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HSJ Local
South Tees missed four hour target in December
PERFORMANCE: A combination of pressures meant that the South Tees Hospitals Foundation Trust missed the four hour A&E target in December. With only 91.6 per cent of patients discharge or admitted within that time, the trust failed the Monitor target for quarter three and now has an amber-green rating.
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HSJ Local
Higher than expected surplus at Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys
FINANCE: Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys Foundation Trust had an operating surplus of £6.9m at the end of December – slightly ahead of plan, reflecting high patient activity.
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HSJ Local
South Tees struggles to make finance plan
FINANCE: South Tees Hospitals Foundation Trust is more than £3m behind plan on its surplus for this financial year – with the figures to the end of December showing the surplus was at £437,000 before impairments. The trust says this would amount to a financial risk rating of three.
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NewsMinister reveals plans for Morecambe Bay inquiry
An independent inquiry is to be set up to investigate poor care at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
New chief executive for Sandwell and West Birmingham
WORKFORCE: Toby Lewis has been announced as the new chief executive of Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust.
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Competition investigations spell problems for mergers
Trusts’ merger plans are likely to be blocked if they cannot prove they are the only way to improve services, new advice from Monitor suggests.
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NewsDH releases Health Act competition rules
The government has published details of how competition and procurement rules will operate under the Health Bill.
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HSJ Local
Heart of England miss half of month's CIP savings
FINANCE: Heart of England Foundation Trust made just half of its planned cost improvement plan savings in November.
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HSJ Local
Southend CCG forecasts underspend
FINANCE Southend Clinical Commissioning Group has forecast a £8,000 budget underspend for this financial year.
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NewsHSJ Live: rolling news 19.2.2013
No fault compensation needs to be introduced says Frank Dobson and the rest of today’s news
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NewsUnited Lincs: Former chief exec was not 'gagged' on patient safety
The hospital trust at the centre of the furore over whistleblowing and gagging clauses has told HSJ its former chief executive, Gary Walker, is and was always free to speak out about its patient care.
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HSJ Local
CQC report praises Lincolnshire trust but calls for action on staffing
United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust is carrying out a review of its staffing levels, it has emerged.
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NewsHunt warns against 'defensive culture' in letter to NHS
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has written to trusts warning them against having a “defensive culture” over patient safety and whistleblowing.
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NewsDame Ruth Carnall tells London chief execs gagging clauses 'unacceptable'
The head of NHS London, England’s largest strategic health authority, has said she will write to all chief executives in the capital to remind them gagging clauses in severance deals are “unacceptable”.
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NewsInterest in franchise model has 'waned dramatically'
Government interest in the hospital franchise model has ‘waned dramatically’, an HSJ analysis has found, a year after Circle Health took over the running of Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust.
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HSJ Local
Monitor intervenes at Rotherham FT
FINANCE: Monitor has intervened at the Rotherham Foundation Trust, and told it to improve financial management and ensure its services are sustainable.
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News'No timetable' for Treasury review of George Eliot tender
George Eliot Hospital Trust’s plans to seek a “strategic partner” to secure its future are on hold while the Treasury complete a review of its proposals, HSJ has learned.
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NewsAnalysed: One year of Circle at Hinchingbrooke
This week’s HSJ Local Briefing looks at the performance of Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust a year on from Circle taking on running the hospital
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HSJ Local
West Suffolk hospital A&E waiting times a ‘concern’
PERFORMANCE West Suffolk hospital’s performance against the four-hour waiting time remains “a concern”, according to commissioners.
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HSJ Local
Scunthorpe GP practice receives prestigious quality award
PERFORMANCE: A GP practice in Scunthorpe has become the first in England to be awarded a Royal College of General Practitioners Practice Accreditation.