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Women over-represented among Manchester Mental Health and Social Care members
STRUCTURE: The trust’s board heard that women were overrepresented by 10 per cent among members recruited so far for its potential foundation trust, despite attempts to target men at recruitment events.
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East Cheshire Trust behind on savings and financial plans
FINANCE: East Cheshire trust make a small surplus at the end of May but is behind on its plan by £69,000, board papers reveal.
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North Cumbria University Hospitals forecasted to hit just 75 per cent on 18 week RTT target by end of June
PERFORMANCE: North Cumbria University Hospitals trust is only expected to have treated 75 per cent of elective admitted patients within 18 weeks in June, with continued pressure in ophthalmology and other specialties.
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East Cheshire Trust makes plan to recover its waiting times performance
PERFORMANCE: East Cheshire trust is taking action to deal with a drop in its performance against the 18 week referral-to-treatment standard.
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North Cumbria Hospitals pay spending running ahead of plan
FINANCE: Spending on pay is ahead of plan at North Cumbria University Hospitals trust, partly due to the costs of locum medical staff.
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Bury secondary care budget £1m overspent at end of May
FINANCE: Bury PCT overspent on secondary care by nearly £1m by the end of May, with an overspend on continuing care posing a significant financial risk, finance director Stuart North reported.
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NHS Blackpool records £342,000 surplus in first two months of 2011-12
FINANCE: NHS Blackpool reported a £342,000 under spend against its revenue resource limit for the first two months of the financial year.
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Bury rules out plans for a standalone midwife unit
STRUCTURE: NHS Bury has decided not to commission a standalone midwife-led unit after hearing staffing it round-the-clock would cost between £450,000 and £700,000 above tariff.
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Rise in number of patients admitted to the Walton Centre with pressure ulcers
PERFORMANCE: The number of patients admitted annually to the specialist neurology and neurosurgery foundation with previously existing pressure ulcers more than doubled in 2010-11, a board report shows.
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CommentOne in five organisations who failed April waiting times targets are in North West
A few days after NHS deputy chief executive David Flory issued a curt letter warning the health service not to allow any further failures to hit waiting time targets, an NHS North West board meeting considered the problem.
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Moderate concerns on nutrition found at Stepping Hill Hospital by CQC
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission found the trust was meeting standards relating to dignity and nutrition during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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Wythenshawe Hospital passes CQC checks with minor concerns
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission found the trust was meeting standards relating to dignity and nutrition, but also noted minor concerns on both, during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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CQC notes minor concerns at Trafford General Hospital
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission found the trust was meeting standards relating to dignity and nutrition, but also noted minor concerns on both, during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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Royal Bolton Hospital passes CQC tests but with minor concerns
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission found the trust was meeting standards relating to dignity and nutrition, but also noted minor concerns, during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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Ashton, Wigan and Leigh £116,000 behind plan by the end of May
FINANCE: The primary care trust was showing a surplus £116,000 behind plan at the end of the second month of 2011-12, strategic health authority board papers show.
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Trafford £165,0000 behind plan by the end of May
FINANCE: The primary care trust was showing a surplus £165,000 behind plan at the end of the second month of 2011-12, strategic health authority board papers show.
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Oldham £335,000 behind plan by the end of May
FINANCE: The primary care trust was breaking even at the end of the second month of 2011-12, against plans to have made a surplus of £335,000 by that point, strategic health authority board papers show.
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North West trusts 31 per cent behind on savings plans at the end of May
FINANCE: NHS trusts in the region had collectively fallen £7.4m behind on their cost improvement programme savings plans at the end of the second month of 2011-12, strategic health authority board papers show.
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Leighton Hospital passes CQC check but minor concerns noted
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission found the trust was meeting standards relating to nutrition, but with minor concerns, during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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CommentThe North West's performance problems
A few days after NHS deputy chief executive David Flory issued a curt letter warning the health service not to allow any further failures to hit waiting times targets, an NHS North West board meeting considered its own share of the problem.