All MANCHESTER PCT articles – Page 3

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NHS Bury back in surplus

2011-09-16T18:15:00Z

FINANCE: The primary care trust’s in-year finances were back in the black in July after it received a “non-recurrent financial allocation” to cover the restructuring costs of its £25m savings plan.

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46 mixed sex accommodation breaches in three months at UHSM

2011-09-14T18:40:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The foundation had 46 breaches of rules against mixed sex accommodation in the first three months of 2011-12, commissioners report.

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Waiting times at Central Manchester FT ‘more challenging’ than other trusts

2011-09-14T17:34:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Efforts to improve waiting times in Greater Manchester are proving “more challenging” at the foundation than at the city’s other underperforming providers, commissioners have reported.

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NW to consider rules on 'financial impact' of reconfigurations involving PFI

2011-09-12T18:34:00Z

STRUCTURE: The strategic health authority has confirmed it is working on a set of rules for handling the “financial impact” of reconfigurations involving private finance initiative buildings.

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Trust wins backing to vacate £3.6m PFI unit

2011-08-25T05:00:00Z

Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust has won backing for its controversial plan to vacate the £3.6m-a-year PFI building it occupies in the grounds of Manchester Royal Infirmary.

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Yorkshire chair to lead NHS North of England SHA cluster

2011-08-01T17:36:00Z

STRUCTURE: NHS Yorkshire and the Humber chair Kathryn Riddle is due to lead the NHS North of England strategic health authority cluster, comprising Yorkshire and the Humber, the North West and the North East.

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More than 800 NHS Greater Manchester patients in Southern Cross homes

2011-07-12T19:15:00Z

FINANCE: NHS Greater Manchester either fully or partially funds 838 patients staying in homes run by collapsed care home operator Southern Cross, board papers show.

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Greater Manchester cluster considers plan to halve number of local boards

2011-07-12T18:18:00Z

STRUCTURE: The cluster will this week consider plans to collapse the number of “locality boards” representing its member primary care trusts from 10 to five.

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A daunting savings picture emerges in North West

2011-06-23T00:00:00Z

As heavy as it is, there is little doubt that the burden of delivering the NHS’s £20bn savings target rests more heavily on the shoulders of some than others. Specifically, it rests heaviest on London and Manchester.

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Greater Manchester unveils plans to meet £400m savings target

2011-06-23T00:00:00Z

FINANCE: Greater Manchester is to appoint a single office to take the reins of the £400m savings programme that must be delivered by its commissioners by 2015.

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NHS Manchester plans for £1m surplus on £1.03bn turnover

2011-05-04T16:56:00Z

FINANCE: The primary care trust is planning to underspend its £1,033m allocation for 2011-12 by just £1m, NHS North West board papers report.

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Provider contracts still in dispute

2011-05-04T00:00:00Z

COMMERCIAL: A third of contracts between providers and commissioners in the North West are still incomplete, HSJ has discovered.

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Salford boss to take top job at greater Manchester cluster

2011-04-14T17:40:00Z

STRUCTURE: The primary care trust’s chief executive, Mike Burrows, will take the CEO role at the Greater Manchester PCT cluster.

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Pennine Acute expects 'significant' decommissioning from Manchester and Oldham this year

2011-04-14T17:23:00Z

FINANCE: The trust expects Manchester and Oldham primary care trusts to decommission “significant” amounts of activity at the trust, a report on its 2011 budget book states.

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DH warns of 'extremely high' risk to greater Manchester savings plans

2011-03-09T16:00:00Z

FINANCE: The Department of Health has warned NHS organisations in greater Manchester their savings plans run an “extremely high” risk of failure.

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Outstanding patient safety alerts plummet at NHS Manchester

2011-03-02T19:02:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The number of outstanding patient safety alerts registered against the primary care trust’s name has dropped by 11 in the past month to just two, new data from the National Patient Safety Agency shows.

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Row brews over Central Manchester UH FT diagnostic test waiting times

2011-03-02T15:45:00Z

PERFORMANCE: NHS North West was dragged into a row between Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and NHS Stockport in December over increased waiting times for diagnostic tests at the foundation trust.

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UH South Manchester may over-perform on PCT contract by 8 per cent

2011-03-01T20:18:00Z

FINANCE: The foundation will over-perform on its £66.2m contract with NHS Manchester by £5.1m, the primary care trust forecasts.

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Central Manchester FT may over-perform on PCT contract by £2.5m

2011-03-01T19:47:00Z

FINANCE: The foundation trust will over-perform on its £126.8m contract with NHS Manchester by £2.5m, the primary care trust forecasts.

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NHS Manchester will have to make £10m savings in two months

2011-03-01T19:30:00Z

FINANCE: The primary care trust will need to deliver one third of its £30m savings plan in the last two months of 2010-11 to breakeven for the year, board papers show.