All HSJ Local articles – Page 447

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Northern Devon performs best on 18 week RTT target

2012-01-20T18:53:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Northern Devon Healthcare Trust was the only trust in the NHS Devon, Plymouth and Torbay primary care trust cluster to meet the 18 week referral to treatment target for all specialties during October.

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Leeds medic is senior responsible officer for Yorkshire and Humber

2012-01-20T18:52:00Z

WORKFORCE: Phil Ayres, deputy medical director at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, has been appointed senior responsible officer for the revalidation process for Yorkshire and the Humber.

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Emergency demand soars in South Warwickshire

2012-01-20T18:51:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Emergency demand has outstripped capacity at South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust.

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Software saves on NHS Wiltshire prescribing costs

2012-01-20T18:50:00Z

FINANCE: A software package that advises GPs when chepaer alternative drugs are available had saved NHS Wiltshire £708,000 as of the end of October.

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Somerset CCG passes assurance visit

2012-01-20T18:48:00Z

STRUCTURE: Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group has been risk rated green following an assurance visit.

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Emergency care pressure drives NHS Cumbria secondary care overspend

2012-01-20T18:28:00Z

FINANCE: At the end of November the primary care trust’s budget for its two local hospitals was on course for an overspend of £4.9m this year, its latest finance report shows.

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West Herts must improve operational efficiency

2012-01-20T13:42:00Z

FINANCE: West Hertfordshire Hospital Trust will need to improve operational efficiency if it is to have the money to support strategic change, the board heard.

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Southend FT has 'little room for manoeuvre' on finances

2012-01-20T13:40:00Z

FINANCE: A warning that 2012-13 could be a difficult year for PCT and hospital finances was given to Southend University Hospital Foundation Trust’s board.

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Princess Alexandra's finances deteriorate

2012-01-20T13:37:00Z

FINANCE: Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust was £1.3m in deficit by the end of November, with a sharp deterioration in its spending against target.

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C difficile target exceeded at Princess Alexandra

2012-01-20T13:35:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Two new c dificile cases in November at the Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust have taken the total so far this year to 18.

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A&E target pressure for Princess Alexandra

2012-01-20T13:32:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust may miss the 95 per cent standard for dealing with A&E patients this year, a board meeting was warned.

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Peterborough and Stamford fails to hit waiting time target

2012-01-20T13:31:00Z

PERFORMANCE: A&E waiting times are causing concern at Peterborough and Stamford Hospital Foundation Trust.

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Ipswich's deficit nearly £8m more than planned

2012-01-20T13:28:00Z

FINANCE: Ipswich Hospital Trust was £8.3m in deficit at the end of October, against a planned deficit of £0.6m, board reports show.

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Ipswich seeks new chair

2012-01-20T13:26:00Z

STRUCTURE: Ipswich Hospital Trust is looking for a new chairman to replace Mike Brookes who stood down at the end of last year.

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Exclusive: hundreds waited hours for ambulances after software failure

2012-01-20T11:00:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Hundreds of patients waited hours for ambulances in London when call handlers were forced to rely on pen and paper for 15 hours during a software failure, a report seen by HSJ has revealed.

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Dorset mental health services failed to protect mother from her son

2012-01-19T23:32:00Z

PERFORMANCE: A mental health trust has been criticised for failing to consider the safety of a mother who was killed by her paranoid son.

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North West trusts £9m behind on savings plans at end of November

2012-01-19T23:30:00Z

FINANCE: NHS trusts in the strategic health authority’s region booked ‘”cost improvement programme” savings of £113.9m by the end of November, against a plan of £123.2m to that point in the year to date.

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Taunton and Somerset FT awards building contract

2012-01-19T23:29:00Z

COMMERCIAL: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust has awarded the contract for building its £34m single room development to construction firm BAM.

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Barnsley Hospital misses A&E wait target

2012-01-19T23:27:00Z

PERFORMANCE: NHS North of England has highlighted that Barnsley Hospital Foundation Trust is not meeting the A&E waiting time target.

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Cluster highlights Leeds Hospitals 18 weeks performance

2012-01-19T23:26:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has been identified by its strategic health authority cluster as not meeting the 18 weeks referral to treatment target.