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Lincolnshire Partnership FT finds £1.3m gap in efficiency plan
FINANCE: Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust’s efficiency plan for 2011-12 has a gap of £1.3m.
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18 week waiting target breached at Pennine Acute
PERFORMANCE: The trust breached its key Care Quality Commission waiting target in 2010-11, a review of its performance against business plan shows.
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South Devon Healthcare assets fall in value
FINANCE: South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust’s assets have declined in value by almost a £1m, contributing to a year end surplus almost £500,000 behind plan.
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CQUIN cash risk at Durham and Darlington
FINANCE: County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust has rated “amber/red” its performance against commissioning for quality and innovation pay-for performance measures.
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Contractual problems cause Bexley to record worst chlamydia screening rate in cluster
PERFORMANCE: The south east London borough had a screening rate of 12.3 per cent, less than half most of its neighbouring boroughs.
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Royal Devon takes stroke nursing care into the home
PERFORMANCE: The Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust’s specialist stroke service has launched a scheme to treat recovering patients in their own homes.
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South Devon Healthcare looks to lead on workforce development
WORKFORCE: The board of South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust has agreed to seek to become a host for a Provider Skills Network in the South West.
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Lewisham Healthcare Trust to lose £16m on QIPP over next four years
FINANCE: The south London acute faces a disinvestment worth £16m due to the local commissioning cluster’s quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) plans up to 2015.
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Durham and Darlington FT blows surplus target
FINANCE: County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust has exeeded its planned surplus in 2010-11 by £4.25m.
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Queen Victoria Hospital passes CQC dignity inspection
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission said the foundation trust passed both of the standards relating to dignity and nutrition it inspected during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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Buckinghamshire Healthcare over target on infections
PERFORMANCE: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust far exceeded its C Difficile and MRSA targets for April.
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NHS Lewisham worst in cluster for midwifery indicator
PERFORMANCE: The primary care trust, that has Lewisham Healthcare Trust as its primary provider, had the lowest percentage of women seeing a midwife or maternity professional within 90 days in the cluster
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NewsAlan Milburn hits out at NHS reform 'car crash'
Former health secretary Alan Milburn has branded the coalition’s watered down NHS reforms the “biggest car crash” in the service’s history.
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NewsOlder women less likely to have breast cancer surgery
Older women are less likely to have breast cancer surgery than those who are younger, research suggests.
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NewsMajor power to be focused at centre
Major powers and oversight will now sit with the health secretary, the NHS Commissioning Board and its local arms, under changes to the Health Bill set out by the government this week.
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NewsFears raised over two-tier commissioning system
The Department of Health must set target dates for handing budgets to local commissioning groups or an unworkable two-tier system will emerge, senior figures have told HSJ.
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NewsGP-private healthcare link raises conflict of interest concerns
The government’s reforms have raised fears about the risk of financial conflicts of interest after a survey suggested that large numbers of the doctors on new commissioning boards will have links with private healthcare companies.
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RDaSH improves staff survey results
WORKFORCE: Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust has improved its staff survey results.
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Nursing director to become interim chief exec at Trafford Healthcare
WORKFORCE: Morag Olsen has been appointed acting chief executive of Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust.
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Royal Bournemouth breaching mixed sex accomodation rules
PERFORMANCE: The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals Foundation Trust reported six breaches of of the mixed sex accommodation rules during April.