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NewsPrescriptions bill up £300m despite improved value for money
The overall cost to the NHS of prescriptions rose by £300m in 2009-10, despite a slight fall in the average cost of individual items, according to NHS Information Centre data.
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NewsAcute trusts' FT plans slip back a year
More than a quarter of the acute trusts still bidding for foundation status have seen their application date slip by over a year.
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NewsUnder pressure trusts prepare financial cuts
The impact of this year’s significant savings plans on wards, beds, pay bills and staff at some of England’s most financially vulnerable trusts have been revealed in an analysis of 2011-12 business plans.
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NHS Dorset chief executive to lead cluster
NHS Dorset chief executive Paul Sly has been appointed to lead a cluster of two PCTs.
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NHS Gloucestershire chief executive to lead cluster
WORKFORCE: NHS Gloucestershire chief executive Jan Stubbings has been appointed to lead a cluster of two PCTs.
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NHS Wiltshire chief executive to lead PCT cluster
WORKFORCE: NHS Wiltshire chief executive Jeff James has been appointed to lead a cluster of two PCTs.
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NewsAbsence due to sickness figures fall
Workers are taking fewer days off sick, with a record 45 per cent having no days off ill at all in 2010, according to research.
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NewsTory peer criticises hospital wait
A senior Tory baroness has revealed she had to wait for nearly five hours on a hospital trolley before a bed was found for her.
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Provider contracts still in dispute
COMMERCIAL: A third of contracts between providers and commissioners in the North West are still incomplete, HSJ has discovered.
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East and North Herts still waiting for reconfiguration approval
STRUCTURE: A major reconfiguration plan in East and North Hertfordshire has stalled awaiting approval from central government, according to board papers.
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Royal Berkshire FT admits staff shortage
WORKFORCE: Royal Berkshire FT has admitted that it had “insufficient staff” to deal with activity in a review of of it’s annual plan for 2010-11.
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Council to investigate Berkshire mental health plans
COMMERCIAL: An investigation has been launched into Berkshire Healthcare FT’s plans to consolidate mental health services in the area.
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Devon Partnership exceeds savings plans
FINANCE: Devon Partnership Trust exceeded its QIPP target by £413,000 during 2010-11.
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Devon Partnership records ten suspected suicides this year
PERFORMANCE: There were ten probable suicides amongst patients known to Devon Partnership Trust during the first three months of 2011.
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Royal Devon and Exeter slips on cancer waiting target
PERFORMANCE: The Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust has tabled an internal exception report to its board after failing to meet the 62 day GP urgent referral to treatment target during quarter four.
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Milton Keynes FT expecting £6m deficit for 2010-11
FINANCE: Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has admitted that it is “very likely to be in significant breach of its terms of authorisation” after running up an estimated deficit of more than £6m during 2010-11.
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Fire leads to cancelled operations at Milton Keynes Hospital
PERFORMANCE: A fire at Milton Keynes Hospital led to services being disrupted, including 17 last-minute operation cancellations, the foundation trust’s board has been told.
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Heatherwood and Wexham Park given extension to resolve dispute
FINANCE: A foundation trust with high-profile financial difficulties has been given an extra three months to finalise its commissioner contract for 2011-12.
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North of Tyne PCTs expects break even despite acute overspend
FINANCE: The North of Tyne commissioners - Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland Care Trust - were on course to deliver surpluses for 2010-11, despite acute overspends.
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Significant overactivity payments for Newcastle FT
FINANCE: The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust had received £9.2m in overspend against contracts from its main commissioners as of the end of February .