All HSJ Local articles – Page 517
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Lancashire Care FT reports rise in violent incidents against staff
WORKFORCE: The rate of violent incidents against staff at the foundation rose in June to its highest level since October 2010, according to its August board papers.
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C difficile cases rise faster than planned at East Lancashire Hospitals Trust
PERFORMANCE: Cases of C difficile rose faster than planned at the trust in the first three months of 2011-12, latest board reports show.
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Berkshire East falls short on QIPP savings
FINANCE: Berkshire East primary care trust made only two thirds of its planned efficiency savings in the first two months of 2011-12, according to board papers.
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Call for probe into GP transfer of SW London care home patients
PERFORMANCE: One of the leading lights of the government’s GP commissioning reforms has been drawn into a row which has seen the primary care trust cluster for south west London investigate claims care home patients were “dumped” by a GP practice.
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Berkshire West QIPP slips
FINANCE: Berkshire West primary care trust is expecting to meet its surplus target of £1.6m for 2011-12, but said some efficiency schemes were already showing “significant slippage” in the first two months of the year.
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Greater Manchester West scores highly in service user survey
PERFORMANCE: Service users gave the foundation one of the best scores in the country for overall quality of care in a new Care Quality Commission survey on community mental health.
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IT upgrade increases admin workload for staff
PERFORMANCE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust is still stuggling to capture accurate performance data four months after an IT system upgrade.
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Imperial plan to make £4.8m of £70m finance programme through increased income
FINANCE: The west London acute trust, which finished 2010-11 with a qualified account from its auditors, submitted the figures as part of its savings plan for 2011-12.
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Lord Darzi called in to review the future of Academic Health Science Centre
ORGANISATION: Professor Lord Darzi, the former health minister, is to chair a review of Imperial College Healthcare Trust’s Academic Health Science Centre “and advise on its future direction”, documents seen by the HSJ reveal.
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Staff changeover leads North Cumbria University Hospitals to fall behind on savings
FINANCE: At the end of the first two months of 2011-12 the trust had made savings of just £126,000 against a plan to save £15.2m for the full financial year, according to its latest finance report.
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Royal Devon and Exeter submits £19m building plans
STRUCTURE: Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust has submitted a planning application for a £19m research centre on the trust site.
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Cumbria PCT plans to use SHA “top slice” to offset 2010-11 deficit
FINANCE: Cumbria primary care trust’s 2011-12 financial plan assumes it will be able to use the two per cent of its budget held back by NHS North West to offset the £5.9m deficit recorded by the commissioner last year.
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Torbay to become foundation trust
STRUCTURE: The board of Torbay Care Trust has approved plans for the organisation to pursue becoming a foundation trust.
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North Yorkshire and York practices join five emerging CCGs
STRUCTURE: GP practices in North Yorkshire and York PCT have joined one of five emerging clinical commissioning groups.
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All Warwickshire practices join four CCGs
STRUCTURE: All GP practices in Warwickshire PCT’s area have joined one of four emerging clinical commissioning groups.
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Wolves GPs form one large and one small consortium
STRUCTURE: GP practices in the Wolverhampton City PCT area have all joined one of two emerging clinical commissioning groups.
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5 Boroughs scores highly for involvement of service users’ families in CQC survey
PERFORMANCE: The foundation received the highest score in the country for involving service users’ loved ones in their care, in a new Care Quality Commission survey of people who use community mental health services.
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One large and one small CCG emerging in Walsall
STRUCTURE: A large 53-practice clinical commissioning group, and a small 14-practice CCG, are emerging in Walsall.
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All Devon practices members of eight emerging CCGs
STRUCTURE: All GP practices in Devon are signed up to one of eight emerging clinical commissioning groups.
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Warwickshire PCT reserves offset acute overperformance
FINANCE: Warwickshire primary care trust has had to offset overperformance on its acute contracts by releasing £1.3m worth of reserves.