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Central Manchester FT records £7.3m surplus
FINANCE: Central Manchester University Hospitals recorded a surplus before exceptional items of £7.3m for 2012-13, according to its May finance report.
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CQC inspectors criticise Tameside
PERFORMANCE: A Care Quality Commission probe of Tameside Hospital found the foundation trust was failing to ensure patients were treated with respect and getting safe and appropriate care.
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Bolton missing pressure ulcer targets
PERFORMANCE: Bolton FT missed most of its targets for reduction of the incidence of pressure ulcers in the first two months of 2013-14, its latest performance report states.
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Lancashire Teaching Hospitals plans £22m savings in 2013-14
FINANCE: Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust aims to make cost improvement programme savings of £22m in 2013-14.
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Keogh review highlights staffing challenges at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals
WORKFORCE: Nurse staffing levels were not always sufficient across Blackpool Teaching Hospitals and in need of urgent review, particularly on elderly care wards, the Keogh review has found.
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Tameside nurse staffing and supervision of junior doctors 'inadequate'
PERFORMANCE: The Keogh review of high death rate trusts has called for urgent action to address insufficient nurse staffing, inadequate supervision of junior doctors, and insufficient access to critical care beds at Tameside Hospital.
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East Lancashire staffing 'insufficient to meet basic needs', Keogh review finds
WORKFORCE: Staffing on some of East Lancashire Hospital’s wards was “insufficient to meet the basic needs of patients”, a review of trusts with high mortality rates has concluded.
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Keogh review: Inadequate staffing and governance failures at North Cumbria
PERFORMANCE: A probe of trusts with high death rates found inadequate staffing and sustained failures to ensure adequate maintenance of estates and medical equipment at North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust.
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NewsResignations announced at Keogh review trust
East Lancashire Hospitals Trust today announced the resignations of its chair and deputy chief executive, minutes before the expected publication of Sir Bruce Keogh review’s report on the trust.
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Hospital had 'suboptimal standards'
Tameside General Hospital is set to be heavily criticised in a series of reports by NHS England medical director Professor Sir Bruce Keogh.
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South Manchester plans £19m savings in 2013-14
FINANCE: University Hospital of South Manchester aims to make cost improvement programme savings of £19m in 2013-14.
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Southport and Ormskirk plans £8.4m savings in 2013-14
FINANCE: Southport and Ormskirk Hospital Trust aims to make cost improvement programme savings of £8.4m in 2013-14.
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East Cheshire Trust plans £11.7m savings in 2013-14
FINANCE: East Cheshire Trust aims to make cost improvement programme savings of £11.7m in 2013-14.
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East Cheshire makes nine compulsory redundancies
WORKFORCE: East Cheshire Trust made nine compulsory redundancies in 2012-13, at a cost of £666,000, according to its annual accounts.
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Conflicts of interest stymie CCG decision making
COMMERCIAL: The governing body of Blackburn with Darwen Clinical Commissioning group was unable to take a decision on its contract for GP out-of-hours services because too many of its GP members had to leave the meeting due to conflicts of interest.
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NewsExclusive: Regulators to face scrutiny at Morecambe Bay inquiry
The actions of health regulators are to be examined by the inquiry set up to probe care failings at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Trust, HSJ has learned.
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Halton CCG sets aside £0.5m for ‘hub and spoke’ rehab service
FINANCE: Halton clinical commissioning group will contribute £551,000 to the development of a “hub and spoke” rehabilitation service organised across three hospitals, its 2013-15 commissioning strategy states.
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NewsMorecambe Bay emails destroyed despite police request
A backup tape which may have contained emails linked to an infant death at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay was destroyed despite a specific police request to retain records, HSJ has learned.