All HSJ Local articles – Page 376
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Maternity activity below plan at Birmingham Women's
PERFORMANCE: Maternity activity at the Birmingham Women’s Hospital is below target.
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Birmingham Women's falls short on CIP
FINANCE: Birmingham Women’s Foundation Trust found efficiency savings worth £796,000 in the first three months of 2012-13 – slightly under its target of £858,000.
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QVH slightly behind on finance plan
FINANCE: Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was behind plan after the first two months of the current financial year, according to board papers.
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Sleep centre struggles with 18 week target
PERFORMANCE: The Queen Victoria Hospital Foundation Trust was failing to meet the 18 week target in its sleep specialty during the first two months of the financial year.
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Lewisham Healthcare Trust tenders for taxi services
COMMERCIAL: Lewisham Healthcare Trust has issued a tender notice for a taxi service for patients and staff, courier service for parcels and a collection and delivery of pathology specimens service.
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Acute demand pushes Bucks Healthcare into the red
FINANCE: Higher than planned levels of activity forced Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust into a deficit of nearly £1m in June.
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Work begins on new theatres at QVH
STRUCTURE: Work to replace six operating theatres at East Grinstead’s Queen Victoria Hospital began at the end of June.
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Barts tenders for performance management system
COMMERCIAL: Barts Health Trust has advertised for a supplier to provide it with “clinical benchmarking data and a performance management system that is based on inpatient and outpatient data sets”.
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Range of organisations line up to provide Gloucestershire Community Services
STRUCTURE: More than 20 organisations have expressed an interest in taking on community services in Gloucestershire, the primary care trust chief executive has confirmed.
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Lincs consultants made responsible for patient flow
FINANCE: Consultants at Pilgrim Hospital in Lincolnshire will be given control over the discharge and admission of patients in an effort to save more than £1million.
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RBH governors request right to attend board meetings
STRUCTURE: Governors at the Royal Berkshire Hospital Foundation Trust have requested to be allowed to attend board meetings, as part of a wider move towards better communication with trust executives.
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NW ambulance service hits 'red' call target for first time
PERFORMANCE: The North West Ambulance Service has hit a target for responding swiftly to the most urgent calls for the first time since the service was established, says a report to the Lancashire PCT cluster.
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South Tees £2.2m behind plan
FINANCE: South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was £2.2m behind its financial plan as of June 2012.
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Bucks trust appoints new NED
WORKFORCE: David Sines has been appointed to the board of Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust as an associate non-executive director.
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'Engaging CCGs' in North Yorks deficit 'essential'
FINANCE: NHS North of England has said it is “essential” emerging clinical commissioning groups are involved in developing plans to overcome the commissioning deficit in North Yorkshire and York.
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Trust looks to Portugal for new nursing recruits
WORKFORCE: Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust is planning to recruit nurses from Portugal amid staffing shortages and an over-reliance on temporary staff.
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Top PEAT scores for Western Sussex
PERFORMANCE: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust has been awarded the highest possible ratings in the latest annual Patient Experience Action Team (PEAT) scores.
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Western Sussex hospitals accredited as trauma centres
STRUCTURE: St Richard’s and Worthing Hospitals have been confirmed as important parts of a new Sussex-wide network set up to improve emergency care for the most seriously-injured patients.
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CQC flags compliance risk at UHBristol
WORKFORCE: A Care Quality Commission inspection of University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust flagged concerns the trust did not have sufficient staff.
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MSSA case reported at QVH
PERFORMANCE: The Queen Victoria Hospital Foundation Trust reported one case of MSSA infection during the first quarter of the year, according to board papers.