NHS Coventry and Warwickshire CCG – Page 6
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Warwickshire QIPP plan to close 130 acute beds
STRUCTURE: Service changes resulting from Warwickshire primary care trust’s quality, innovation, productivity and prevention programme are likely to result in the closure of 130 acute sector beds.
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Warwickshire faces £289m five-year savings target
FINANCE: Warwickshire primary care trust is planning to make £289m of savings over five years.
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Backloaded QIPP savings are key risk for Coventry PCT
FINANCE: NHS Coventry has identified quality, innovation, productivity and prevention as a high risk financial issue, and has set out plans for a backloaded savings plan.
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Coventry clinics and GP practice premises need improvements
FINANCE: All but one of the clinical buildings owned by NHS Coventry require work beyond routine maintenance.
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Coventry PCT acts to tackle underperformance on cervical screening
PERFORMANCE: Coventry primary care trust is reporting a sharp improvement in performance for cervical screening, although it remains below target.
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Coventry PCT reveals GP complaints data
PERFORMANCE: GPs in Coventry are most likely to receive complaints about their attitude or communication with patients, the city’s primary care trust has found.
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South Warwickshire FT overperforms on contracts but beats surplus target
FINANCE: South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust reported a £971,000 surplus at the end of June, £264,000 better than expected, following widespread overperformance on contracts.
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Coventry PCT tenders for a new provider of primary medical services for vulnerable groups
COMMERCIAL: A new provider for primary medical services for groups including the homeless, asylum seekers and refugees is being sought by the primary care trust.
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South Warwickshire proposes rehabilitation hospital transfer
STRUCTURE: South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust is proposing that it takes over the Royal Leamington Spa Rehabilitation Hospital.
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All Warwickshire practices join four CCGs
STRUCTURE: All GP practices in Warwickshire PCT’s area have joined one of four emerging clinical commissioning groups.
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Warwickshire PCT reserves offset acute overperformance
FINANCE: Warwickshire primary care trust has had to offset overperformance on its acute contracts by releasing £1.3m worth of reserves.
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Warwickshire PCT plans multi-use 'health and wellbeing centre' with council
STRUCTURE: Warwickshire primary care trust is proposing to build a “health and wellbeing centre” incorporating a GP-led community hospital and social care.
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CCG chiefs appointed in Arden area
STRUCTURE: Chief operating officers have been appointed to all six clinical commissioning groups in the Arden cluster area.
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Coventry PCT tenders services for residents in housing need
COMMERCIAL: Coventry primary care trust is going to formal procurement for a new provider of medical services for asylum seekers, refugees, homeless people and those in insecure housing.
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Arden cluster makes final executive appointments
STRUCTURE: The Arden primary care trust cluster, comprising of Coventry and Warwickshire PCTs, has completed recruitment to its executive team.
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Warwickshire PCT pays council to develop reablement
FINANCE: NHS Warwickshire has proposed transferring more than £6m to Warwickshire County Council to develop reablement services.
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Warwickshire PCT agrees discharge measures with George Eliot
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners have agreed “hand holding” measures with George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust after figures showed it had the worst delayed discharge rate in its region.
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Coventry PCT beats surplus target, despite commissioning overspends
FINANCE: Coventry PCT delivered an additional £500,000 in savings on top of meeting its surplus target for 2010-11, despite a more than £10m over-performance in acute and non-acute commissioning.
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Coventry PCT transfers reablement cash to council
FINANCE: Coventry primary care trust has proposed that nearly £1m of ring-fenced money for reablement services be transferred to the city’s council.
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Warwickshire PCT sets highest PCT QIPP target in region
FINANCE: NHS Warwickshire has set itself the highest QIPP saving for 2011-12 of any primary care trust in the West Midlands.