All HSJ Local articles – Page 387
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Jim Birrell appointed interim CEO at Leicester
WORKFORCE: University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust has appointed Jim Birrell as interim chief executive following the departure of Malcolm Lowe-Lauri.
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Maritime unit gains cancer charity kitemark
PERFORMANCE: The Macmillan Cancer Care Unit at Medway Foundation Trust’s Maritime Hospital has received national recognition for the quality of care it offers.
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Norfolk Community Health bids to become FT on 1 August
STRUCTURE: Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust’s bid to become a foundation trust will go the Department of Health on August 1 - one month later than planned.
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Staff sickness exceeds target at Norfolk Community Health
WORKFORCE: The staff sickness rate for May was 6.2 per cent at Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust.
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Tameside deficit above plan in first month of 2012-13
FINANCE: The foundation trust reported a deficit of £177,000 for April 2012, against a plan of £151,000 for the month, its latest published finance report shows.
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Palliative care to reopen at Nottingham
STRUCTURE: A refurbished palliative care unit will open at Nottingham City Hospital on 3 July.
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OUH misses out on CQUIN cash
PERFORMANCE: Oxford University Hospital Trust missed out on £470,000 of commissioning for quality and innovation cash because it fell short of its venous thromboembolism target.
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Barnet and Chase Farm sets £21.7m savings target
FINANCE: The north London hospital trust has set a cost improvement programme target that is 6.4 per cent of its turnover, research by HSJ has revealed.
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NW London agrees £500m block contract with Imperial
FINANCE: NHS North West London has agreed more than half of Imperial’s income would be provided in a block contract rather than under payment by results.
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Review of Leicestershire hospitals planned
STRUCTURE: West Leicestershire Clinical Commissioning Group is undertaking a review of community hospitals and the services they provide.
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Pennine Acute misses three RTT waiting targets in April
PERFORMANCE: The trust failed to meet three of the five national targets for referral-to-treatment waiting times in April, its latest performance report shows.
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Blood pressure machine gift for hospital
PERFORMANCE: Warwick Hospital has been presented with a cheque for £1,500 to purchase a new blood pressure machine for the Aylesford Unit.
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Imperial aims to claw its way out of deficit in 2012-13
FINANCE: The central London acute trust is looking to recover from their deficit position of £10.5m in 2011-12 over the course of this financial year.
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Morecambe Bay forecasts £30m deficit for 2012-13
FINANCE: The trust is expecting to incur a deficit of around £30m in 2012-13, its latest finance report shows.
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Imperial College Healthcare Trust ends month 1 in deficit
FINANCE: The central London hospital tryst had a deficit in month one of £1.7m, against a plan of £238k.
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Hospitals 'see rise in ambulance attendances' since trialling NHS 111
PERFORMANCE: A report to Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust board said the organisation had seen a seven per cent increase in the number of ambulance attendances since the NHS 111 non-emergency phone number was trialled in the borough.
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Cumbria misses RTT waiting target for Q1 2012-13
PERFORMANCE: Cumbria will not meet national referral to treatment waiting times standards for the first three months of 2012-13, due to a “backlog of patients waiting over 18 weeks”, its latest performance report states.
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NHS North of England raises questions over East Cheshire FT bid
STRUCTURE: The regional director of NHS North of England has warned of risks connected to the “long-term requirements” of the trust’s local population, in relation to its bid for foundation status.
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South West London mental health trust awaits report on CCG concerns
PERFORMANCE: A report to the board of South West London and St George’s Mental Health Trust said the trust was awaiting a “definitive statement” from the clinical commissioning groups on what concerns they would like to see addressed before giving their support to the trust’s foundation trust application.
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GP commissioners detail plan for monitoring CWP serious incident response
PERFORMANCE: Wirral GP Commissioning Consortium has put in place arrangements for monitoring the trust’s response to a serious untoward incident in which a patient murdered his sister’s boyfriend.