All HSJ Local articles – Page 577
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St Helens and Knowsley has £4.2m hole in savings plan despite calling in PwC
FINANCE: The trust still does not know where £4.2m of the savings it needs to make next year will come from, despite hiring PricewaterhouseCoopers to “review cost reduction and productivity opportunities for 2011-12”.
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Imperial faces 15 per cent CIP target
FINANCE: Imperial has said its Cost Improvement Programme target for 2011-12 will be 15 per cent of controllable costs.
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Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust aims for £4m surplus in 2011-12
FINANCE: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust is aiming to make savings of £19m during the coming financial year in order to achieve a surplus of £4.4m.
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Royal Cornwall loses funding for three doctors
WORKFORCE: The Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has lost three doctors as a result of a reduction in the medical and dental education levy (MADEL).
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Sheffield PCT back on track to break even
FINANCE: Sheffield PCT is on course to record a small end of year surplus, having made significant savings in recent months.
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Liverpool to recruit an additional 50 health visitors
WORKFORCE: The commissioner is working with Liverpool Community Health Trust to recruit an additional 50 health visitors over the next three years, as part of a national drive to increase health visitors.
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Lancashire Care suspend work on new hospital
STRUCTURE: The foundation has suspended design work on its planned development of a new mental health inpatient hospital at Whyndyke Farm while commissioners carry out a review of mental health provision across the county.
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Northumbria FT takes on community and social care services
STRUCTURE: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust will take on community services from North Tyneside PCT and Northumberland Care Trust, and adult social care for Northumberland, from 1 April.
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South West Essex to fall short on turnaround schemes
FINANCE: South West Essex PCT is forecasting that it will fall £11.6m short of its turnaround plan for the current financial year.
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South West Essex PCT pins hopes on £8m contingency release
FINANCE: The South West Essex primary care trust will need £8m of contingency funds to break even this year.
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NHS London predicts five trusts will end year in deficit
FINANCE: Five acutes and one primary care trust in London are expected to finish the financial year in deficit, according to strategic health authority board papers.
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NHS Camden staff question "top-heavy" PCT cluster
WORKFORCE: In replies to a consultation, staff at the north London primary care trust questioned whether the new north central London PCT cluster would be “top heavy with a high number of senior posts”.
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Royal Wolverhampton's stretch targets queried by Monitor
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has queried whether the Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust’s stretch targets were realistic, after it decided to retain the goal to treat 95 per cent of A&E patients within four hours.
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Mental health social enterprise launched in North East Lincolnshire
STRUCTURE: North East Lincolnshire mental health services will officially become NAViGO Health and Social Care Community Interest Company on 1 April.
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Great Yarmouth consortium plans future with local clinicians
STRUCTURE: More than 70 clinicians and healthcare professionals met this month to discuss the plans for the future of healthcare in Great Yarmouth and Waveney.
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South Tees Hospitals FT reviews car parking charges
COMMERCIAL: South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has reduced the fee for long stay parking but increased the rate for short stays.
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St George's behind income and expenditure plan agreed with SHA
FINANCE: The south west London trust is £2.4m behind the total agreed with NHS London.
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Hereford Hospitals Trust forms first integrated health and social services provider
STRUCTURE: Hereford Hospitals Trust has received the go-ahead from health secretary Andrew Lansley to become the first organisation in England to provide integrated health and social services previously provided separately by the local authority, acute trust and primary care trust.
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NHS Enfield predicts deficit next year
FINANCE: NHS Enfield is forecasting a deficit of more than £20m for 2011-12 – but this depends on a £30m efficiency savings programme heavily reliant on tighter contracts with acute trusts.
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Worcestershire Partnership 'significantly worse' than other trusts on delayed transfers
PERFORMANCE: Worcestershire Mental Health Partnership Trust has admitted it is “significantly worse” on delayed transfers than other trusts in the national performance framework.