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Lancashire PCT cluster ‘banked’ £38m QIPP savings by end of July

2011-09-21T17:48:00Z

FINANCE: The primary care trust cluster is currently forecasting it will achieve £64.3m of its £66.7m quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) savings target in 2011-12, its latest board papers show.

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Lancashire providers to hold QIPP summit

2011-09-21T17:47:00Z

FINANCE: Lancashire providers are to hold a summit of all clinical leaders, finance directors and chief executives in a bid to “reframe” savings plans on “improving outcomes” and addressing financial challenges collectively.

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Lancashire Care FT revises reconfiguration blueprint, cutting planned beds by 298

2011-09-21T17:46:00Z

STRUCTURE: The foundation trust has revised its strategic plan for a major reconfiguration of inpatient mental health services across Lancashire, reducing the overall number of beds that will be provided from 560 to 262.

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Heatherwood and Wexham Park chief executive resigns

2011-09-21T14:33:00Z

WORKFORCE: Julie Burgess, the chief executive of the troubled Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals Foundation Trust in Berkshire, has resigned.

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Normality returns to Royal Hampshire hospital after gas leak

2011-09-21T10:46:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Normal service has resumed at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital following a gas leak.

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Somerset Partnership concerned about any willing provider

2011-09-21T10:45:00Z

WORKFORCE: Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust is to appoint a GP as deputy medical director to help build strong relationships with GP led clinical commissioning group.

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UCLH to save £0.5m a year after achieving highest NHSLA rating

2011-09-21T10:44:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The central London acute trust received level three accreditation after a two-day assessment by the NHS Litigation Authority.

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Worcestershire Acute Hospitals announces new chief executive

2011-09-21T10:17:00Z

WORKFORCE: The West Country hospital trust has announced Penny Venables will be joining the trust in the New Year.

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Warwickshire PCT plans rise in psychological therapy referrals

2011-09-20T17:31:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Warwickshire primary care trust is planning to improve patient access to psychological therapies, increasing the rate of referrals five-fold in four years.

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South Warwickshire FT warned over mixed sex breaches

2011-09-20T17:24:00Z

PERFORMANCE: South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust has been issued with a performance notice by commissioners after a recording high numbers of mixed sex accommodation breaches.

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Cheshire and Merseyside consider merging family health support services

2011-09-20T17:02:00Z

STRUCTURE: The primary care trust cluster’s board has heard a proposal to save £1.06m by merging two shared services organisations to create a single family services agency for Cheshire and Merseyside.

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NHS Blackpool banks £2.4m QIPP savings in four months

2011-09-20T17:00:00Z

FINANCE: The primary care trust had achieved £2.4m of its planned £8.1m quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) savings by the end of July, board papers state.

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NHS Central Lancashire predicted to miss QIPP savings target by £1.4m

2011-09-20T16:58:00Z

FINANCE: The primary care trust was forecast to miss its £18.1m quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) savings target for 2011-12 by £1.4m, cluster board papers state.

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NHS Blackburn with Darwen ‘banks’ 90 per cent of 2011-12 QIPP savings in four months

2011-09-20T16:55:00Z

FINANCE: The primary care trust had achieved 90 per cent of its planned £6.3m quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) savings just four months into the financial year, board papers state.

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NHS East Lancs books £12.5m of QIPP savings in four months

2011-09-20T16:53:00Z

FINANCE: The primary care trust had achieved 57 per cent of its planned £22.1m quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) savings four months into 2011-12, board papers state.

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Bradford hospital begins service change talks with patients

2011-09-20T16:50:00Z

STRUCTURE: Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust has begun an informal consultation with the public, commissioners, GPs, staff and patients about “priorities for the development of future hospital services”.

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Four clinical directors step down at Sunderland Hospitals

2011-09-20T16:49:00Z

WORKFORCE: Four clinical directors are stepping down from their posts at City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust for differing reasons.

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Gas leak closes services at Royal Hampshire hospital

2011-09-20T14:43:00Z

PERFORMANCE: A gas leak at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester has caused services to close today.

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Slight worsening of MSA performance in Surrey and Sussex

2011-09-19T18:58:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust this month recorded nine breaches of the Department of Health’s guidelines on mixed sex accommodation.

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Return to MSA target breach status at Medway

2011-09-19T18:58:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust this month recorded six breaches of the Department of Health’s guidelines on mixed sex accommodation.