News – Page 1516
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Pennine Acute will need to cut costs by £22.5m to manage tariff cut
FINANCE: The trust will have to find savings of £22.5m in 2011/12 to make up for nationally directed price cuts of 1.5 per cent, latest board papers show.
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Southampton University Hospital revises down planned surplus
FINANCE: Southampton University Hospital Trust has revised down its planned year end surplus by £1.4m.
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NHS Rotherham has only hit its TIA referral rates for two months so far this year
PERFORMANCE: The primary care trust has a tough target to meet for making sure high risk Transient Ischaemic Attack patients are seen within 24 hours of first contact.
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Mersey Care performance declines, but remains on track for FTe application
PERFORMANCE: The mental health trust’s performance deteriorated in October, but remained within the limits required for its application for foundation trust-equivalent status, latest board papers show.
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Ashton, Leigh and Wigan PCT in discussion with over performing provider
FINANCE: Over performance by secondary care providers has significantly reduced the year-end forecast for NHS Ashton, Leigh and Wigan, but the primary care trust is still predicting a surplus.
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Birmingham hospitals issue joint pathology tender
COMMERCIAL: Birmingham Children’s Hospital Foundation Trust has opened a tender on a range of pathology services with Birmingham Women’s Foundation Trust.
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Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh FT predicted to over perform by £3.4m
FINANCE: Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Foundation Trust is predicted to over perform on its contracts with NHS Ashton, Leigh and Wigan by £3.4m.
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Red risk over staff shortages at Northampton General
WORKFORCE: Staff shortages have led to “headcount” being recorded as a red risk at Northampton General Hospital Trust.
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NewsReport reveals prisoners' alcohol problems
A study of prisoners’ health needs has found that up to three quarters of male inmates in Scotland have a problem with alcohol.
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Birmingham trusts launch joint pathology tender
COMMERCIAL: Birmingham Women’s Foundation Trust has opened a tender on a range of pathology services with Birmingham Children’s Hospital Foundation Trust.
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East Lancs PCT gets GPs on board with public health campaign
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust held an event in January to bring local GPs together to discuss the PCT’s “role in supporting communities to live longer, healthier lives” ahead of the transition to commissioning consortia.
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Work begins on new dementia unit at Norfolk and Waveney FT
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY: Building work has begun on a 36-bed dementia intensive care unit(DICU) at the Julian Hospital on Bowthorpe Road, Norwich.
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NHS East Lancs sets £83m five-year savings target
FINANCE: NHS East Lancashire predicts it will have to save nearly £83m over the next five years to meet the government targets set in the operating framework.
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NHS Gloucestershire predicts healthy surplus
FINANCE: NHS Gloucestershire is on course to achieve its planned year end surplus of £8.7m.
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NHS Gloucestershire to get money back from management cuts
WORKFORCE: The South West Specialist Commissioing Group has agreed to reduce management costs by 17.7 per cent over the next three years.
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Sick days rise at Lancashire Care in December
WORKFORCE: The foundation lost £580,156 to sick days in December as its sickness abscence rate rose to 7 per cent.
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NHS Birmingham East and North overspent by £9.7m
FINANCE: NHS Birmingham East and North is overspent by £9.7m against plan.
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Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health FT behind on PCT target
PERFORMANCE: Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health FT is missing a key PCT target by more than 20 per cent.
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Dudley Group of Hospitals announces £40m savings drive
FINANCE: The Dudley Group of Hospitals has announced it needs to save £40m over four years.
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Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust has better than expected surplus
FINANCE: Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust has achieved a “bottom line” surplus of £1.205m, which is £158,000 better than the planned position, as measured against the Department of Health’s performance target.