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NewsCall to target kidney care costs
Kidney disease costs the NHS more than breast, lung, colon and skin cancer combined, yet too many cases remain undiagnosed and untreated.
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West Midlands SHA releases £44m to Birmingham cluster
FINANCE: The West Midlands strategic health authority will release £44m to the Birmingham and Solihull primary care trust cluster, on the understanding the cluster pays for all its transition costs.
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NewsNine directors appointed to NHS property company
The Department of Health has recruited nine directors to the independent property company it is setting up to manage NHS estate, all of whom are currently working in the NHS.
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Eastern Kent PCT being kept afloat by reserves
FINANCE: NHS Eastern and Coastal Kent has used more than £5m in reserves to maintain a surplus in the first quarter of 2012-13, according to board papers.
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Current West Kent overspend is ‘not sustainable’
FINANCE: Commissioners in West Kent have already been forced to dip into contingency reserves due to excess activity by their acute providers, board papers reveal.
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Medway FT ‘main factor’ driving commissioner overspend
FINANCE: NHS Medway and its clinical commissioning group have cited “over-performance” by the local foundation trust as the key cause of overspending during the first quarter of 2012-13.
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Birmingham cluster predicts £26m QIPP shortfall
FINANCE: Birmingham and Solihull primary care trust cluster has predicted a £26m shortfall on efficiency savings against a target of £58m.
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Major staff savings plan poses risk at Leeds trust
FINANCE: Potential underachievement of a larged planned saving on workforce costs poses a financial risk to Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
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MSA breaches at Warrington and Halton
PERFORMANCE: Lastest board papers reveal breaches of the government’s rules on mixed sex accomodation earlier this year at Warrington and Halton Hopsitals NHS Foundation Trust.
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Ashford and St Peter’s improves on four-hour A&E target
PERFORMANCE: Ashford and St Peter’s Hospital Foundation Trust was meeting the four-hour target for accident and emergency waits by the end of the first quarter of 2012-13, according to board papers.
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Major capital project set to start at Ashford
STRUCTURE: A £2.8m refurbishment of the outpatients department at Ashford Hospital is scheduled to begin on 13 August, according to board papers.
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Under-resourced SHA holds up FT progress in Leeds
STRUCTURE: Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is continuing work on an integrated business plan, with the aim of gaining foundation status, but it has been held up by a lack of staff at its overseeing strategic health authority.
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Leeds and Bradford to be designated centre for rare respiratory condition
STRUCTURE: Leeds Children’s Hospital – part of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust – has been named one of four national centres for children with Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia in a collaboration with Bradford Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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Health needs of young carers assessed
PERFORMANCE: NHS Surrey and a charity are surveying young carers to identify their health needs and inform future commissioning.
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New ambulance prep centre opened
STRUCTURE: South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust has opened a Make Ready Centre in Ashford.
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Bradford District Care Trust begins IT integration
COMMERCIAL: Bradford District Care Trust has begun an integration of two clinical IT systems.
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Cumbria council launches £300,000 health and wellbeing fund
FINANCE: Cumbria county council has launched a £300,000 grant fund to support community health and wellbeing projects in Eden and Allerdale.
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Blackpool Teaching Hospitals opens new clinical trials facility
RESEARCH: Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust has opened a new dedicated clinical trials facility, in place of its former practice of undertaking research on wards, it has reported.
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NewsTrusts face higher pension costs so frontline staff can retire early
NHS trusts could have to pay higher pension contributions for some staff groups so they can retire earlier, HSJ has learned.
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NewsLeaders of aspiring FTs receive confidential help to improve
More than 20 hospital trust boards have signed up to a leadership training programme which they hope will help them make efficiency savings and achieve foundation status, HSJ has learned.