Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust – Page 4
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HSJ Local
Cluster chairs named in East of England
WORKFORCE: Chairs have been appointed for the five primary care trust clusters that now commission NHS healthcare in the East of England region.
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HSJ Local
'Deficient' practice slipped 'beneath the managerial radar'
PERFORMANCE: A Norfolk nurse-led health centre where there was a “serious deficiency” in safe care suffered a “complete breakdown” in monitoring and accountability arrangements, an independent review has found.
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HSJ Local
Norfolk community trust requests FT timeline extension
STRUCTURE: Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust has requested a nine month extension to its deadline for achieving foundation trust status amid governance, quality and finance concerns, according to SHA board papers.
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HSJ Local
NHS Norfolk set to launch tender for OOH service
COMMERCIAL: NHS Norfolk has announced it will put its out of hours GP service out to tender later this year.
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HSJ Local
GPs commission new Norfolk community COPD service
STRUCTURE: Patients in west Norfolk with long-term lung problems are benefiting from new GP-commissioned clinics designed to help them manage their conditions and stay out of hospital.
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HSJ Local
Community trust chief exec moves to regional role
WORKFORCE: Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust has announced that Sheila Adams-O’Shea is leaving to take forward a “key strategic piece of work” on behalf of NHS East of England.
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HSJ Local
Continuing care demand leads to overspend in Norfolk
FINANCE: NHS Norfolk is overspending on continuing healthcare due to “continued growth in patient numbers”, despite a £5m increase in its budget.
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HSJ Local
Early acute overspend leads to £10m 'pressures' forecast in Norfolk
FINANCE: Norfolk primary care trust is predicting acute activity to be above plan by more than £10m by the end of the year, as “all major providers” are currently over performing.
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HSJ Local
Independent review into Norfolk PMS provider
PERFORMANCE: An independent review has been announced into a provider of primary medical services in Norfolk.
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Comment
Attention in the South East turns to QIPP
The quality, innovation, productivity and prevention drive is preoccupying primary care trust plans in the South and East of England.
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HSJ Local
Norovirus restricts capacity at Norfolk and Norwich UHFT
PERFORMANCE: Norfolk and Norwich UHFT has had to restrict bed capacity due to a norovirus outbreak, according to the local primary care trust.
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HSJ Local
Norfolk PCT to fall short of savings target
FINANCE: The Norfolk primary care trust expects to fall £6m short of its savings targets for the 2010-11 financial year.
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News
Mental health merger ruled against over competition concerns
The Cooperation and Competition Panel has ruled outright against a merger between two trusts for the first time.
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HSJ Local
NHS Norfolk launches drive to cut medicine wastage
FINANCE: The primary care trust has launched a new campaign to try and reduce the number wasted medication in the country.
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HSJ Local
Eight consortia identified in Norfolk
STRUCTURE: Norfolk PCT has identified eight emerging GP-led commissioning groups.
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HSJ Local
Great Yarmouth and Waveney PCT to cluster with Norfolk
STRUCTURE: NHS Great Yarmouth and Waveney will form a cluster with NHS Norfolk as part of plans to merge primary care trusts.
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HSJ Local
Infections targets breach at Norfolk PCT
PERFORMANCE: Healthcare associated infections “remain the most significant challenge” for NHS Norfolk, according to the PCT’s performance report.
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News
PCT cluster discussions revealed
HSJ has obtained details of how primary care trusts plan to form the 50-odd clusters tasked with leading the local transition to consortium commissioning.
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HSJ Local
Norfolk PCT behind schedule on QIPP plan
FINANCE: Norfolk primary care trust’s overall performance on internal QIPP (quality, innovation, productivity and prevention) savings plans has dipped significantly.
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News
Norfolk community provider gets new chair
The community health services provider for Norfolk has appointed a new chair.