All HSJ Local articles – Page 565
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London cluster adds £2m to transition costs budget
FINANCE: The south-west London cluster had set aside £2.8m fo transitional costs as it moves to a single management team from five primary care trusts but added £2m to it for additional costs.
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Kirklees PCT agrees to take £1.8m off end of year surplus
FINANCE: Kirklees PCT spent £1.8m more than plan during 2011-12, after agreeing with the SHA to spend the additional funds on “organisational change”.
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Kent and Medway Partnership to shed 20 nursing posts
WORKFORCE: Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust is expecting to cut around 20 qualified nursing positions over 2011-12.
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HSJ LocalCroydon Hospital found to be missing CQC standards
PERFORMANCE: Croydon University Hospital’s maternity unit has been found not to be meeting six essential standards by health regulator the Care Quality Commission and to have been putting patient safety at risk.
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NHS Suffolk signs off hospital refurbishment
COMMERCIAL: The Suffolk primary care trust has agreed a £3m contract to refurbish its Hartismere Hospital in Eye.
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Coventry and Warwickshire reports risk to income from 'client' discharge
FINANCE: Coventry and Warwickshire mental health trust has reported a risk to the income of a learning disability service due to vacant beds.
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Rise in patient falls at Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases
PERFORMANCE: The number of falls at the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases Foundation Trust tripled during February, compared with the previous month.
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Humber FT takes over East Riding community services
STRUCTURE: Community based health care services across the East Riding of Yorkshire were taken over by Humber Foundation Trust at the beginning of April.
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Barts and the London misses its cost improvement programme target
FINANCE: The east London acute trust made a total of £34.7m savings in 2010-11, £4.5m worse than plan.
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Chelsea and Westminster risked breaching private income cap
FINANCE: Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust narrowly missed breaching its 3.5 per cent private income cap due to a technical change in how the sum is calculated
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Taunton and Somerset challenges C diff target
PERFORMANCE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust have challenged the target set by the Department of Health for the number of cases of Clostridium difficile during 2011-12.
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Mid Yorks fails on A&E waits for year
PERFORMANCE: Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust is one of ten trusts nationally to fail against the target to see 95 per cent of accident and emergency patients within four hours.
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Coventry and Warwickshire mental health trust takes on substance misuse
COMMERCIAL: Coventry and Warwickshire mental health trust is hoping to take on provision of substance misuse services in the region to go with a contract it has just won for Leicestershire and Rutland.
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West Sussex consortium runs into trouble with charity over nursing posts
WORKFORCE: A charity has launched a local campaign targeted at an emerging commissioning consortium it claims has “scrapped” a specialist nursing post.
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NHS Leeds chief executive takes on additional regional role
WORKFORCE: NHS Leeds chief executive John Lawlor has additionally taken on the role of director of provider development for strategic health authority NHS Yorkshire and the Humber.
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South Devon Healthcare struggles to eliminate mixed sex accommodation
PERFORMANCE: South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust has declared non-compliance with the requirement set out in the NHS Operating Framework for 2011-12 to eliminate mixed sex accommodation.
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Medway found in breach of Monitor authorisation terms
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has found Medway Foundation Trust to be in significant breach of the terms of its authorisation.
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Basildon and Thurrock reports lower than planned A&E figures
PERFORMANCE: Basildon and Thurrock UHFT has reported that accident and emergency attendences were 6 per cent lower than expected for the year.
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Community hospital opened by 2gether NHS Foundation Trust
STRUCTURE: A new community hospital for people with dementia and mental health conditions has been officially opened by the Gloucestershire FT.
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Northumbria Healthcare appoints social care expert as NED
WORKFORCE: A former council chief executive has been appointed a non-executive director of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.