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Elderly population creates transfer of care pressure for NHS Bournemouth and Poole
PERFORMANCE: NHS Bournemouth and Poole is concerned about its performance on transfers of care.
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One trust responsible for more than half of NHS Waltham Forest acute overspend
FINANCE: Whipps Cross University Hospital Trust accounted for £5.9m of the primary care trust’s £9.5m overspend against plan
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Central & Eastern Cheshire PCT forecasts £5.5m savings plan shortfall
FINANCE: The primary care trust is anticipating it will miss its £32.5m savings target for 2010/11by £5.5m, revised forecasts show.
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NHS Blackpool £4m behind on savings target
FINANCE: The primary care trust was more than £4m behind on its savings plan for the year at the end of November, newly published board documents show.
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Mid Cheshire Hospitals FT agrees risk sharing deal with primary care trust
FINANCE: The foundation has agreed to cap the total it will charge Central and Eastern Cheshire PCT in 2010/11 at £134.5m.
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St George's Healthcare Trust faces £4.3m in PCT challenges
A hospital trust that has recently integrated with its local PCT provider arm still faces £4.3m in price challenges from neighbouring commissioners.
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Interim chief exec made permanent at Hampshire Partnership FT
WORKFORCE: Hampshire Partnership Foundation Trust has appointed a new chief executive.
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NewsCalls to reject health ombudsman reappointment
Campaigners are calling on MSPs to reject the reappointment of the man in charge of investigating complaints into public services in Scotland.
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News'Unsatisfactory' doctor competency regulation criticised
There are weaknesses in the current plans for regulating doctors to ensure they are fit to practise, MPs have said.
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NewsNHS reforms 'need patient voice'
The radical healthcare system reforms must be amended to give patients a stronger say over their local services, a group of leading health charities have said.
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NewsPoliticians to hold GMC to account
The Commons health committee plans to expand its role by holding the General Medical Council to account.
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Decision on fate of Whipps Cross due in early February
STRUCTURE: Whipps Cross University Hospital will discover on February 8 who the preferred partner for taking it over is.
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NHS Herefordshire reports "unacceptable" deterioration in stroke performance
PERFORMANCE: The proportion of people treated within 24 hours of a transient ischaemic attack within NHS Herefordshire’s patch is well under target and has dropped to as little as 0 per cent this year.
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South London Healthcare predicted to hit A&E targets despite consecutive poor months
PERFORMANCE: South London Healthcare Trust is predicting it will meet its four-hour A&E target for 2010-11, despite missing it in November and December last year.
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Hounslow PCT criticised by local acute provider
PERFORMANCE: West Middlesex University Hospital’s deputy chief executive has criticised the community provider in the borough for not having enough COPD services, leading to a high rate of re-admission.
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NHS Kingston 2011-12 QIPP plan aims for £9.6m savings
FINANCE: The London commissioners have submitted their Quality, Improvement, Productivity and Prevention proposals as part of the south west sector PCT’s group plan.
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NHS Direct service "severely compromised" over Christmas period
PERFORMANCE: The national patient helpline fielded 45 per cent more calls than forecast from December 21 to January 3, a performance report said.
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GPs appointed to clinical cabinet to find more savings at Oxleas Foundation Trust
FINANCE: A primary care trust has appointed two GPs to try and top the £1m of savings negotiated with the mental health trust in 2010-11.
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South London and Maudsley specialist services face decommissioning under QIPP plan
STRUCTURE: The south east London sector Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention plan said mental health services in Lambeth, one of the sector’s six PCTs, would face “system change within [the] context of circa 20 per cent savings”.
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NHS Hampshire gather consortia around acute trusts
STRUCTURE: GPs in Hampshire are planning to create consortia primarily focused around acute providers.