All HSJ Local articles – Page 305
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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.
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CQC report praises Lincolnshire trust but calls for action on staffing
United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust is carrying out a review of its staffing levels, it has emerged.
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Monitor intervenes at Rotherham FT
FINANCE: Monitor has intervened at the Rotherham Foundation Trust, and told it to improve financial management and ensure its services are sustainable.
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West Suffolk hospital A&E waiting times a ‘concern’
PERFORMANCE West Suffolk hospital’s performance against the four-hour waiting time remains “a concern”, according to commissioners.
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Northumbria Healthcare creates iPhone app for GPs
STRUCTURE: Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust has launched an iPhone app to help North East GPs access real time information about its clinics, consultants and specialist services.
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Scunthorpe GP practice receives prestigious quality award
PERFORMANCE: A GP practice in Scunthorpe has become the first in England to be awarded a Royal College of General Practitioners Practice Accreditation.
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Southampton clinicians research hip replacement
CLINICAL RESEARCH: Surgeons at Southampton’s university hospitals have pioneered an “orthopaedic profiling” system which aims to fit patients with the most effective hip or knee replacement.
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PwC team appointed to review services in Peterborough
FINANCE: Monitor has appointed accountancy firm PwC to develop a rescue package for debt-laden Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust, it has emerged.
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New nursing director for Plymouth Hospitals
WORKFORCE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust director of nursing and governance Greg Dix has been appointed director of nursing at Plymouth Hospitals Trust.
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Senior Plymouth nurse to take on regional leadership role
WORKFORCE: One of Plymouth Hospitals Trust’s most senior nurses is leaving to become head of leadership development for NHS South of England.
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New finance director for Devon Partnership
WORKFORCE: Plymouth Hospitals Trust director of financial services Sarah Brampton is leaving the trust to become finance director at Devon Partnership Trust.