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NHS East Sussex due to split from provider by April deadline

2011-03-16T18:39:00Z

NHS East Sussex is on course to fully divest its provider arm by the transforming community services deadline of April 2011, its strategic health authority has said.

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NHS Medway on course to meet TCS deadline

2011-03-16T18:38:00Z

STRUCTURE: The primary care trust is on course to fully divest its provider arm by the transforming community services deadline of April 2011, its strategic health authority has said.

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Rotherham chief exec to lead five PCTs cluster

2011-03-16T18:38:00Z

STRUCTURE: Rotherham PCT chief executive Andy Buck will lead a five PCT cluster with Doncaster, Bassetlaw, Sheffield and Barnsley PCTs.

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Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals wins deanery bid

2011-03-16T18:37:00Z

STRUCTURE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust has been selected as the host organisation for the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Deanery.

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Over activity at Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust

2011-03-16T18:09:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust has reported over activity for elective care, including outpatient procedures 120 per cent above plan.

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Cambridge UHFT is £3.2m below its planned surplus for the year

2011-03-16T17:25:00Z

FINANCE: Cambridge University Hospital FT has reported a surplus of over £650,000 for the year to date, £3.2m worse than plan.

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Dorset Healthcare meets all FT compliance targets

2011-03-16T14:58:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust has reported that it did not breach any of its terms of authorisation in January 2011.

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Monitor holds up Dorset community services transfer

2011-03-16T14:56:00Z

STRUCTURE: The transfer of community heathcare services to Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust is likely to be delayed beyond the Department of Health’s April 1 deadline due to a lack of capacity at the foundation trust regulator Monitor.

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Efficiency training for managers underway at Ashford and St Peter’s

2011-03-16T13:27:00Z

WORKFORCE: Executives at Ashford and St Peter’s have received leadership training to try and make them more productive.

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A&E pressures at Ashford and St Peter’s

2011-03-16T13:12:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Ashford and St Peter’s experienced significant capacity pressure in accident and emergency during February as a result of winter weather.

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Lancashire Care behind on financial plan and savings programme

2011-03-15T20:06:00Z

FINANCE: The foundation was £2m behind on its cost improvement savings programme at the end of January, and forecasting that it would not make its planned surplus for the year.

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Workforce vacancy increase at Hinchingbrooke

2011-03-15T18:49:00Z

WORKFORCE: Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust has seen overall increases in staff vacancy rates and, in particular, a significant increase in the rate of vacancies for registered nurses.

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Newcastle hospitals firm speeds cancer screening

2011-03-15T18:27:00Z

COMMERCIAL: A firm part-owned by Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust says it is offering faster turnaround breast cancer screening after developing new gene testing methods.

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NHS Somerset begins personal budget pilot

2011-03-15T18:17:00Z

NHS Somerset has made its first direct payment for a personal health budget, as part of a national pilot programme.

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Eight SUI investigations exceed time limit at Cumbria Partnership

2011-03-15T18:15:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Eight serious untoward incident investigations (SUIs) at the foundation exceeded their 45 day time limit in 2010, a summary account of its latest board meeting shows.

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Somerset community care divestment faces three-month delay

2011-03-15T18:13:00Z

STRUCTURE: There is likely to be a three-month delay in authorisation for a new provider of community healthcare in the area because of the volume of referrals to Monitor, NHS Somerset has claimed.

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Doncaster plans extension of new bariatric service

2011-03-15T17:57:00Z

STRUCTURE: Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals Foundation Trust is planning to extend its bariatric surgery service which opened last year.

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East Riding chair to lead Humber PCT cluster

2011-03-15T17:29:00Z

WORKFORCE: East Riding of Yorkshire Primary Care Trust chair Karen Knapton is to be chair of the Humber PCT Cluster, incorporating Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire PCTs, and North East Lincolnshire Care Trust Plus.

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Hull chief executive to run Humber PCT cluster

2011-03-15T17:28:00Z

WORKFORCE: Hull Teaching Primary Care Trust Christopher Long is to be chief executive of the Humber PCT Cluster, incorporating Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire PCTs, and North East Lincolnshire Care Trust Plus.

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NHS Surrey opens sexual assault referral centre

2011-03-14T19:52:00Z

Structure: A new Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) has been officially opened in Surrey, which will be run by the private provider Harmoni.