All HSJ Local articles – Page 486

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Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust

2011-10-17T18:06:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Work is beginning on a new hospital in Sunderland.

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CCP examines York and Scarborough merger

2011-10-17T18:06:00Z

COMMERCIAL: The Cooperation and Competition panel has announced an investigation of the proposed merger between Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Healthcare Trust and York Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust.

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West Hampshire CCG becomes a pathfinder

2011-10-17T18:05:00Z

STRUCTURE: The West Hampshire clinical commissioning group has been named as a pathfinder by the Department of Health.

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Suffolk addresses report concerns

2011-10-17T17:25:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Suffolk Mental Health Partnership is addressing the concerns of a highly critical report published in May, the trust has claimed.

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Milton Keynes provider transfer delayed for financial reasons

2011-10-17T09:52:00Z

STRUCTURE: A transfer of the whole of the PCT provider arm at NHS Milton Keynes was proposed to Milton Keynes Hospital Foundation Trust.

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North Staffs scrutinised on cancer screeening

2011-10-17T09:47:00Z

PERFORMANCE: University Hospital of North Staffordshire Foundation Trust is being closely monitored on its performance related to the extension of bowel cancer screening to 70-75 year olds.

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SHA warns North Essex cluster over target failures

2011-10-17T09:45:00Z

PERFORMANCE: NHS East of England has written to the chief of the North Essex primary care trust cluster after failures against performance targets.

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Continuing care spending a 'significant' problem in Stoke

2011-10-17T09:43:00Z

FINANCE: NHS Stoke on Trent is seeing increasing spending in continuing care, primary care and high cost drugs budgets.

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New Somerset social enterprise sets 'marker in the sand'

2011-10-14T18:29:00Z

STRUCTURE:  A social enterprise has expressed a formal interest in taking on primary care trust estate despite Department of Health rules banning non NHS organisations from taking on NHS assets.

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Doncaster nurse prescribers slash alcohol addiction treatment times

2011-10-14T18:18:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Nurses at a Yorkshire trust are pioneering a prescribing initiative for alcohol addiction patients that has helped slash treatment times.

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SHA identifies concerns over finance and performance in Oxfordshire and Bucks

2011-10-14T18:04:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The Buckinghamshire health system has been given an amber “performance under review” rating by the South Central strategic health authority.

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Birth centre opens at Medway FT

2011-10-14T18:04:00Z

STRUCTURE: Medway Foundation Trust’s new midwifery-led unit has begun receiving its first patients.

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Olympics concerns see NHS London approve Newham refurb

2011-10-14T17:58:00Z

STRUCTURE: The full business case for a new urgent care centre and alterations to A&E at the east London acute was approved by NHS London, who said it would provide “critical Olympics resilience”.

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NHS North of England appoints non-executive directors

2011-10-14T17:46:00Z

WORKFORCE: The newly formed cluster of strategic health authorities has announced the non-executive directors appointed to its board.

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NHS Wandsworth given permission to sell Putney Hospital to Wandsworth council

2011-10-14T17:45:00Z

COMMERCIAL: The south west London primary care trust received permission from NHS London’s capital investment committee to sell the property for £4.5m, making a profit of £1m, a report said.

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Specialist spinal unit opens in South Tees

2011-10-14T17:43:00Z

STRUCTURE: Children and young people with spinal conditions now have access to a specialist team at the James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough.

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GWAS names FT partner

2011-10-14T17:32:00Z

STRUCTURE: Great Western Ambulance Service has named South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust as its preferred takeover partner.

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NW Ambulance Service sees sharp improvement in response times

2011-10-14T17:31:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The trust’s performance against its response target for immediately life threatening “Category A” calls improved dramatically in late summer, its latest performance report shows.

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North Essex PCT set £6m running cost reduction target

2011-10-14T17:25:00Z

FINANCE: The North Essex primary care trust cluster has been set a £6m running cost reduction target for this year, according to board papers.

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Mid Essex PCT set to use all contingency

2011-10-14T17:23:00Z

FINANCE: NHS Mid Essex has had to use nearly £2m of contingency to achieve a break even financial position in September, according to board papers.