All HSJ Local articles – Page 570
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Airedale FT to cut 80 posts
WORKFORCE: Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is planning to reduce its 3,000 workforce by about 80 posts.
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Leeds Partnerships seeks social care integration
STRUCTURE: Leeds Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust is working to take on adult social care provision for the city.
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Sussex Partnership wins Hampshire children’s health contract
COMMERCIAL: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has won a contract to provide specialist community mental health services for young people in Hampshire.
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Chesterfield Royal Hospital FT retains BFI standard
PERFORMANCE: Chesterfield Royal Hospital has once again passed all required standards set by the Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI), it has announced
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Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health FT appoints two NEDs
Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (NWMHFT) has appointed two non-executive directors and hopes to appoint a third.
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North Essex cluster boss named in NHS Future Forum
STRUCTURE: The chief executive of the north Essex primary care trust cluster has been named as a member of the NHS Future Forum, which will oversee the “listening exercise” on the NHS reforms.
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Gloucestershire PCT slips on emergency admissions
PERFORMANCE: NHS Gloucestershire has exceeded its target for emergency services during 2010-11, resulting in an overspend of more than £6m.
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Gloucestershire PCT sets up community services social enterprise
STRUCTURE: NHS Gloucestershire was on course to establish a social enterprise to deliver community services in by April 2011 – but the body will not be a registered provider in time for the Department of Health’s divestment deadline.
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Gap of £4.6m in UH Coventry and Warwickshire CIP plan
FINANCE: University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire has fallen £4.6m of its target to identify £23m of cost improvement.
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Durham & Darlington begins major 'integration' service review
STRUCTURE: County Durham and Darlington Foundation Trust has begun a major service review as it takes over County Durham and Darlington Community Health Services.
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Lincs PCT chosen to pilot PbR for drug and alcohol treatment
FINANCE: The area has been chosen as a pilot scheme for introducing payment by results for drug and alcohol services.
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Liverpool community trust loses patient records
PERFORMANCE: The Information Commissioner’s Office has found Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust in breach of the Data Protection Act, after it lost the medical papers of 31 children and their mothers last autumn.
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Consortia managers appointed in Nottinghamshire
WORKFORCE: Each of the five commissioning consortia in Nottinghamshire has now appointed a chief operating officer.
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Lord Hunt becomes chair of Heart of England FT
WORKFORCE: Heart of England Foundation Trust has appointed Lord Philip Hunt as its new chair following a formal governors’ consultative council meeting last month.
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Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals FT smartcard system wins award
PERFORMANCE: A single sign-on IT system has been introduced to give clinical staff quick access and increased security to computer networks.
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Salford boss to take top job at greater Manchester cluster
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust’s chief executive, Mike Burrows, will take the CEO role at the Greater Manchester PCT cluster.
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Pennine Acute expects 'significant' decommissioning from Manchester and Oldham this year
FINANCE: The trust expects Manchester and Oldham primary care trusts to decommission “significant” amounts of activity at the trust, a report on its 2011 budget book states.
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Doncaster establishes PCT-wide consortium as board committee
STRUCTURE: Doncaster PCT has disbanded its professional executive committee and established a Commissioning Consortium Board as a sub committee of the PCT board.
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Competition panel okays seven provider trusts to run GPs
STRUCTURE: The Cooperation and Competition Panel has approved seven acute and mental health providers to take over GP practices, but says Monitor should review the arrangements in the future.
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NHS Bassetlaw identifies £5.7m of disinvestments
NHS Bassetlaw has identified £5.7m of “disinvestment opportunities” but says these will require £3.7m of one-off costs, including money for a GP incentive scheme.