All HSJ Local articles – Page 474
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More than 200 PCT staff aligned to CCG roles
WORKFORCE: The cluster has recently undertaken a workforce mapping exercise and identified the potential destination of each member of staff once the PCTs are abolished in March 2013.
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Derbyshire identifies AQP priorities
FINANCE: Clinical commissioners have identified three services they would like to add to their “Any Qualified Provider” list.
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Delayed discharges double at Medway FT
PERFORMANCE: Delayed discharges from Medway Foundation Trust more than doubled to 4.8 per cent in September from 2 per cent in August, against a target of 3.5 per cent.
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Medway had to alter 13 per cent of outpatients appointments
PERFORMANCE: Medway Foundation Trust had to change or cancel more than 4,500 outpatient appointments in September - more than 13 per cent of the total.
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Staff bullying tackled at Medway Foundation Trust
WORKFORCE: Medway Foundation Trust has introduced new initiatives to deal with bullying and harassment within its workforce.
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Medway FT deficit driven by staff pay costs
FINANCE: Medway Foundation Trust had a deficit of £2.3m at the end of the first six months of the financial year, £651,000 more than it had planned at this stage.
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Dartford and Gravesham slips on financial position
FINANCE: Dartford and Gravesham Trust had a year to date deficit of £1,395,000 at the end of September, £891,000 worse than planned.
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Cancer target missed at Dartford and Gravesham
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham Trust has missed the 62 day target for treating cancer patients for the last five months.
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Complaints up at Dartford and Gravesham
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust had 48 formal complaints in September, up from 20 the month before.
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George Eliot loses £1m of capital resources to bail out another trust
FINANCE: The West Midlands strategic health authority is to take £1m of capital funds out of George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust to another provider.
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Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells loses member of finance team
WORKFORCE: Mick Bull, deputy finance director, is being seconded to Dartford and Gravesham Trust for a year as director of finance.
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Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells confident of breakeven
FINANCE: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust is still forecasting breakeven for the financial year, despite the added costs of its new PFI hospital at Pembury.
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George Eliot recruits more nurses to improve skill mix
WORKFORCE: Twenty-two new band five nurses started work at George Eliot Hospital in October, with at least another four expected to start in November.
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North Bristol awards call bell contract for new PFI
COMMERCIAL: Healthcare technology specialist The Wandsworth Group has been awarded a contract worth more than £1m to design, manufacture and install a nurse call system for North Bristol Trust’s new hospital.
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Poole warns of deficit
FINANCE: Poole Hospital Foundation Trust is warning it may fail to achieve its planned £200,000 surplus and could finish the year in deficit.
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Former council chief exec appointed to major review of Trafford acute services
STRUCTURE: A former chief executive of Stockport Council has been appointed chairman of a major review of hospital services in Trafford.
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Eight practices opt out of Derby 'fairer funding' deal
FINANCE: Eighty six GP practices in Derbyshire have agreed to a “fairer” funding formula but patients in rural areas whose practices have not signed up to the deal could see worsening access to services.
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Referrals fall in Gloucestershire
PERFORMANCE: GP and consultant to consultant referrals have fallen by three and six per cent respectively at Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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North Cumbria chief warns staff trust has entered 'financial crisis'
FINANCE: The chief executive of a Cumbria trust slated for takeover wrote to staff yesterday warning that the trust was now in “financial crisis” and would urgently investigate the scope to bring forward ward closures and other savings plans.
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Exclusive: prominent CCG chair fears DH will impose 200,000 population minimum
STRUCTURE: An emerging London clinical commissioning group and its patient forum are lobbying the health secretary to protect it from forced merger, after the CCG’s chair raised concerns.