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A&E waiting times get even worse at Royal Bolton FT
PERFORMANCE: The foundation’s already failing performance against the key waiting time indicator for accident and emergency treatment deteriorated further in December.
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32 NHS Wirral staff come forward for voluntary redundancy
WORKFORCE: The primary care trust has received 32 applications for voluntary redundancy, which it estimates could cut its pay bill by more than £1m a year.
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Low patient numbers make waiting targets a challenge for Aintree Hospitals FT
PERFORMANCE: The foundation missed referral to treatment waiting targets for Knowsley patients in five specialties in November, latest figures show.
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CQC still has 'concerns' over North East London Foundation Trust consent to treatment assurance
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission said consent to treatment was its “greatest area of concern” at the London mental health trust, particularly as it had been brought up in previous reports by the Mental Health Act Commission.
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Heatherwood and Wexham Park FT seeks to clarify 'urgent referrals' with GPs
PERFORMANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham FT is working to clarify with GPs the definition of an “urgent referral”, its board has heard.
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Nottingham University Hospitals exceeds yearly C.Diff target
PERFORMANCE: Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has already exceeded its yearly target for the number of clostridium difficile cases acquired there.
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Leicester PCTs to shed 106 posts
WORKFORCE: NHS Leicester City and NHS Leicestershire County and Rutland are slashing 106 posts as part of management cost reductions.
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NHS Derby City awards walk-in centre contract to GP social enterprise
STRUCTURE: NHS Derby City has confirmed that the contract for running the Osmaston Road walk-in centre has been awarded to Derbyshire Health United, a not-for-profit social enterprise company run by local GPs.
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NHS Lincolnshire to develop services at Skegness Hospital
STRUCTURE: The board of NHS Lincolnshire has approved recommendations to develop future services at Skegness Hospital.
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NewsBetter data sharing 'could boost social-care prevention'
Councils and the NHS should be sharing data more effectively to better predict which residents are most likely to need “intensive social care”, according to health think-tank the Nuffield Trust.
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St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals miss waiting targets in five specialties
PERFORMANCE: The trust missed referral to treatment waiting targets for Knowsley patients in five specialties in November, latest figures show.
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NewsLoss of 80,000 care beds will intensify bed-blocking
Council spending cuts are predicted to result in the loss of 81,000 care home beds across the UK over the next 10 years, intensifying NHS bed-blocking problems, BUPA has warned.
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NHS Enfield predicting £11.2m deficit for year-end
FINANCE: The north east London primary care trust reported managing to hold its deficit to £10.6m in December, the same as October and November.
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West London Mental Health Trust trust to investigate inpatients discharged without CPA plans
PERFORMANCE: The trust is looking at how seven service users came to be discharged without Care Programme Approach plans confirmed.
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NewsNational competency standards to regulate manager performance
Senior managers “who let people down” will be held to account by a national list of standards of competence and behaviour.
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Two consortia emerging in NHS North Tyneside
STRUCTURE: Two commissioning consortia are emerging within the North Tyneside primary care trust area.
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NHS Newcastle sees two consortia emerging
STRUCTURE: Two commissioning consortia are emerging within the Newcastle primary care trust.
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NHS Worcestershire to delegate £593m to consortia
STRUCTURE: Worcestershire primary care trust is planning to delegate £593m to three commissioning consortia from April - about 70 per cent of its budget.
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Sutton and Merton to delegate upwards of £309m
STRUCTURE: Sutton and Merton primary care trust is planning to delegate most commissioning to two consortia - The Sutton Consortium and The Federation - from April.
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South Gloucestershire PCT planning with single consortium
STRUCTURE: South Gloucestershire primary care trust is in the early stages of planning a single commissioning consortium for the patch.