All HSJ Local articles – Page 467
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UHB to become 'magnet' for pharma money and clinical research after hook-up with uni
COMMERCIAL: University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust and the University of Birmingham has today announced a joint working agreement to be known as Birmingham Health Partners (BHP).
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More funding pledged to help oncology centre across the Mersey
STRUCTURE: Commissioners in Merseyside have pledged £6.5m a year towards a proposed relocation to central Liverpool of the Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology Foundation Trust’s main facility.
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Tobacco programme staff contemplate future as social enterprise
WORKFORCE: Tobacco programme staff in the North West are using ‘the right to request’ in an attempt to become a social enterprise, Merseyside cluster board heard.
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St Helens and Knowsley Trust struggling to clear patient backlog
PERFORMANCE: St Helens and Knowsley Trust is struggling to clear a backlog of patients who have missed the 18 week referral to treatment target, the Merseyside cluster board heard.
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Merseyside PCTs on schedule over savings plans
FINANCE: PCTs in the Merseyside cluster reported a positive picture to the end of September, with savings plans nearly £6m ahead of schedule.
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Darzi centre's closure goes to consultation
FINANCE: The proposed closure of a Darzi centre in Warrington has gone out to public consultation after the Cheshire, Warrington and Wirral PCT cluster board heard that there were concerns it was not value for money.
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Wirral University Teaching Hospital breaching 18-week target
PERFORMANCE: The 18 week referral to treatment target is continuing to be breached in the Cheshire, Warrington and Wirral PCT cluster with particular problems at the Wirral University Teaching Hospital Trust.
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Surplus of £9m forecast by Cheshire, Warrington and Wirral cluster
FINANCE: The Cheshire, Warrington and Wirral PCT cluster is forecasting a surplus of £9m for the year with QIPP savings on target at £24m in the first five months of the year, the board heard.
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East Cheshire CCG awards non-obstetric ultrasound tender
FINANCE: The East Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group has completed a tender process for direct access non-obstetric ultrasound, Cheshire, Warrington and Wirral cluster board heard.
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Trust to start VTE league table of consultants
PERFORMANCE: Epsom and St Helier Hospitals Trust has written to each of its consultants that did not achieve the national VTE risk assessment target as it works to drag its total towards the target.
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Epsom and St Helier sets lower deficit target after receiving bailout
FINANCE: The London-Surrey borders acute trust is now aiming for a year-end deficit of £14.3m, after its commissioners stepped in with £5m.
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St Helier to be assessed as trauma unit in February
STRUCTURE: The future of St Helier Hospital’s trauma unit is to be assessed in February of next year, according to board papers.
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Imperial hits A&E target
PERFORMANCE: The west London acute exceeded the 95 per cent four-hour accident and emergency target, hitting 98.2 per cent.
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Ridgeway partnership has lowest financial risk rating
FINANCE: The Ridgeway Partnership reported a year to date deficit before adjustment of £858,000 at the end of October, £1.1m worse than planned.
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NHS South West exceeds planned surplus
FINANCE: NHS South West delivered a surplus for NHS organisations in the region £10m higher than planned.
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IT launch delayed at Oxford trust
PERFORMANCE: The implementation of the Cerner Millennium electronic patient record system at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust has been delayed.
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New chief executive for Chesterfield Royal
WORKFORCE: Gavin Boyle is to take up the top post at the East Midlands trust in March.
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Poole and Royal Bournemouth agree next step towards merger
STRUCTURE: The boards of Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals and Poole Hospital foundation trusts have agreed to pursue a merger in order to ensure the retention of “sustainable local services”.
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Three FTs shortlisted to take over Ridgeway Partnership
STRUCTURE: Three foundation trusts have been shortlisted to take over the Ridgeway Partnership.
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NHS Manchester plans cuts to voluntary sector
FINANCE: The primary care trust has proposed to cut its funding to at least 19 community and voluntary sector (CVS) organisations next year.