News – Page 1385
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Calderdale and Huddersfield diagnostic imaging accredited
STRUCTURE: Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust has become the sixth diagnostic imaging service provider to be accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service to the Imaging Service Accreditation Scheme (ISAS) standard.
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Wye Valley C difficile allowance increased after outbreak
PERFORMANCE: Wye Valley Trust has had its C difficile trajectory for 2011-12 increased from 21 to 38 cases for following an outbreak.
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News'Financial reward' kidney donation comment sparks row
People should be allowed to sell their kidneys for £28,000 to tackle a shortage of donors, a researcher has suggested.
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NewsNHS patient records programme has 'failed' according to MPs
Millions of pounds may have been wasted on a plan to integrate NHS patient care records that won’t work, the damning verdict of MPs suggests.
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NewsNicholson under fire over National Programme for IT
MPs have criticised NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson over his handling of the National Programme for IT, saying he had been ineffective in his role as “senior responsible owner” for the project.
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SHA publishes major independent review of cash-strapped North Yorkshire and York
FINANCE: An independent review of services in North Yorkshire and York - a financially struggling patch - has made a series of significant recommendations, including reducing the number of hospital beds by 200.
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Wye Valley warns it could run out of cash
FINANCE: Wye Valley Trust could run out of cash this August if its revenue performance does not improve.
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Heatherwood trust misses Monitor targets on referral to treatment
PERFORMANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals Trust has missed three waiting list targets.
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PCTs warned to watch spending on Milton Keynes FT
PERFORMANCE: Northampton and Milton Keynes primary care trust cluster has been warned they should “align” to monitor performance at Milton Keynes Foundation Trust.
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£6.9m gap in Wirral University Teaching Hospital savings plans at end of April
FINANCE: At the end of April the foundation had identified just £6.9m of the £13.8m cash-releasing savings it needs in 2011-12, board papers show.
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Countess of Chester behind on saving and surplus targets in first month of 2011-12
FINANCE: The foundation’s recorded surplus for the first month of 2011-12 was £19,000 below plan, mainly due to under-performance on its savings plans, board documents state.
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Bolton spent slightly more than planned at end of May
FINANCE: NHS Bolton was under spent by £79,000 in the first two months of the financial year rather than the planned underspend of £96,000.
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Royal Bolton threatened over dip in waiting times performance
PERFORMANCE: NHS Bolton is threatening Royal Bolton Hospital with financial penalties if it does not hit referral-to-treatment times.
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Patients back Bolton walk-in centre
PERFORMANCE: A walk-in centre whose future was in doubt has been given a glowing report by patients, NHS Bolton’s board heard.
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Manchester Mental Health seeks new IT system
COMMERCIAL: A group of mental health trusts are working together to procure a new clinical information system.
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Women over-represented among Manchester Mental Health and Social Care members
STRUCTURE: The trust’s board heard that women were overrepresented by 10 per cent among members recruited so far for its potential foundation trust, despite attempts to target men at recruitment events.
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Blackpool Teaching Hospitals FT made a £24m loss in 2010-11
FINANCE: Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Foundation trust has had to report a £23.6m deficit for 2010-11, its annual report reveals.
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East Cheshire Trust behind on savings and financial plans
FINANCE: East Cheshire trust make a small surplus at the end of May but is behind on its plan by £69,000, board papers reveal.
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East Berkshire starts review seeking 'clinically sustainable' services
STRUCTURE: Work has begun on a strategic plan for the future of healthcare in East Berkshire, with the aim of establishing “clinically sustainable” care services by 2013-14.
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North Cumbria University Hospitals forecasted to hit just 75 per cent on 18 week RTT target by end of June
PERFORMANCE: North Cumbria University Hospitals trust is only expected to have treated 75 per cent of elective admitted patients within 18 weeks in June, with continued pressure in ophthalmology and other specialties.