Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust – Page 20
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Most powerful hospital trusts ask for more funding
England’s 10 most prestigious teaching and research hospital trusts have asked the Department of Health and the Treasury for a 10 per cent top-up to their tariff payments, HSJ can reveal.
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South Manchester University hospital £69K below plan
FINANCE: University Hospital of South Manchester FT reported a surplus of £80,000 at the end of June against a planned surplus of about £150,000, the trust’s latest finance report shows.
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Consultation launched on Trafford A&E downgrade
STRUCTURE: NHS Trafford has begun public consultation on proposals to replace the accident and emergency unit at Trafford General Hospital with an urgent care centre.
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108 patients waiting more than a year for treatment at CMFT
PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust still had more than 100 patients who had been waiting over a year for treatment in June, although the figure had more than halved since March, commissioners have reported.
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NHS North moves to downgrade Trafford General A&E
NHS North of England has approved plans to remove accident and emergency services and all inpatient surgery from Trafford General Hospital, known as the “birthplace of the NHS”.
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Burns details plans to close Trafford General A&E
PERFORMANCE: NHS North of England will this week consider proposals to remove accident and emergency services, acute surgery and inpatient surgery from Trafford General Hospital, health minister Simon Burns said today.
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Media Watch: Lansley's failure regime process
Last week was a big one for hospital news in the national papers, with a trust finding itself declared “bankrupt” for the first time.
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CMFT opens £6m research unit for musculoskeletal diseases
RESEARCH: The trust launched a new £6m research unit for musculoskeletal diseases on 4 July, alongside the National Institute for Health Research and the University of Manchester.
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Confederation reveals commercial innovation fund
The NHS Confederation has announced the creation of a fund that matches cash put up by teaching trusts with backing from institutional investors to spread innovation across the NHS.
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Hospitals 'failing to deliver' appropriate end-of-life care to dementia patients
RESEARCH: Many patients with dementia who die in hospital still fail to receive sufficiently structured end of life care, a study in the North West has suggested.
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Second hospital abandons staff sickness policy
WORKFORCE: A second hospital trust in the North West has ripped up a sickness absence policy under which nurses had pay increments withheld.
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Takeover of Trafford Healthcare Trust completed
STRUCTURE: The takeover of the Trafford Healthcare Trust by Central Manchester University Hospitals is now complete, the foundation has announced.
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Highest flu jab coverage in North for Royal Liverpool staff
WORKFORCE: There was a higher uptake of the seasonal flu vaccine among staff at the trust than in any other provider in the North of England.
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Pay freeze fails to prevent trust overspend on wages
The NHS pay freeze has failed to prevent acute hospitals from running up an estimated £300m year-to-date overspend on wage bills, an HSJ investigation has revealed.
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Central Manchester FT ranked among worst in 2011 NHS staff survey
WORKFORCE: The foundation trust has remained ranked among the worst in the England for more than a third of the measures tracked by the annual NHS staff survey, the newly published 2011 results show.
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Central Manchester FT takeover of Trafford Healthcare cleared for 1 April
STRUCTURE: The trust’s takeover by Central Manchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust has been cleared to go through at the end of this month, the acquiring trust reported this afternoon.
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Trusts pursue pay curbs for staff sickness
A tribunal decision that forced a trust to stop withholding pay from staff who take too much sick leave has failed to deter other organisations from pursuing similar policies, HSJ has learned.
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NHS Trafford puts community services up for tender
COMMERCIAL: The primary care trust has launched a tender process for organisations seeking to take over its community services.
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Analysed: the reconfiguration plan for Greater Manchester's hospitals
HSJ Local Briefing is our new in-depth analysis of the key issues facing the NHS’s major health economies. This week: acute reconfiguration in Greater Manchester.
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Central Manchester FT acted 'unlawfully' over pay freezes
WORKFORCE: Central Manchester Foundation Trust acted “unlawfully” by attempting to withhold incremental pay rises from staff who took too much sick leave, a tribunal has found.