All HSJ Local articles – Page 625
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North East Lincs trust to separate mental health services
STRUCTURE: North East Lincolnshire Care Trust Plus is planning to separate its mental health services into a standalone social enterprise.
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Leeds PCT delegates non-elective commissioning to pathfinder clusters
STRUCTURE: NHS Leeds will delegate non-elective commissioning to its pathfinder GP consortia from April.
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Coventry PCT to form consortia sub-committees
STRUCTURE: Coventry PCT has proposed to establish two local commissioning consortia as sub-committes to its board.
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NHS Kirklees revises control total
FINANCE: NHS Kirklees has revised its end of year control total from a £9.9m surplus to £8.1m, in agreement with its strategic health authority.
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Sheffield Children's chief executive retiring
WORKFORCE: Sheffield Children’s Foundation Trust chief executive Chris Sharratt is to retire from his post as chief executive.
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Hull seeking one commissioning consortium
STRUCTURE: A group of practices in Hull are seeking to create a single commissioning consortium for the primary care trust’s area.
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East Riding of Yorkshire behind on QIPP
FINANCE: East Riding of Yorkshire PCT is £2.8m behind on its quality, innovation, productivity and prevention plan.
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Activity rise at North Essex mental health FT
PERFORMANCE: The mental health trust’s board heard that activity had risen by 7.7 per cent year on year to October.
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Peterborough PCT establishes GP Commissioning Board
STRUCTURE: NHS Peterborough’s board agreed on Wednesday 5 January to establish a “GP Commissioning Board” which will take the lead for commissioning specific areas covering over a third of the primary care trust’s budget.
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Bedfordshire PCT pays out almost £1m on MARS
WORKFORCE: Fifty-four members of staff at NHS Bedfordshire and its provider arm have taken up the offer of the mutually agreed resignation scheme (MARS) at a total cost of £980,000.
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Oral surgery problems threaten South Warwickshire FT waiting times
PERFORMANCE: Oral surgery at South Warwickshire Foundation Trust is performing well below the 18 weeks standard, with performance deteriorating further from last month.
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Three bidders left for Papworth Hospital PFI
COMMERCIAL: A private finance initiative contract for a new hospital for Papworth Hospital Foundation Trust is down to three bidders.
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Heatherwood and Wexham Park behind on CQUIN for VTE
PERFORMANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park FT admits that “significant improvement will be required for the foundation trust to achieve its CQUIN payment for venous thromboembolism risk assessment”.
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Luton PCT's estates committee looking for projects
FINANCE: Current estimates indicate a forecast underspend of around £2m on NHS Luton’s capital budget, following cost reduction on two key schemes
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Non-elective income below plan for Cambridge University FT
FINANCE: The foundation trust reports that its largest single variance in income is in non-elective income, which is £1.9m below plan to date.
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High agency levels at Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust
WORKFORCE: Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust is overspending on nursing staff due to agency expenditure.
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Norfolk PCT behind schedule on QIPP plan
FINANCE: Norfolk primary care trust’s overall performance on internal QIPP (quality, innovation, productivity and prevention) savings plans has dipped significantly.
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Non-elective activity drives overspend at West Essex PCT
FINANCE: NHS West Essex forecasts that its £5.3m overspend will not grow much bigger thanks to QIPP (quality, innovation, productivity and prevention) savings.
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Over £20m of savings needed by NHS Milton Keynes
FINANCE: Milton Keynes PCT is consulting on how to make the £22.6m of savings it says it must make in the next year.
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CQC finds failures with mental health provision at Southend Hospital FT
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has found Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is failing to meet essential standards of quality and safety in the services it provides for people with mental health needs.