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PCT visit highlighted care and records issues at Peterborough and Stamford FT
PERFORMANCE: Care quality and medical records issues at Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals FT were highlighted in an unannounced visit from the PCT, public board minutes reveal.
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Basildon and Thurrock FT in talks to stay within private income cap
COMMERCIAL: Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals is renegotiating a contract with a private provider to ensure the FT does not breach its private patient income cap, as it did last year.
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Southend FT falls £2m behind on savings plan
FINANCE: Southend University Hospital Foundation Trust has fallen £2m behind on its savings plans in the first six months of the 2011-12 financial year, according to board papers.
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Peterborough and Stamford needed 'advance payments' for cash position
FINANCE: Peterborough and Stamford FT has secured “advance payments” from PCTs to continue operating despite a cash shortage, according to board documents.
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West Suffolk Hospitals upgrades to digital breast scanners
COMMERCIAL: West Suffolk Hospital Trust is spending £1.2m upgrading its breast cancer scaning equipment with the latest digital technology.
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Sheffield first for children's paediatric cancer peer review
PERFORMANCE: Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has become the first to be reviewed against government standards for children’s paediatric oncology services.
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North Yorkshire service shake-up gets permanent director
FINANCE: A full-time director has been appointed to oversee implementation of the findings of a major review of NHS services and use of resources in North Yorkshire and York.
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NewsLack of female CCG leaders puts future success of NHS at risk, report finds
The lack of female clinical commissioning group leaders presents a “risk” to the financial and organisational success of the NHS, a centrally-funded report has warned.
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NewsGovernment accused of 'manipulating' public opinion on pension reforms
The government has been accused of using “misleading data” in a bid to “manipulate” opinion over its controversial reform of public sector pensions, which is set to spark the biggest strike in decades.
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NewsGP commissioning leaders: CCGs should not set referral limits
GPs should not be set referral limits or caps, but must be free to decide NHS spending priorities, two of the biggest supporters of the commissioning reforms have told HSJ.
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Leicestershire and Rutland CCGs to take over full relevant commissioning budget
FINANCE: Clinical Commissioning Groups in Leicestershire and Rutland will next year take over 100 per cent of the commissioning budget that they will eventually be responsible for.
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FT to investigate series of 'never events'
PERFORMANCE: Cambridgeshire University Hospitals FT has launched an investigation after four “never events” at the Addenbrooke’s Hospital in six weeks.
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Board meets to set up Anglia Ruskin academic partnership
STRUCTURE: Universities and hospitals in the East of England are planning to come together in a “collaborative” partnership, according to board papers.
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Southend FT looks at lease deals to preserve cash buffer
COMMERCIAL: Southend University Hospital FT is considering radical financial plans to tackle a cash shortage, including selling off £23m of assets to be leased back.
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New chair named at Southend FT
STRUCTURE: Southend University Hospital FT has appointed a new chair, following the retirement of a long-serving director.
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Second SMART team launched in Cheshire East
STRUCTURE: Cheshire East council has launched the second of four planned Skilled Multi Agency Response Teams, as part of a programme to improve the integration of community health and social care in the area.
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NHS Cumbria looks for extra measures to offset projected £4m acute overspend
FINANCE: The primary care trust has pulled together plans for £3m worth of “further measures” to offset a projected overspend on its 2011-12 acute provider contracts.
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NewsNHS facing 'tsunami' of patient anger
A “tsunami of anger” is heading towards the NHS unless organisations start to engage more fully with the public, the chairman of the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry has warned.
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NewsScottish NHS performance praised
The NHS in Scotland has significantly improved the quality and safety of its healthcare over the past year, according to a report.
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NewsGay men blood donor ban lifted
Gay men will be able to give blood from today as government restrictions are officially lifted, the Department of Health said.