All HSJ Local articles – Page 588
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UCLH busts target on MRSA cases
PERFORMANCE: University College Hospitals Foundation Trust has exceeded its MRSA target for 2010-11, but regulator Monitor has chosen not to take action over the issue.
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NHS London hand-out gives Haringey chance of breakeven
FINANCE: Haringey Teaching Primary Care Trust was allocated £28m from the NHS London Challenged Trust Board to cover a forecast out-turn deficit of £28.2m.
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IT failure at UCLH closed A&E unit and led to surgery cancellation
PERFORMANCE: University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust had to cancel operations and close an accident and emergency department to blue light traffic as a result of an IT failure.
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Kent acute trusts propose merger
STRUCTURE: The boards of Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust and Medway NHS Foundation Trust are “exploring” the option of merging.
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NHS Haringey risks rise in acute activity by cutting community posts
WORKFORCE: Haringey Teaching Primary Care Trust has drawn up plans to save money by axing posts in its intermediate care and community services, and altering its paediatric dentistry provision
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Epsom and St Helier will not hit A&E target
PERFORMANCE: The Surrey borders trust admitted in a board paper that it cannot now hit the 2010-11 target percentage for A&E waits of less than four hours.
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Sickness absence rises at Derby City amid reforms
WORKFORCE: Increased sickness absence rates for the commissioning arm of NHS Derby City could be related to the NHS reforms, according to board papers.
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Derby City agrees cluster arrangements
STRUCTURE: NHS Derby City and NHS Derbyshire County have had their proposed cluster arrangements agreed by NHS East Midlands.
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Wirral strikes early commissioning support deal with GPs
STRUCTURE: NHS Wirral has struck a deal to provide nearly 120 of its staff as “commissioning support” for GP consortia. It has told those employees their future could be in a private sector joint venture.
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'Stark' differences in capital's chlamydia screening effectiveness
PERFORMANCE: An NHS London report has highlighted “stark” differences in the effectiveness of chlamydia screening programmes across its primary care trusts.
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West Midlands PCTs underperforming on cancer referral times
PERFORMANCE: Eleven primary care trusts in the West Midlands are underperforming on cancer referral time targets.
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Foundation blames PCT in payment dispute
FINANCE: A foundation trust that received an £18m loan from the Department of Health is now embroiled in a dispute over the “failure” of commissioners to manage demand.
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Patients who should have been discharged kept unnecessarily in mental health wards
PERFORMANCE: Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust saw the number of delayed transfer of care nearly double in one borough because of a lack of suitable accomodation for patients with ongoing care needs.
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Tavistock and Portman FT £721,000 behind income target but still on track for surplus
FINANCE; The specialist mental health trust said at month 10, January, its surplus of £259,000 was behind budget also, by £159,000.
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NHS Somerset opens new community hospital
STRUCTURE: A new community hospital opened in Somerset in February.
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NHS North Somerset receives ‘reablement’ funding from Department of Health
FINANCE: NHS North Somerset announced in January that it is to receive nearly £635,000, part of a £162m package from the DH to spend on frontline services.
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NHS Bristol explores causes of minor injuries
PERFORMANCE: Results of a survey detailing minor injuries treated at Bristol’s two walk-in centres have been published.
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Gloucestershire consortium made pathfinder
STRUCTURE: The commissioning consortium in the primary care trust’s area has been granted “pathfinder” status by the Department of Health.
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Tameside FT deficit deepened to £1.5m in December
FINANCE: The foundation trust made a deficit of £331,000 in December, bringing its year to date deficit to £1.5m.
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NHS Norfolk launches drive to cut medicine wastage
FINANCE: The primary care trust has launched a new campaign to try and reduce the number wasted medication in the country.