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St Helens and Knowsley unveils new skin cancer treatment
PERFORMANCE: The Trust is the first in the North West to provide patients with a ground-breaking new treatment for skin cancer.
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NHS Rotherham has only hit its TIA referral rates for two months so far this year
PERFORMANCE: The primary care trust has a tough target to meet for making sure high risk Transient Ischaemic Attack patients are seen within 24 hours of first contact.
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Red risk over staff shortages at Northampton General
WORKFORCE: Staff shortages have led to “headcount” being recorded as a red risk at Northampton General Hospital Trust.
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Dudley Group of Hospitals announces £40m savings drive
FINANCE: The Dudley Group of Hospitals has announced it needs to save £40m over four years.
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Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust get go-ahead for new hospital
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY: Health secretary Andrew Lansley has backed a plan by Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust to buy land for a new hospital via a compulsory purchase order.
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NHS Halton & St Helens slipping off-track for end-of-year surplus
FINANCE: The primary care trust is forecasting a year-end deficit due to over spends across its providers.
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IT savings help Bath and Somerset to underspend
FINANCE: NHS Bath and North East Somerset is forecasting an underspend of £604,000 at the end of month seven of the financial year.
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NHS Hammersmith & Fulham predicting year-end surplus
FINANCE: A primary care trust is expecting a year-end surplus of £3.5m
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NHS Richmond's CFT moves step closer to acquiring PCT estate
FINANCE: An aspirant community foundation trust has moved a step closer to taking control of the assets of its commissioner primary care trust.
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North West London Hospitals Trust struggles on emergency four-hour target
PERFORMANCE: An acute trust is under pressure to meet the four-hour A&E target after a six per cent rise in attendances
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NHS Northamptonshire flags GP demand management failure
FINANCE: The failure of local GPs to control demand has been highlighted by NHS Northamptonshire in the month it has escalated its financial balance risk from an amber to a red rating.
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NHS South Staffordshire confirms appointment of community chief exe
WORKFORCE: The primary care trust has announced that a chief executive has been appointed to lead its community health provider arm, ahead of its split from the PCT.
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NHS North Staffordshire confirms appointment of community chief exec
WORKFORCE: A chief executive has been appointed to lead the primary care trust’s community health provider arm, ahead of its split from the PCT.
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Royal Liverpool increases cleaning and inspection of stairwells after patient falls and dies
PERFORMANCE: The trust has undertaken an “extensive” investigation of its 59 sets of stairs, following the death of a patient who fell down a stairwell.
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Aintree Hospitals Foundation Trust to lose some gynaecology activity under PCT proposal
Structure: Aintree Hospitals Foundation Trust stands to lose some of its gynaecology activity under its local primary care trust’s plans to move inpatient and some day case gynaecology activity from Aintree to Liverpool Women’s Foundation Trust.
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East Sussex Hospitals has no ‘further flexibility’ on MRSA
PERFORMANCE: East Sussex has matched its annual limit for MRSA cases, with three months of the financial year still left to get through.
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NHS Cornwall meets standards for young people friendly services
PERFORMANCE: The primary care trust said 25 of its services have now met the highest standards of care for young people, as judged by the patients themselves.
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Work begins on new dementia unit at Norfolk and Waveney FT
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY: Building work has begun on a 36-bed dementia intensive care unit(DICU) at the Julian Hospital on Bowthorpe Road, Norwich.
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NewsCancer death rates in Europe 'to fall'
The number of people dying of cancer throughout Europe will fall this year, experts have predicted.
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West London Mental Health Trust to consult on closure of specialist in-patient service
FINANCE: A mental health trust is holding a consultation into the closure of a specialist personality disorder service.