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NHS Wandsworth's surplus at risk from acute overspend

2012-01-16T18:19:00Z

FINANCE: A finance report to the south west London PCT cluster showed Wandsworth’s reserves had gone from £18m at the start of the year to £3m by the end of month eight.

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Wirral FT receiving ‘intensive support’ for waiting times problems

2012-01-16T18:18:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The trust is working with the Department of Health’s intensive support team on a revised plan to tackle its waiting times problems, NHS North of England’s latest performance report states.

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Report finds too few health visitors in Croydon

2012-01-16T18:17:00Z

WORKFORCE: Health visitors in the south London borough face caseloads of nearly double recommended levels.

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George Eliot sets up new forum to address pressures

2012-01-16T18:16:00Z

STRUCTURE: A “Healthcare Operational Board” has been established at George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.

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Three directors quit Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

2012-01-16T17:53:00Z

STRUCTURE: Three directors have resigned at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust, the December board of governors meeting heard.

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Forty-seven complain about healthcare in Suffolk's prisons

2012-01-16T17:50:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Prisoners unable to get their teeth fixed were behind some of the 47 complaints in just two months about prison healthcare in Suffolk.

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Derby City draws up HR outsourcing spec

2012-01-16T17:37:00Z

COMMERCIAL: A new specification for outsourced HR transactional support has been developed, to be procured from April 2012.

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'Significant overspend' in unplanned care at Chesterfield Royal

2012-01-16T17:36:00Z

FINANCE: There is a “significant overspend” in unplanned care at Chesterfield Royal Hospital Foundation Trust of £945,000.

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Derbyshire County predicts higher spending on Sherwood Forest services

2012-01-16T17:35:00Z

FINANCE: NHS Derbyshire County’s forecasted out-turn for Sherwood Forest Hospitals has deteriorated and is now an overspend of £561,000.

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Predicted primary care overspend improves in Derbyshire

2012-01-16T17:35:00Z

FINANCE: The current forecast year end position for primary care is a £1.3m overspend.

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'Workplace champions' boost Suffolk's anti-smoking drive

2012-01-16T17:29:00Z

SERVICES: Workplace champions are being recruited in firms in Suffolk to encourage their colleagues to give up smoking.

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Mid Essex introduces restrictions on discretionary spending

2012-01-16T17:24:00Z

FINANCE: NHS Mid Essex has introduced restrictions on discretionary spending as it struggles to deliver QIPP savings.

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Fourteen CCGs in North of England have structure problem

2012-01-16T16:42:00Z

STRUCTURE: NHS North of England has highlighted problems with the structure of 14 prospective clinical commissioning groups in the patch, including one in Wirral of which prominent GP commissioner James Kingsland is a member.

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CCGs in Derbyshire 'confused' over finances and lacking 'coherent strategy'

2012-01-16T16:41:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Derbyshire clinical commissioning groups variously lack a “coherent strategy”, show “confusion” over finances and have “low confidence” in hitting savings targets, according to the primary care trust cluster chairman.

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Mid Yorks Hospitals' £20m forecast deficit tips Yorks & Humber trusts into red

2012-01-16T16:41:00Z

FINANCE: Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust is forecasting a £20m deficit for 2011-12, despite receiving £14m additional support from commissioners.

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Kent PCTs launch phone app in bid to cut teenage pregnancies

2012-01-16T16:12:00Z

PERFORMANCE:  A mobile phone app has been launched as part of efforts to improve sexual health and reduce unplanned teenage pregnancies in Kent.

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Lincolnshire community services trust plans patient consultation over reforms

2012-01-16T11:39:00Z

STRUCTURE: NHS chiefs in Lincolnshire have told patients that planned government reforms in the county will allow healthcare providers to be “more responsive” to their needs.

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Bath and North East Somerset under-using ISTC contract

2012-01-16T10:39:00Z

FINANCE: NHS Bath and North East Somerset is under using its contract with independent provider UK Specialist Hospitals by £243,000.

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Oxygen cylinder explosion to be investigated by HSE

2012-01-16T10:38:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Patients had to be evacuated from the intensive care unit at Royal United Hospital Bath after an oxygen cylinder exploded.

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Buckinghamshire fails on 18 week target

2012-01-16T10:38:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Buckinghamshire commissioners are struggling to meet the 18 week referral to treatment target.