News – Page 1501
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Single consortium to take commissioning roles in Hartlepool
STRUCTURE: A single commissioning consortium is emerging in the Hartlepool area.
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Three consortia in South Tees
STRUCTURE: Three commissioning consortia are emerging across South Tees, covering Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland PCTs.
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Halved surplus will impact on North Staffs capital programme
FINANCE: University Hospital of North Staffordshire is predicting an end of year surplus of £4.1m but had achieved less than £1m in surplus by December.
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NHS Stoke on Trent signs concordat with council
STRUCTURE: NHS Stoke on Trent has signed a concordat on future health planning with its local authority.
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Staffordshire PCTs appoint chair of combined provider arm
WORKFORCE: Three primary care trusts in Staffordshire have announced that a vice president of AstraZeneca has been appointed as the interim chair for its provider arm.
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University Hospital of North Staffs opens infectious disease unit
STRUCTURE: the University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust has opened a £2.26m infectious disease unit.
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North Staffs trust confident of surplus after property value advice
FINANCE: The mental health trust in North Staffordshire is now able to forecast a small surplus, contrary to previous months.
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NHS Bath and North East Somerset reveals £6m savings plan
FINANCE: NHS Bath and North East Somerset community services plans to save £6.7m in the delivery of services over the next five years.
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NewsHospitals 'must adapt to survive'
Hospitals may need to turn to private sector takeovers, mergers and more community-based care to ensure they survive the NHS reforms, the head of the health service has claimed.
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NewsStroke care on the NHS 'unequal'
Stroke patients are facing unequal care on the NHS, with older people less likely to receive a brain scan and white people less likely to be admitted to specialist units than black people, researchers say.
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NewsAnti-smoking strategy unveiled
New plans to drastically reduce smoking levels in Wales have been announced.
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Weston Area Health Trust does deal with PCT on overperformance
FINANCE: NHS North Somerset has agreed to pay Weston Health Trust an additional £600,000 for over performance above the value of its contract.
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Royal United Bath reports best A&E performance in region
PERFORMANCE: Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust was the best performing trust in the south west for A&E waiting times in the week between Christmas and New Year.
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TCS sees Northampton General Hospital Trust gain services
STRUCTURE: Northampton General Hospital Trust is taking over several primary care and community facilities.
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£1m from private mental health underspend funding acute overspends at NHS Dudley
FINANCE: NHS Dudley is using a £1m underspend on its private sector mental health services to offset a £2.9m acute overspend.
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Three consortia for Waltham Forest
STRUCTURE: GPs within Waltham Forest primary care trust are looking to form three commissioning consortia, with an overarching borough-wide senate called Waltham Forest Federated GP Commissioning Consortium.
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Five consortia to cover Derby City and County PCTs
STRUCTURE: Five commissioning consortia are emerging across the Derby City and Derbyshire County primary care trust areas.
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Kirklees looks set to have two consortia
STRUCTURE: Two commissioning consortia are emerging within NHS Kirklees.
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Oxfordshire PCT to delegate most commissioning in April
FINANCE: NHS Oxfordshire is ready to delegate about two thirds of its commissioning budget to its single commissioning consortium from April.
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NewsMedical errors to cost hospitals payment
The government has confirmed its plan not to pay hospitals if patients are harmed or killed as a result of blunders.