All HSJ Local articles – Page 480
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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.
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Yeovil wins £250k research grant
FINANCE: Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust has been awarded a £250,000 research grant by the Department of Health to conduct research into treatement for colorectal cancer.
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Troubled trust gets fourth chair in two years
WORKFORCE: Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust has announced the appointment of its fourth chair since January 2010.
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Surrey and Sussex still behind on VTE
PERFORMANCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare is now the only trust in the South East Coast region significantly behind on venous thromboembolism performance, according to strategic health authority board papers.
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Winchester and Eastleigh beats savings target
FINANCE: Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust is ahead of its break-even financial plan for 2011-12, after beating its savings target for the year to date.
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Winchester and Eastleigh rated red for operating plans
PERFORMANCE: Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust has been given a red rating under the South Central strategic health authority compliance framework for its operating plans, and an amber rating for care quality.