All HSJ Local articles – Page 609

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Derby Hospitals failing stroke target

2011-02-09T11:43:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Derby Hospitals Foundation Trust is consistently failing to meet the target for stroke patients spending 90 per cent of their time on a dedicated stroke ward.

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Oxfordshire Learning Disability Trust behind on surplus plans

2011-02-09T11:23:00Z

FINANCE: Oxfordshire Learning Disability NHS Trust is predicting a year end surplus more than 65 per cent less than plan.

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St Helens and Knowsley unveils new skin cancer treatment

2011-02-09T11:20:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The Trust is the first in the North West to provide patients with a ground-breaking new treatment for skin cancer.

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Pennine Acute will need to cut costs by £22.5m to manage tariff cut

2011-02-09T11:19:00Z

FINANCE: The trust will have to find savings of £22.5m in 2011/12 to make up for nationally directed price cuts of 1.5 per cent, latest board papers show.

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Southampton University Hospital revises down planned surplus

2011-02-09T11:16:00Z

FINANCE: Southampton University Hospital Trust has revised down its planned year end surplus by £1.4m.

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NHS Rotherham has only hit its TIA referral rates for two months so far this year

2011-02-09T11:13:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The primary care trust has a tough target to meet for making sure high risk Transient Ischaemic Attack patients are seen within 24 hours of first contact.

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Mersey Care performance declines, but remains on track for FTe application

2011-02-09T11:10:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The mental health trust’s performance deteriorated in October, but remained within the limits required for its application for foundation trust-equivalent status, latest board papers show.

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Ashton, Leigh and Wigan PCT in discussion with over performing provider

2011-02-09T11:05:00Z

FINANCE: Over performance by secondary care providers has significantly reduced the year-end forecast for NHS Ashton, Leigh and Wigan, but the primary care trust is still predicting a surplus.

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Birmingham hospitals issue joint pathology tender

2011-02-09T11:01:00Z

COMMERCIAL: Birmingham Children’s Hospital Foundation Trust has opened a tender on a range of pathology services with Birmingham Women’s Foundation Trust.

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Red risk over staff shortages at Northampton General

2011-02-09T11:00:00Z

WORKFORCE: Staff shortages have led to “headcount” being recorded as a red risk at Northampton General Hospital Trust.

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Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh FT predicted to over perform by £3.4m

2011-02-09T11:00:00Z

FINANCE:  Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Foundation Trust is predicted to over perform on its contracts with NHS Ashton, Leigh and Wigan by £3.4m.

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Birmingham trusts launch joint pathology tender

2011-02-09T10:59:00Z

COMMERCIAL: Birmingham Women’s Foundation Trust has opened a tender on a range of pathology services with Birmingham Children’s Hospital Foundation Trust.

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East Lancs PCT gets GPs on board with public health campaign

2011-02-09T10:58:00Z

STRUCTURE: The primary care trust held an event in January to bring local GPs together to discuss the PCT’s “role in supporting communities to live longer, healthier lives” ahead of the transition to commissioning consortia.

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Work begins on new dementia unit at Norfolk and Waveney FT

2011-02-09T10:57:00Z

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY: Building work has begun on a 36-bed dementia intensive care unit(DICU) at the Julian Hospital on Bowthorpe Road, Norwich.

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NHS Gloucestershire predicts healthy surplus

2011-02-09T10:56:00Z

FINANCE: NHS Gloucestershire is on course to achieve its planned year end surplus of £8.7m.

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NHS East Lancs sets £83m five-year savings target

2011-02-09T10:56:00Z

FINANCE: NHS East Lancashire predicts it will have to save nearly £83m over the next five years to meet the government targets set in the operating framework.

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NHS Gloucestershire to get money back from management cuts

2011-02-09T10:55:00Z

WORKFORCE: The South West Specialist Commissioing Group has agreed to reduce management costs by 17.7 per cent over the next three years.

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Sick days rise at Lancashire Care in December

2011-02-09T10:54:00Z

WORKFORCE: The foundation lost £580,156 to sick days in December as its sickness abscence rate rose to 7 per cent.

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NHS Birmingham East and North overspent by £9.7m

2011-02-09T10:53:00Z

FINANCE: NHS Birmingham East and North is overspent by £9.7m against plan.

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Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health FT behind on PCT target

2011-02-09T10:52:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health FT is missing a key PCT target by more than 20 per cent.