North West – Page 115
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More than 100 staff apply for Mutually Agreed Resignation at 5 Boroughs
WORKFORCE: More than 100 of the foundation’s 2,200 staff have applied for the mutually agreed resignation scheme, latest board papers show.
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Cheshire and Wirral Partnership offer staff physio to combat sickness absence
WORKFORCE: The foundation is to offer physiotherapy services to help staff with musculoskeletal problems, in an effort to reduce its sickness absence levels.
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Spending on private providers blows NHS Oldham’s acute budget by £5m
FINANCE: The primary care trust’s acute care budget was blown by £5.5m in 2010-11, due mainly to overspending on private providers.
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NHS Oldham providers lose £1.2m through rules to curb emergency treatment
FINANCE: The primary care trust’s providers lost an estimated £1.17m in 2010-11 through rules designed to curb spending on non-elective activity, board papers show.
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Central Manchester FT’s backlog of Trafford patients rises 30 per cent
PERFORMANCE: The backlog of untreated NHS Trafford patients at Central Manchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust rose 30 per cent over the course of 2010-11, the primary care trust reported.
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18 week waiting target breached at Pennine Acute
PERFORMANCE: The trust breached its key Care Quality Commission waiting target in 2010-11, a review of its performance against business plan shows.
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Nursing director to become interim chief exec at Trafford Healthcare
WORKFORCE: Morag Olsen has been appointed acting chief executive of Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust.
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'Room for improvement' in Stockport FT cancer waiting times
PERFORMANCE: NHS Stockport has identified “scope for further improvement” in Stockport Foundation Trust’s performance against 62 day referral-to-treatment targets for cancer patients.
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Reform responsibilities pose 'major' risk to NHS Sefton
PERFORMANCE: The primary care trust’s latest board assurance framework identifies the potential impact of the NHS reforms as one of the two most serious risks it faces.
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Five NHS North Lancashire complaints to ombudsman in 2010-11
PERFORMANCE: The primary care trust received 151 complaints in 2010-11 of which five complainants then referred their cases to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.
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Calderdale FT finance director joins East Lancs as chief executive
WORKFORCE: Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust finance director Mark Brearley has joined East Lancashire Hospital Trust as chief executive.
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Trafford PCT finance director cautions board on savings plan
FINANCE: The PCT’s finance director has warned the board its £16.1m savings plan must not be allowed to undermine services at the financially struggling Trafford Healthcare Trust.
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NHS Warrington turned finances around in final months of 2010-11
FINANCE: The primary care trust will deliver its target surplus of £250,000 for 2010-11, despite having run at a deficit for 10 months of the year, according to its May finance report.
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North Cumbria University Hospitals chief exec steps down
WORKFORCE: Carole Heatly, the trust’s chief executive since 2008, will step down this month.
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Fifth MRSA case reported at Warrington and Halton Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: A fifth case of MRSA was reported at the foundation in February, pushing it over its commissioner-set target of four cases or less in 2010-11.
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Capita grabs toehold in HR as preferred supplier for twelve trusts
COMMERCIAL: Capita has been named “preferred supplier” of HR services for 12 north Merseyside NHS organisations. The deal gives the outsourcing firm a toehold in NHS human resources.
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St Helens and Knowsley failing to meet CQC standards on patient nutrition and hydration
PERFORMANCE: A targeted inspection by the Care Quality Commission found that the trust’s Whiston Hospital was not consistently supporting patients “to have adequate nutrition and hydration”, the regulator reported.
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Mid Cheshire fails to see savings from ward closures
FINANCE: A plan to save £281,000 through bed reconfiguration and ward closures had actually cost the foundation £393,000 by the end of January, its finance report shows.
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Man pleads guilty to NHS Bury data breach
STRUCTURE: A man has pleaded guilty to illegally obtaining patient information from two walk-in centres run by NHS Bury.
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Western Cheshire sets aside £8m against risk of ‘reinstating’ mental health funds
FINANCE: The primary care trust has set aside an £8m reserve in its 2011-12 accounts against the possibility that it might have to “reinstate” secure mental health funds it used years ago to plug overspends on other services.