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Sharp rise in NHS Bolton overspend on hospital services

2012-01-24T17:45:00Z

FINANCE: NHS Bolton’s overspend on general hospital services rose by more than £2m in December to £3.4m, its latest finance report shows.

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Trafford takeover will give Central Manchester FT 22pc market share

2012-01-24T17:15:00Z

STRUCTURE: Central Manchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust’s proposed takeover of Trafford Healthcare Trust would give it a market share of more than a fifth of all admissions in Greater Manchester, it has told the NHS’s competition watchdog.

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Salford Royal forecasts shortfall on health visitors target

2012-01-24T17:12:00Z

WORKFORCE: Salford Royal Foundation Trust is forecasting that it will miss its target of recruiting a further 10 health visitors this year, its commissioner has reported.

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East Lancs PCT banks an extra £10m with SHA

2012-01-20T19:01:00Z

FINANCE: The primary care trust NHS East Lancashire has increased by £10m the sum it will “lodge” with strategic health authority NHS North West on the basis that it will be returned in 2012-13.

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North West trusts £9m behind on savings plans at end of November

2012-01-19T23:30:00Z

FINANCE: NHS trusts in the strategic health authority’s region booked ‘”cost improvement programme” savings of £113.9m by the end of November, against a plan of £123.2m to that point in the year to date.

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St Helens and Knowsley finances red-rated by SHA

2012-01-18T17:58:00Z

FINANCE: The trust’s financial position at the end of November was given a ‘red’ risk rating in its strategic health authority’s latest finance report.

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Pennine Acute’s finances red-rated by SHA

2012-01-18T17:56:00Z

FINANCE: The trust’s financial position at the end of November was given a ‘red’ risk rating in its strategic health authority’s latest finance report.

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East Cheshire Trust’s finances red-rated by SHA

2012-01-18T17:38:00Z

FINANCE: The trust’s financial position at the end of November was given a ‘red’ risk rating, in its strategic health authority’s latest finance report.

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Regulator to investigate emergency care at Morecambe Bay FT

2012-01-17T18:02:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has announced it is using its investigation powers to look into the delivery of emergency care services by the foundation. The investigation is underway.

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SHAs asked to endorse £278m Alder Hey rebuild

2012-01-16T18:24:00Z

FINANCE: Strategic health authorities will this week be asked to endorse the business case for a £278m rebuilding of the foundation’s hospital and grounds.

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NHS Manchester to overshoot savings target by £1.5m

2012-01-13T18:49:00Z

FINANCE: The primary care trust is forecasting it will save around £1.5m more than its £24.7m savings target for 2011-12, according to the Greater Manchester PCT cluster’s latest finance report.

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Royal Liverpool submits planning application for BioInnovation centre

2012-01-12T18:35:00Z

COMMERCIAL: The trust has submitted a planning application for a 70,000 sq ft Liverpool BioInnovation Centre, to provide commercial scale laboratory space to develop new treatments and medical technologies for the market.

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ICO: Former Royal Liverpool employee unlawfully accessed medical records

2012-01-12T18:35:00Z

WORKFORCE: A former health care assistant at the trust has pleaded guilty to unlawfully obtaining patient information, according to a statement from the Information Commissioner’s office.

Comment

North West savings progress still leaves room for trusts to improve

2012-01-12T07:55:00Z

Christmas may seem like a distant memory, but it’s worth recalling that the North of England went home for the break with a big gold star on its Department of Health report card.

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Greater Manchester signs £1.8m home oxygen contract

2012-01-11T18:13:00Z

COMMERCIAL: The Greater Manchester cluster of primary care trusts has signed a contract worth an estimated £1.8m for the provision of home oxygen services to all 10 PCTs in the area.

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Greater Manchester cluster proposes responsibility for networks’ funding

2012-01-11T18:11:00Z

STRUCTURE: The NHS Greater Manchester ‘cluster’ of primary care trusts has proposed that it take over responsibility funds held to support the Making it Better reconfiguration of the city’s maternity services.

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Blears: Salford Royal to cut 400 posts over three years

2012-01-11T12:54:00Z

UPDATED 12/01/12WORKFORCE: Salford Royal Foundation Trust has cut 200 nursing posts this year, and will cut the same number again over the coming two years, Salford and Eccles MP Hazel Blears told parliament yesterday.

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Former Central Manchester FT manager awarded £1m in race discrimination tribunal

2012-01-11T09:55:00Z

WORKFORCE: An employment tribunal has awarded a former manager at Central Manchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust nearly £1m damages for racial discrimination and unfair dismissal.

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Mersey Care books £5.4m cost reductions to end of November

2012-01-10T19:17:00Z

FINANCE: At the end of November 2011 the mental health trust had recorded cost improvement programme savings of £5.4m, against a target of £8m for the full year, 2011-12.

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Southport and Ormskirk cuts 2011-12 forecast to break-even

2012-01-09T20:02:00Z

FINANCE: The trust has revised its forecast for 2011-12 down from a £1.7m surplus to break-even, its latest finance report shows.