News – Page 1520
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Weather pushes West Midlands Ambulance Trust below target on response times
PERFORMANCE: Adverse weather conditions have led to West Midlands Ambulance Trust dipping below target on response times.
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Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust overperformance to cost an extra £5.5m
FINANCE: NHS Worcestershire will have to pay Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust an estimated £5.5m due to overperformance.
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Worcestershire Acute £5.5m overspent on pay
FINANCE: Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust has overspend on pay by £5.5m this year.
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£20m research centre for University Hospitals Birmingham
STRUCTURE: Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham is to host £20m national centre for research into treating trauma.
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Heart of England slashing 1,600 posts
WORKFORCE: Heart of England Foundation Trust is cutting around 1,600 posts over four years to deliver efficiency savings.
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Dispute with PCTs puts Great Western Hospitals' surplus at risk
FINANCE: Great Western Hospitals FT has disputed the amount offered by its local PCTs for activity above contract.
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The Tavistock and Portman Foundation Trust establishes partnership with top US university
STRUCTURE: The north London specialist mental health trust is working with Yale University on infant mental health training.
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NHS Barnet asks SHA to be excused repayment of £45.4m loan
FINANCE: The north London primary care trust has written to NHS London’s challenged trust board asking if the sum they received this financial year could be written off.
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South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust hits SHA savings targets but misses its own
FINANCE; The mental health organisation achieved the £6.2m Cost Improvement Programme target set by NHS London.
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Barts and the London Trust still above agency staff budget
WORKFORCE: The east london acute trust missed its 3.5 per cent target in December, board papers revealed.
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Draft plan: Western Cheshire will need to find £15m savings to break even next year
FINANCE: The primary care trust will have to find savings of £15m in 2011/12 to break even for the year, draft plans forecast.
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North Middlesex University Hospital Trust declined in more than half of its quality indicators in December
PERFORMANCE: Thirty-eight of the trust’s performance measures were worse than they were in November.
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The Royal Free Hampstead Trust is on target to meet its planned surplus
FINANCE: The north London hospital is on track for a £4.6m surplus, in line with its plans
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Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust has been cleared to proceed with £90m PFI rebuild
STRUCTURE: The north London specialist trust was given permission to place an advert for partners for the scheme by NHS London in December.
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NHS Bromley plans to save £7.5m on urgent care
FINANCE: NHS Bromley’s Quality, Improvement, Productivity and Prevention programme anticipates saving £1.8m on urgent care for each of the next four financial years.
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Moorfields Eye Hospital Foundation Trust predicting £6m deficit for 2013-14
FINANCE; A specialist eye hospital is predicting a significant deficit within two years because of increased cost pressures
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Kingston Hospital c-section rate above 27 per cent
PERFORMANCE: The trust’s rate was above its own target but it said its multiple pregenancy rate, often a causal factor, was double the national average and outside its control.
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Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust manages to get staff-turnover below national average
WORKFORCE: The troubled trust, which spent £4.1m on bank and agency staff, in August reached a turnover of 11.3 per cent in December.
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Blackburn with Darwen ahead of plan at end of November
FINANCE: The trust was reporting a year-to-date surplus of £991,000 at the end of November, £11,000 above its planned surplus at that point.
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Ealing Hospital Trust considering merger with North West London Hospitals Trust
STRUCTURE: The district general hospital is considering a merger with its much larger neighbour.