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NHS Walsall's providers over-performing by £6m

2011-02-09T10:35:00Z

FINANCE: Acute contracts for services commissioned by NHS Walsall are over-performing to the tune of £6.2m.

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NHS Central Lancashire slashes planned surplus by £2m

2011-02-09T10:30:00Z

FINANCE: The primary care trust has cut its planned surplus for 2010/11 to £1.63m, down from £3.63m.

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Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital Foundation Trust reporting year-to-date deficit

2011-02-09T10:29:00Z

FINANCE: A specialist hospital trust had a year-to-date deficit of £4.5m, according to its most recent board papers.

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Warrington & Halton Hospitals forced to divert patients to other emergency departments

2011-02-09T10:29:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Warrrington & Halton Hospitals FT has been forced to divert patients to other A&E departments on four occasions over the winter period, Department of Health data shows.

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NHS Bassetlaw looks set to miss C difficile target

2011-02-09T10:28:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The primary care trust bust its target for C difficile episodes in November and now looks unlikely to meet its yearly goal in this area.

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NHS Westminster predicting surplus after SHA steps in to pay redundancy costs

2011-02-09T10:27:00Z

FINANCE: NHS Westminster reported a year-to-date underspend of £5.86m at month eight and a predicted end of year surplus of £6.179m.

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Chesterfield Royal to merge stroke services in one facility

2011-02-09T10:26:00Z

STRUCTURE: The foundation trust is investing £1.4m in merging its two specialist stroke facilities into one unit.

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Leicester City PCT on-track to achieve £5m surplus

2011-02-09T10:24:00Z

FINANCE: The primary care trust predicts it continues to be on course for a £5m year-end surplus.

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Blackpool Teaching Hospitals delays women and children unit to help balance books

2011-02-09T10:23:00Z

FINANCE: The foundation calculated that its decision to delay construction work on its new women and children’s unit would defer spending of £1.5m and help it avoid finishing 2010/11 in deficit, board documents show.

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Yeovil District Hospital FT introduces band 4 HCAs

2011-02-09T10:18:00Z

WORKFORCE: Yeovil District Hospital FT is working towards its first group of band 4 associate practitioners.

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NHS Dudley has growing problem with acute overspend

2011-02-09T10:17:00Z

FINANCE: The primary care trust is reporting over-performance at all bar one of its seven main providers but says it remains on course for a small surplus at year-end.

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Poole FT facing deficit of £4.7m

2011-02-09T10:14:00Z

FINANCE: Poole NHS Foundation Trust is forecasting a deficit of £4.7m against a planned surplus of £0.1m.

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Hinchingbrooke predicts recovery plan will rescue breakeven

2011-02-09T10:02:00Z

FINANCE: Hinchingbrooke Health Care expects to break even despite a £1.4m deficit at the end of 2010, thanks to its recovery plan.

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NHS Plymouth confident of surplus despite commissioning overspend of £11.5m

2011-02-09T09:59:00Z

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY: NHS Plymouth is forecasting an overspend on commissioning of £11.5m.

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Central Manchester FT falls behind on surplus plan

2011-02-09T17:39:00Z

FINANCE: Central Manchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust is forecasting a surplus this financial year but is significantly behind its financial plan.

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Teenagers placed in adult wards at Greater Manchester West Mental Health FT

2011-02-09T17:37:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Twenty-six hospital bed days in adult psychiatric wards were occupied by patients aged 16 and 17 at Greater Manchester West Mental Health Foundation Trust in quarter two.

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On-call doctor investigated after Calderstones patient suffers Christmas day cardiac arrest

2011-02-09T16:30:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The mental health foundation trust has launched an investigation into the actions of an on-call doctor after a patient in its Maplewood facility suffered cardiac arrest on Christmas day.

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Sheffield Health and Social Care FT bails out PCT with dementia money

2011-02-09T16:11:00Z

FINANCE: Sheffield Health and Social Care has agreed to save around £1m to help with NHS Sheffield’s deficit.

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Hertfordshire joint commissioning board to be dissolved

2011-02-09T14:24:00Z

STRUCTURE: Hertfordshire mental health FT has dissolved a board for joint commissioning with the local authority in light of the Liberating the NHS white paper

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NHS Gloucestershire predicts healthy surplus

2011-02-09T10:56:00Z

FINANCE: NHS Gloucestershire is on course to achieve its planned year end surplus of £8.7m.