Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust – Page 10
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Southport and Ormskirk plans £8.4m savings in 2013-14
FINANCE: Southport and Ormskirk Hospital Trust aims to make cost improvement programme savings of £8.4m in 2013-14.
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Halton CCG sets aside £0.5m for ‘hub and spoke’ rehab service
FINANCE: Halton clinical commissioning group will contribute £551,000 to the development of a “hub and spoke” rehabilitation service organised across three hospitals, its 2013-15 commissioning strategy states.
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Southport and Ormskirk appoints new medical director
WORKFORCE: Southport and Ormskirk Hospital has appointed orthopaedic surgeon Rob Gillies as its new executive medical director, the trust has reported.
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St Helens and Knowsley missed its hospital-acquired MRSA target
PERFORMANCE: St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals had recorded 10 cases (year-to-date) of hospital acquired MRSA by the end of February, against a target of no more than three for the year, board papers state.
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Hospital trust launches 'come dine with me' scheme
WORKFORCE: Southport and Ormskirk Hospital Trust is recruiting volunteers to act as “dining companions” for patients.
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Southport and Ormskirk sees 'unprecedented' challenge to urgent care
PERFORMANCE: Southport and Ormskirk saw “considerable deterioration” in its accident and emergency waiting times in January as a result of “unprecedented” challenges to managing its urgent care system, a performance report states.
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Land sale and staff vacancies boost Southport and Ormskirk’s reported savings
FINANCE: Staff vacancies, a land sale and a “favourable contract settlement” accounted for most of the progress Southport and Ormskirk Hospitals made towards its savings target in the first month of 2013-14, according to its latest finance report.
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Infection problem at St Helen’s and Knowsley
PERFORMANCE: Healthcare acquired infections are causing concern in Merseyside where two trusts in particular are exceeding their targets.
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St Helens and Knowsley FT bid red rated in December
STRUCTURE: The trust’s progress towards its application for foundation trust status was “red rated” by NHS North of England in December, as it had been for the two previous months.
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Southport and Ormskirk cuts surplus forecast
FINANCE: Southport and Ormskirk Hospital Trust has reduced its forecast surplus for 2012-13 to £1.25m, down from a planned surplus of £1.7m, NHS North of England board papers show.
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Cancer waits still a ‘significant risk’ for Southport and Ormskirk
PERFORMANCE: The 62-day referral-to-treatment waiting target for cancer patients remains a “significant risk and challenge for the trust”, its latest performance report states.
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Providers awarded contracts for Greater Manchester hearing services
COMMERCIAL: Sixteen NHS and private sector providers have been awarded “any qualified provider” contracts to provide adult hearing services across Greater Manchester.
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Southport and Ormskirk waiting times performance under pressure
PERFORMANCE: Problems with theatre staffing and bed capacity have caused a rise in the number of patient waits exceeding the national 18-week threshold, board papers state.
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St Helens and Knowsley Clostridium difficile cases above plan
PERFORMANCE: The trust currently has 11 recorded cases of Clostridium difficile infection in 2012-13 against a plan for the year to date of six, commissioner board papers state.
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Rise in emergency admissions at Southport and Ormskirk
PERFORMANCE: An increase in emergency admissions at Southport and Ormskirk has pushed NHS Merseyside 2 per cent over its plan for non-elective activity for the year-to-date, the primary care trust cluster has reported.
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St Helens and Knowsley exceeds annual MRSA threshold
PERFORMANCE: The trust has already exceeded its target maximum number of MRSA cases for 2012-13, NHS Merseyside’s August performance report shows.
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St Helens and Knowsley FT bid 'escalated' to Department of Health
PERFORMANCE: St Helens and Knowsley’s bid for foundation trust status has been “escalated” for Department of Health scrutiny, after the trust’s progress along the FT pipeline was red-rated for three months in a row.
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Five overdue safety alerts at Southport and Ormskirk Hospital
PERFORMANCE: The trust had work overdue on five national patient safety alerts in July, latest Department of Health data show.
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Trust sees surge in bowel cancer referrals due to DH campaign
PERFORMANCE: Southport and Ormskirk Hospital Trust failed to hit a target for the two-week cancer wait by three patients after a surge in suspected bowel cancer referrals, shows a performance report to the Merseyside PCT cluster.