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Northumbria FT faces £21,000 Choose and Book fine

2011-02-28T18:54:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust faces a £21,000 penalty from commissioners for failing to make enough appointments available on the Choose & Book system.

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Royal Cornwall ordered to offer gynae patients alternative provider

2011-02-28T18:50:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Five patients have invoked their rights under the NHS Constitution and requested treatment at an alternative provider after a breach of the 18 week referral-to-treatment target at Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust.

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Central London community trust plans integrated care pilot for diabetes and elderly care

2011-02-28T18:45:00Z

STRUCTURE: The community provider was approved to begin the integrated care pilot by NHS London and will work with a local acute trust, GPs and the local authority.

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PFI accounting change threatens Hinchingbrooke finances

2011-02-28T18:42:00Z

FINANCE: Changes in the rules around accounting for expenditure under the private finance initiative could threaten Hinchingbrooke Health Care’s ability to breakeven for the year, according to board papers.

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Commissioning change 'delaying QIPP' at Newcastle FT

2011-02-28T18:07:00Z

FINANCE: Quality, improvement, productivity and prevention (QIPP) planning around Newcastle is being further delayed by reforms to the local commissioning landscape, a foundation trust is reporting.

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Cambridgeshire Community Services hit by workforce problems

2011-02-28T18:03:00Z

WORKFORCE: Cambridgeshire Community Services has reported problems with staff appraisals, mandatory training and staff sickness levels.

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More than 100 same sex breaches at Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust

2011-02-28T17:57:00Z

PERFORMANCE: There were 128 breaches of rules banning mixed sex accommodation at Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust in January.

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Workforce spending cuts aid Princess Alexandra's finances

2011-02-28T17:52:00Z

FINANCE: The Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust has reigned in its spending and is predicting a year-end breakeven, thanks largely to reductions in workforce expenditure.

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Cornwall PCT engages with public on NHS reform

2011-02-28T17:39:00Z

STRUCTURE: NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly have organised a series of 11 public meetings to discuss the effect of NHS reform on local service configuration.

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Suffolk Mental Health Trust predicts surplus, despite risks

2011-02-28T17:35:00Z

FINANCE: Suffolk Mental Health Partnership Trust is forecasting that it will hit its surplus target of £0.8m by the end of the year, despite risks including a merger with a neighbouring trust.

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Winter knocks Royal Devon & Exeter FT off course on diagnostics target

2011-02-28T17:33:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust is agreeing a revised trajectory for the six week diagnostic test with its primary care trust, NHS Devon.

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North Devon Healthcare Trust breaches waiting target for urodynamics

2011-02-28T17:26:00Z

PERFORMANCE: North Devon Healthcare Trust saw more breaches of the six week diagnostic test target in December than in the previous seven months combined.

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Northern Devon Healthcare Trust on course for FT status

2011-02-28T17:24:00Z

STRUCTURE: Northern Devon Healthcare Trust is on course to submit an application for foundation trust status to Monitor on 1 May 2012.

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Devon Partnership Trust FT application imminent

2011-02-28T17:22:00Z

STRUCTURE: Devon Partnership Trust is due to submit its application for foundation trust status to Monitor on 1 May this year.

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NHS City & Hackney among capital's most successful in reducing GP referrals

2011-02-28T17:20:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Against a regional picture of dramatically increasing GP referrals this year, the east London primary care trust has seen a reduction of 2.3 per cent.

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Pennine acute misses 12 out of 65 performance targets

2011-02-28T17:14:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The trust was failing against three national targets and nine local targets at the end of January, its latest “scorecard” shows.

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North Staffs PCT on course for surplus despite provider overspend

2011-02-28T17:10:00Z

FINANCE: NHS North Staffordshire has said it is “on track” to achieve a small surplus at the end of the year.

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'Historic' three way cluster announced for Devon

2011-02-28T17:07:00Z

STRUCTURE: NHS Devon is to join with two neighbouring primary care trusts to form a cluster covering the whole of “historic Devon”.

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King's College Hospital FT brings in extra cleaners after performance 'concern'

2011-02-28T17:04:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The south London acute reported it had hired an extra cleaning contractor for high risk areas after “concern” about existing contractors Medirest.

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NHS Hammersmith & Fulham chair to become north west London cluster chair

2011-02-28T16:46:00Z

WORKFORCE: Jeff Zitron has been announced as chair designate for the cluster, which incorporates eight primary care trusts.