page 302
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Lancashire Care expects £6m surplus
FINANCE: Lancashire Care Foundation Trust is now expecting to deliver a surplus of more than £6m this year – against a plan of £4.1m. The trust says there is still some risks associated with the forecast.
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Cumbria FT expects £8.1m surplus
FINANCE: Cumbria Partnership Foundation Trust expects to deliver a surplus of £8.1m this year – and at the end of December already had a surplus of £7.1m.
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Transfers of care improvement at Cumbria
PERFORMANCE: Delayed transfers of care in Cumbria Partnership Foundation Trust have plummeted from a high of 8.6 per cent in October to just 3.1 per cent in December.
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Complaints problems at Cumbria Partnership
PERFORMANCE: Cumbria Partnership Foundation Trust only resolved just over half of its complaints within its 25 day target, board papers reveal.
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New NEDs at Cumbria Partnership
WORKFORCE: Three new non-executive directors have been appointed to Cumbria Foundation Trust. Heike Horsburgh MBE, Wanda Rossiter and Kate Willard have had their appointments approved at the trust’s governors’ council.
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Cumbria partnership appoints clinical director
WORKFORCE: Cumbria Partnership Foundation Trust has appointed a new clinical director of children’s services, two new consultant psychiatrists and a new pathway lead for mental health and wellbeing.
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High cost of private placements a concern in Manchester
FINANCE: The high cost of private placements is causing concern for Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust – and its commissioners.
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Manchester MH and social care trust praised by Stonewall
WORKFORCE: Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust has been named as the highest performing mental health trust in the North of England for its work on discrimination and creating an inclusive workplace.
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Manchester mental health service wins 'excellence' badge
PERFORMANCE: A Manchester service that supports people with mental health issues to get back into work has been awarded ‘Centre of Excellence’ status by the Centre for Mental Health.
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Manchester wins dementia funding
RESEARCH: Part of a £22m government investment in dementia research will help fund research trials in Manchester, were four out of the 21 trials are based.
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Cheshire and Wirral records £830,000 surplus
FINANCE: Cheshire and Wirral Partnership Foundation Trust had a £830,000 surplus at the end of December, the board heard.
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Smoking breaks costing Cheshire and Wirral Partnership £2m
WORKFORCE: Staff taking smoking breaks are costing a mental health trust nearly £2m a year in lost productivity – and causing resentment among their non-smoking colleagues, a board meeting was told.
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Sheffield care trust told to improve record keeping
PERFORMANCE: A home which provided respite care for dementia patients did not adequately record whether they were able to consent to care and had incomplete records, a Care Quality Commission inspection has found.
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More staff appraisals at Tees, Esk and Wear FT
WORKFORCE: Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys Foundation Trust appears to be carrying more appraisals, a board paper suggests.
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South Tees missed four hour target in December
PERFORMANCE: A combination of pressures meant that the South Tees Hospitals Foundation Trust missed the four hour A&E target in December. With only 91.6 per cent of patients discharge or admitted within that time, the trust failed the Monitor target for quarter three and now has an amber-green rating.
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Higher than expected surplus at Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys
FINANCE: Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys Foundation Trust had an operating surplus of £6.9m at the end of December – slightly ahead of plan, reflecting high patient activity.
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South Tees struggles to make finance plan
FINANCE: South Tees Hospitals Foundation Trust is more than £3m behind plan on its surplus for this financial year – with the figures to the end of December showing the surplus was at £437,000 before impairments. The trust says this would amount to a financial risk rating of three.
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New chief executive for Sandwell and West Birmingham
WORKFORCE: Toby Lewis has been announced as the new chief executive of Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust.
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Heart of England miss half of month's CIP savings
FINANCE: Heart of England Foundation Trust made just half of its planned cost improvement plan savings in November.
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Southend CCG forecasts underspend
FINANCE Southend Clinical Commissioning Group has forecast a £8,000 budget underspend for this financial year.