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Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals Trust now predicting lower surplus at year-end

2011-02-08T14:55:00Z

FINANCE: A hospital trust is predicting a year-end surplus one third of its original target.

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Only 1 per cent of smear test results delivered on time

2011-02-08T14:53:00Z

PERFORMANCE: NHS Shropshire County has reported that only 1 per cent of women are receiving cervical screening results within two weeks.

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NHS Stoke confirms appointment of community chief exec

2011-02-08T14:50:00Z

WORKFORCE: The primary care trust has announced that a chief executive has been appointed to lead its community health provider arm, ahead of its split from the PCT.  

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PCT predicting management savings shortfall

2011-02-08T14:49:00Z

WORKFORCE: NHS Heart of Birmingham is predicting a £570,000 shortfall on its management costs target.

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Central and North West London Mental Health Foundation Trust wins prison contract

2011-02-08T14:39:00Z

COMMERCIAL: A mental health trust has won the contract to provide services to prison inmates.

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NHS Oldham expects to miss £2m surplus target

2011-02-08T14:36:00Z

FINANCE: NHS Oldham directors were told in December that the trust had revised its financial projections for the year, and was expecting to miss its Operating Framework requirement to show a £2m surplus.

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Leicestershire County and Rutland PCT reports cancer target red risk

2011-02-08T14:27:00Z

PERFORMANCE: NHS Leicestershire County and Rutland is reporting a red risk for a target to treat 90 per cent of cancer patients within 62 days of a screening referral.

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University Hospitals of Leicester hit with performance notice for A&E performance

2011-02-08T13:50:00Z

PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals of Leicester Trust has been issued with a performance notice due to its failure to consistently hit the accident and emergency target.

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Nearly a third of East London Foundation Trust's medium secure patients have been there for two years or more

2011-02-08T13:45:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Nearly a third of a mental health trust’s medium secure patients have been there for two years or longer.

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NHS Knowsley forecasts £1.6m surplus for 2010-11

2011-02-08T13:43:00Z

NHS Knowsley reported a surplus of income over expenditure of £783,739 to 31st October 2010, a report to the primary care trust’s December board meeting shows.

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NHS Cumbria projects £9m deficit by year end

2011-02-08T13:41:00Z

FINANCE: NHS Cumbria was projecting a £9 million deficit for 2010/11 in October, a report presented to the primary care trust’s December board meeting shows.

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NHS Bury was £10.5m in deficit at end of October

2011-02-08T13:39:00Z

FINANCE: NHS Bury was showing an in-year revenue deficit of £10.5 million at the end of October, according to a December 15 report to the primary care trust’s board.

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Patient choice sees UCLH bust target for maternity work

2011-02-08T13:35:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Patients choosing to have their post and antenatal care and delivery at University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust and the high Market Forces Factor at the trust have seen it over-perform against target for one primary care trust.

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NHS Bolton to miss savings target by £4.6m

2011-02-08T13:33:00Z

FINANCE: NHS Bolton was on track to miss its cost improvement programme savings target by £4.6 million this financial year, its December board papers show.

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Medical and nurse directors to lose formal board roles

2011-02-08T13:30:00Z

STRUCTURE: The PCT is proposing reduce the size of its board from 14 to nine.

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Barts and the London faces £400,000 challenge on one month's worth of consultant to consultant referrals

2011-02-08T13:29:00Z

FINANCE: Barts and the London faces a £400,000 challenge on consultant-to-consultant referrals, after a validation exercise was carried out by GPs.

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Homerton over-performing on bariatric surgery

2011-02-08T13:28:00Z

FINANCE: Homerton University Hospital Foundation Trust is over-performing on bariatric procedures by £547,000 this financial year.

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NHS City & Hackney overspent by 6.3 per cent on acute budgets

2011-02-08T13:24:00Z

FINANCE: NHS City & Hackney overspent by 6.3 per cent in month seven with its main hospital providers, a finance report said.

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Concern over redundancy time-tabling at NHS Southwark

2011-02-08T13:23:00Z

WORKFORCE: The HR and corporate affairs directors of NHS Southwark have raised concerns over the time-tabling of the management cost reductions.

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Portsmouth Hospitals Trust struggling to make savings

2011-02-08T13:22:00Z

FINANCE: The Trust is behind on its plan to save £37m this year and is running a monthly deficit of £700,000.