All HSJ Local articles – Page 478
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East London trust to receive extra 'Darzi fellow' support
WORKFORCE: A troubled east London trust is to get extra support from clinicians on the capital’s Fellowships in Clinical Leadership scheme, formerly known as the Darzi Fellowship.
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NHS Derbyshire overcomes opposition to standardise services and income for GP practices
FINANCE: A primary care trust has won agreement from its GPs to move to a more standard contract and income, including a pay cut for some practices, despite the threat of legal action from some.
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Cluster can only make three-quarters of planned QIPP savings in 2011-12
FINANCE: The outer north west London cluster is behind target on its savings because of problems at NHS Ealing.
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NHS Ealing breaches HCAI targets
PERFORMANCE: The west London primary care trust, NHS Ealing, has doubled its MRSA target and quadrupled its C difficile target for the year.
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FT chair resigns after political pressure
WORKFORCE: The chair of James Paget University Hospitals FT has resigned after pressure from local politicians and GPs, claiming he was “seen politically as a hindrance to improving patient care”.
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Trust hits back at 'scandalous' Mid Staffs comparison
PERFORMANCE: James Paget University Hospital FT has hit back at GPs and local politicians for making a “scandalous comparison” with Mid Staffordshire Hospital.
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Mid Yorkshire Hospitals faces £14m gap
FINANCE: Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust faces a possible £14m gap to deliver its financial plans, because hoped for primary care trust support is in doubt.
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'Very high risk' NHS Devon will fail to achieve savings plans
FINANCE: NHS Devon has identified an overspend on individual placements for mental health patients as a key risk to achieving financial targets this year.
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Praise for Maidstone and Tunbridge on A&E waits
PERFORMANCE: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust has been commended for “strong” performance against the four hour waiting target for accident and emergency.
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Surrey and Sussex Healthcare well below A&E wait target
PERFORMANCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has “significant challenges” with its performance against the four hour waiting target for accident and emergency.
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Nottingham cluster appoints chief exec
Workforce: NHS Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire County have appointed Derek Bray to be their chief executive.
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Outer NW London cluster predicting £25m shortfall on acute savings
FINANCE: The PCT cluster said the “upper” limit on risk was £25m while the “likely” savings shortfall was £22.6m, a position that would only see a break-even achieved after using £11m of contingency.
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New chair for Birmingham Community
WORKFORCE: Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust has announced the appointment of Tom Storrow as chair..
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Salford practice excluded by CCG for overspend is set to rejoin
STRUCTURE: A GP practice that was excluded from the Salford clinical commissioning group for overspending is likely to rejoin in coming months, the group’s chair has said.
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GPs blow the whistle on James Paget FT
PERFORMANCE: The health secretary will visit James Paget University Hospitals FT this week after GPs warned of “another Mid Staffs” if care is not improved at the hospital.
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Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale behind on savings at end of August
FINANCE: NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale recorded savings of £5.2m for the first five months of 2011-12, £1.3m below its target savings to that point of the year, its latest finance report shows.
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Unplanned A&E re-attendance remains above target in Bolton
PERFORMANCE: The rate of unplanned re-attendance at accident and emergency departments for NHS Bolton’s patients remained above the national limit for the fifth consecutive month in August, its latest performance report shows.
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North East Ambulance Service becomes FT
STRUCTURE: The north east has become the first region in England where all of the NHS organisations are foundation trusts, after North East Ambulance Service was authorised by Monitor.
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Medic appointed as Cambridgeshire and Peterborough FT chief
WORKFORCE: The mental health foundation trust covering Cambridgeshire and Peterbrough has appointed a new chief executive.
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Norfolk and Waveney FT signs off delayed merger
STRUCTURE: The delayed takeover of Suffolk Mental Health Partnership Trust has been signed off by Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health FT’s board.