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Yeovil struggles to recruit doctors to A&E

2011-12-15T16:35:00Z

WORKFORCE: Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust is forming a strategic alliance with a neighbouring trust to help tackle recruitment problems in accident and emergency.

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Swindon PCT looking for extra savings

2011-12-15T11:04:00Z

FINANCE: NHS Swindon is developing £4m of additional savings plans after it used up all its contingency reserves by halfway through the financial year.

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Gloucestershire cluster sets out AQP choices

2011-12-15T11:00:00Z

COMMERCIAL: The NHS in Swindon and Gloucestershire has identified three services to be opened up to any qualified provider - endoscopy, increased direct access to diagnostic scans and wheelchair services.

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Royal Cornwall Hospital fined over 18 weeks backlog

2011-12-15T10:51:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust has been fined nearly £1m so far this year for failing to meet referral-to-treatment times.

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NHS Cornwall slipping on QIPP

2011-12-15T10:47:00Z

FINANCE: NHS Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly is seeing a worrying slippage on QIPP schemes in both acute and primary care.

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Two soft tissue sarcoma surgery sites for Cornwall

2011-12-15T10:42:00Z

STRUCTURE: Services for adult patients with soft tissue sarcomas are to be provided at two centres in the South West Peninsula - rather than being concentrated on just one site.

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Acute activity sparks overspend forecast at Bath and NE Somerset

2011-12-15T10:29:00Z

FINANCE: NHS Bath and North East Somerset is heading for an overspend of £5.2m on its commissioned services at year end - due mainly to more activity in the acute sector.

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Waiting times a concern in Norfolk

2011-12-15T10:24:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Patients waiting a long time for treatments or diagnostic tests are a concern for NHS Norfolk and Waveney.

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C diff concerns for Norfolk

2011-12-15T10:17:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Healthcare associated infections are causing concern across the NHS Norfolk and Waveney cluster, with some providers already approaching their full year targets for Clostridiun difficile.

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Surplus forecast for Great Yarmouth despite pressures

2011-12-15T10:14:00Z

FINANCE: Primary care trusts in Norfolk and Great Yarmouth and Waveney are forecasting a full year surplus of £2m, despite financial pressures in the acute sector and continuing care.

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NHS Hertfordshire to plan future of local hospital

2011-12-14T18:23:00Z

STRUCTURE: The PCT and West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust are to work together to develop Hemel Hempstead Hospital as a local general hospital providing a range of services for the community.

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Herts CCGs overspend affecting PCT

2011-12-14T18:21:00Z

FINANCE: Clinical commissioning groups in Hertfordshire are spending far more planned - leaving the PCT as a whole overspent at the end of month six.

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NHS Cambs needs £22m savings

2011-12-14T18:18:00Z

FINANCE: NHS Cambridgeshire needs to find more than £22m of savings before the end of the financial year if it is to breakeven, the board heard.

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Chlamydia cases falling in Cambridgeshire

2011-12-14T18:15:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The number of people tested for chlamydia in Cambridgeshire fell by a third in October compared with the same period the year before.

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Delayed transfers of care major issue in Cambs

2011-12-14T18:12:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Delayed transfers of care could become a major issue in Cambridgeshire this winter, the NHS Cambridgeshire board was told.

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NHS Cambs breaches diagnostics waiting target

2011-12-14T18:09:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Nearly 400 patients in Cambridgeshire waited more than six weeks for diagnostic procedures in the first half of this financial year - against a zero target.

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Cambs struggling on Choose and Book

2011-12-14T18:05:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Practices in Cambridgeshire are struggling to meet a new target of 90 per cent of first outpatient appointments being made through Choose and Book if they are to qualify for a local enhanced service payment.

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Board report confirms preference for single Cambs and Peterborough CCG

2011-12-14T18:00:00Z

STRUCTURE: One clinical commissioning group could cover Cambridgeshire and Peterborough - but with local commissioning groups bringing together practices.

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UCLH opens new urgent care centre

2011-12-14T18:00:00Z

STRUCTURE: The University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust opened a new urgent care centre on December 7.

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Western Sussex Hospitals seeking to offload hospital block

2011-12-14T17:45:00Z

COMMERCIAL: Charities, public sector organisations and private companies are being invited to submit plans for the future of the Harness Block at Southlands Hospital, run by Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust.