All HSJ Local articles – Page 439
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All Northants and Milton Keynes' acutes miss A&E target
PERFORMANCE: All three acute trusts in the area covered by the NHS Northamptonshire and NHS Milton Keynes cluster are likely to miss the 95 per cent standard for A&E cases dealt with within four hours.
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Kettering reports 30 pressure ulcers
PERFORMANCE: Kettering General Hospital has reported 30 grade three and four pressure ulcers since last April, the cluster board for Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes PCTs heard.
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Six month project examines inappropriate admissions
SERVICES: The care home quality monitoring team has won funding for a six month pilot project to look at inappropriate admissions from care homes into acute hospitals
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NHS Lincs' PBR expenditure £26m above plan
FINANCE: Spending on PBR-based acute care - which falls within the remit of CCGs - is expected to be £26m above plan by year end in Lincolnshire.
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United Lincs' A&E performance slumps
PERFORMANCE: Many patients in Lincolnshire faced a long wait for A&E in December when performance at the United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust slumped to 90 per cent against the four hour standard.
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Three Lincs CCGs to merge
STRUCTURE: Three CCGs in Lincolnshire are to merge to ensure their viability and improve their position for authorisation, the PCT was told.
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Ambulatory care unit set up at Chesterfield
SERVICES: An ambulatory care unit has been set up at the Chesterfield Royal Hospital aimed at reducing the need to admit patients.
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South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw to share commissioning service
STRUCTURE: CCGs in South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw will be covered by a single commissioning support organisation and will be able to select a range of volume of services to meet their individual needs, the cluster board was told.
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£6.8m CCG contract overspend anticipated in Sheffield
FINANCE: CCG commissioning contracts are overspent by £4.9m at the end of November and could rise to £6.8m overspent by the end of the financial year.
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CCG contracts overspent by £3.1m in Barnsley
FINANCE: Clinical commissioning group contracts in the Barnsley area are overspent by £3.1m at the end of month eight.
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West Midlands plans £9m efficiencies
FINANCE: West Midlands Ambulance Service Trust is planning £9m in cost improvements in 2012-13 to enable it to make a £4m surplus.
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South West Essex breaks even
FINANCE: NHS South West Essex is reporting a breakeven position at the end of month nine - which it also expects to be its year end position.
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South East Essex has £634k surplus
FINANCE: NHS South East Essex had a surplus of £634,000 at the end on month nine and is predicting a surplus for the year of £850,000.
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Rampton praised on risk reduction and containment
PERFORMANCE: Services at Rampton Hospital, run by Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust, have been praised for its risk reduction and containment procedures.
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Leicester treating burns patients at home
SERVICES: University Hospitals of Leicester Trust is treating some burns patients in their own homes.
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Suffolk's vascular surgery moves to Colchester
SERVICES: Major vascular surgery in east Suffolk is to be centralised at Colchester General Hospital.
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North Essex to continuing hosting Suffolk community services
SERVICES: An agreement that North Essex Partnership Foundation Trust will host Suffolk community services has been extended into the next financial year.
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NHS Suffolk underspent for year
FINANCE: NHS Suffolk is £0.5m underspent on plan for the year to date and has £2.2m in unallocated contingency funds. It is aiming to make a £1.1m surplus.
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Wrong eye operated on at Hinchingbrooke
PERFORMANCE: A patient had the wrong lens inserted during an ophthalmic at Hinchingbrooke Hospital, and had to be returned to the theatre for it to be replaced with the correct one, Janaury’s board meeting was told.
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Princess Alexandra faces deficit of £1.3m
FINANCE: Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust had a deficit of £1.3m at the end of December, against a planned surplus of £0.3m.