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NHS Cumbria £1.6m behind on savings plan at end of August
FINANCE: The primary care trust’s 2011-12 cost improvement programme savings were £1.6m behind target at the end of August, strategic health authority figures show.
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NewsMonitor threatens collective punishment for Greater Manchester over cancer
Monitor has threatened to downgrade the governance ratings of nine foundation trusts in Greater Manchester if waiting times at the Christie Foundation Trust do not improve in the next six months.
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'No conflict' in contract awarded to private company associated with commissioners
COMMERCIAL: A clinical commissioning group in the Wirral has awarded a place on a register of “any qualified providers” to a private company associated with most of the GP practices on the group’s board.
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Charities pledge £1m to Southport cancer centre
FINANCE: Two charities have pledged £1m towards refurbishing and extending a cancer treatment centre for patients in north Sefton and West Lancashire.
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SHA calls ‘risk summit’ over Morecambe Bay maternity services
PERFORMANCE: NHS North West has called a “risk summit” with University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust, regulators and local commissioners to ensure the safety of its maternity services, the strategic health authority’s chief executive has reported.
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Central Lancashire CCGs ask to work as separate committees
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust’s board will be asked to break up the joint committee it agreed to establish for clinical commissioning groups, board papers for its meeting this week show.
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St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals cash plan anticipates 'PFI support'
FINANCE: The trust has reported that it will be able to manage its cash flow as planned provided it receives “all anticipated financial support” for its private finance initiative development.
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MRSA incidence 'over trajectory' at Salford Royal
PERFORMANCE: The number of MRSA cases at Salford Royal Foundation Trust is “over trajectory” on meeting its target limit for 2011-12, NHS Salford board papers state.
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NHS Salford aims high for flu vaccine uptake
PERFORMANCE: The primary care trust aims to ensure that more than three quarters of “at risk” under 65 year olds receive the flu vaccine this year, board papers state.
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NHS Bolton forecasts potential £2.3m savings shortfall
FINANCE: The primary care trust was forecasting a potential £2.3m “under-delivery” of its planned £9.3m cost improvement programme savings for 2011-12, its August finance report shows.
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NHS Bolton asked to call halt to planned development of six health centres
FINANCE: The primary care trust’s board will this week be asked to back proposals to call a halt to its plans to build 10 new health centres across the area.
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Aintree FT advises on introduction of medical emergency team at Whiston Hospital
WORKFORCE: The foundation has been advising St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals Trust on its plans to introduce a multidisciplinary medical emergency team, it said in a statement.
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SHA sounds alarm bells about NHS Cumbria’s QIPP progress
FINANCE: The primary care trust has been asked to provide a “detailed recovery plan” explaining when it will get its QIPP (quality, innovation, productivity and prevention) savings back on track, after they were rated “red” by NHS North West.
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NHS North cluster names senior executive directors
WORKFORCE: The senior executive team has been appointed for the NHS North cluster, made up of NHS Yorkshire and the Humber, North West and North East.
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NHS North West brings forward health visitor recruitment plans
WORKFORCE: The strategic health authority has increased the number of health visitor training posts it will need to meet the government’s recruitment drive from 603 to 715, after the Department of Health raised questions about its original plan.
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Poor prescribing at root of C difficile problems in Tameside and Glossop
PERFORMANCE: An analysis of the Tameside and Glossop area’s high rate of C difficile infection in the first three months of 2011-12 has found that the majority of cases were avoidable, and due to inappropriate prescribing.
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Costs data submitted by Blackpool Teaching Hospitals ‘incorrect’
FINANCE: The foundation was among the 12 per cent of NHS trusts whose 2009-10 reference cost submissions were materially inaccurate, the Audit Commission reported today.
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Lancashire PCT cluster ‘banked’ £38m QIPP savings by end of July
FINANCE: The primary care trust cluster is currently forecasting it will achieve £64.3m of its £66.7m quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) savings target in 2011-12, its latest board papers show.
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Lancashire Care FT revises reconfiguration blueprint, cutting planned beds by 298
STRUCTURE: The foundation trust has revised its strategic plan for a major reconfiguration of inpatient mental health services across Lancashire, reducing the overall number of beds that will be provided from 560 to 262.
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Cheshire and Merseyside consider merging family health support services
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust cluster’s board has heard a proposal to save £1.06m by merging two shared services organisations to create a single family services agency for Cheshire and Merseyside.