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NHS Gloucestershire to get money back from management cuts
WORKFORCE: The South West Specialist Commissioing Group has agreed to reduce management costs by 17.7 per cent over the next three years.
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Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health FT behind on PCT target
PERFORMANCE: Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health FT is missing a key PCT target by more than 20 per cent.
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NHS Brent contributes £5.4m to the rest of its PCT cluster
FINANCE: The north west London primary care trust was predicting a break even position at year end, against a plan of £17.2m
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NHS Enfield's deficit £6.7m worse than plan at month eight
FINANCE: A primary care trust’s deficit position slipped to £10.5m two-thirds of the way through this financial year.
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Bedford Hospital Trust goes to PCT with financial pressures
FINANCE: Bedford Hospital has told its PCT that an increase in non-elective activity and the introduction of a marginal tariff puts its savings targets at risk.
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Below average performance on stroke indicators at Sherwood Forest Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust is performing below average on five out of nine stroke indicators.
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Great Ormond Street ends its child health services contract with NHS Haringey
COMMERCIAL: The commissioners decided the The Whittington Hospital Trust would provide children’s health services as of April.
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Sherwood Forest FT racks up ‘excellent’ PEAT scores
PERFORMANCE: Sherwood Forest’s hospitals have achieved top marks in their annual Patient Environment Action team (PEAT) assessments.
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Clatterbridge mulls participation in Liverpool academic health sciences centre bid
STRUCTURE: The foundation is contributing to work to revisit plans for an academic health sciences centre in Liverpool, after an initial bid was turned down by the Department of Health.
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Infections targets breach at Norfolk PCT
PERFORMANCE: Healthcare associated infections “remain the most significant challenge” for NHS Norfolk, according to the PCT’s performance report.
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Liverpool PCT plans new health centre
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust has launched a public consultation on proposals to build a new health centre.
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Three serious untoward incidents at UH South Manchester in November
PERFORMANCE: Three serious untoward incidents were declared at the foundation trust in November, newly published board papers show.
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University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay in deficit and £1.9m behind plan
FINANCE: The foundation overspent its budget by £349,000 in December, against a plan to make a surplus of £520,000 for the month.
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Breast cancer referral times flagged as red risk by NHS Wolverhampton City
PERFORMANCE: NHS Wolverhampton City has highlighted breast cancer referral times as a red risk in its performance report.
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Liverpool Women's FT to gain in-patient and day case gynaecology activity from Aintree FT
STRUCTURE: Liverpool Women’s Foundation Trust stands to increase its activity under its local primary care trust’s plans to move inpatient and some day case gynaecology activity from Aintree Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to the women’s hospital.
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Pennine care on the cusp of taking over Oldham community services
STRUCTURE: The foundation has completed its due diligence review of Oldham Community Health Services and brought the organisation under its auspices ‘in shadow form’ on 10 January.
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Recruitment freeze pays off at Portsmouth Hospitals Trust
WORKFORCE: A recruitment freeze at Portsmouth Hospitals Trust is achieving savings above plan.
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Liverpool PCT sets out finance challenges for GP commissioners
FINANCE: At the first meeting of the PCT’s interim GP commission board, held in December, the PCT’s head of information and intelligence described the key features of the city’s £900m commissioning spend.
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Chesterfield Royal selects Lloyds TSB in banking services tender
COMMERCIAL: Chesterfield Royal Hospital Foundation Trust has decided to continue using Lloyds TSB for its commercial banking services for a further three years following a tendering exercise.
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CQC requests hygiene review at Nuffield Orthopeadic Centre
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission requested a formal review of Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre’s compliance with hygiene standards.