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HSJ Local
NHS Bury still £1.7m overspent one month before financial year end
FINANCE: At the end of February the primary care trust was reporting an in-year deficit of £1.7m, a full £1.9m above its planned expenditure to that point.
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HSJ Local
South Manchester FT makes YouTube video on MRSA
PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust is trying a novel way of spreading good infection prevention policy with a video featuring staff, including its chief executive, dancing to music by the Village People.
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HSJ Local
MP calls for DH to investigate Wesham Hospital closure
STRUCTURE: An MP is to call for an urgent Department of Health investigation into a Lancashire hospital closure, after HSJ uncovered legal advice encouraging the foundation responsible to “run down” the facility.
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News
Exclusive: government admits PFI deals mean 22 trusts will struggle to meet foundation status target
The Department of Health has named 22 hospitals with private finance deals that are “an obstacle to them achieving FT status by April 2014”.
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HSJ Local
Liverpool community trust loses patient records
PERFORMANCE: The Information Commissioner’s Office has found Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust in breach of the Data Protection Act, after it lost the medical papers of 31 children and their mothers last autumn.
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HSJ Local
Salford boss to take top job at greater Manchester cluster
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust’s chief executive, Mike Burrows, will take the CEO role at the Greater Manchester PCT cluster.
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HSJ Local
Pennine Acute expects 'significant' decommissioning from Manchester and Oldham this year
FINANCE: The trust expects Manchester and Oldham primary care trusts to decommission “significant” amounts of activity at the trust, a report on its 2011 budget book states.
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HSJ Local
Kettering General chief exec stands down after five months
WORKFORCE: Kettering General’s chief executive Derek Bray has stepped down from his role after only five months in the job.
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HSJ KnowledgeWorkforce productivity and the role of consultant nurses, allied health professionals and pharmacists
A study in the North West on the merits of non-medical consultant roles has produced major insight into how these position can improve workforce productivity. Consultant Chris Mullen and NHS North West colleagues Juliette Swift, Ann Gavin-Daley and Helen Kilgannon report.
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NewsFoundation trust advised to 'run down' hospital
Lawyers advised a cash-strapped foundation trust wanting to close a community hospital that it could bypass public consultation by “running down” the service on “efficiency” grounds.
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HSJ Local
Six Mersey Care patients abscond on escorted leave from medium secure services
PERFORMANCE: Six of the mental health trust’s patients absconded while on escorted leave from medium secure facilities between April 2010 and February 2011, its latest performance report states.
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HSJ Local
Lancashire Care FT aims to make 5 per cent savings in 2011-12
FINANCE: The foundation will aim to make efficiency savings of 5 per cent of its income base in 2011-12, a document outlining its priorities for the year states.
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NewsSHA director appointed to leading post at Public Health England
NHS North West regional director of public health Ruth Hussey has been appointed to a leading role in Public Health England.
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NewsConfederation must be heard - Farrar
The NHS Confederation must make its voice heard during the listening period for the Health Bill, the body’s new chief executive has said.
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NewsConfederation appoints new chief executive
The NHS Confederation has announced that Mike Farrar is to be its new chief executive.
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HSJ Local
Southport and Ormskirk plans £8.6m savings for 2011-12
FINANCE: The trust aims to make efficiency savings of 5 per cent in 2011-12, or £8.6m, its draft budget for the year states.
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HSJ Local
East Cheshire Trust will need to cut costs by 8 per cent this year
FINANCE: The trust will have to cut its costs by 8 per cent to hit its surplus target for 2011-12, its draft business plan shows.
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HSJ Local
Countess of Chester loses £300,000 to sickness absence in December
WORKFORCE: Sickness absence at the foundation rose by 28 per cent in December to 5 per cent of the workforce, a report to its February board meeting states.
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HSJ Local
Alder Hey plans to cut pay bill by £4.7m this year
WORKFORCE: The foundation aims to reduce its spend on pay by £4.7m this year, £4.4m in 2012-13, and £3.8m in 2013-14, a February board report shows.
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NewsEarl Howe orders break-up of North West's 'anti-competitive' four year contract
Health minister Earl Howe has told NHS North West to break up a four year “framework” deal between the region’s specialised commissioning group and mental health service providers.