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Lancashire PCTs forecast underspend
FINANCE: All five PCTs in the Lancashire cluster are forecasting an underspend against resources at year end, totalling nearly £13m.
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Blackburn urgent care centre referring back to primary care
STRUCTURE: Patients attending an urgent care centre in Blackburn are being referred back to their GP, dentist or pharmacy in a six month trial aimed at reducing attendance.
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Cumbria FT expects £8.1m surplus
FINANCE: Cumbria Partnership Foundation Trust expects to deliver a surplus of £8.1m this year – and at the end of December already had a surplus of £7.1m.
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Transfers of care improvement at Cumbria
PERFORMANCE: Delayed transfers of care in Cumbria Partnership Foundation Trust have plummeted from a high of 8.6 per cent in October to just 3.1 per cent in December.
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Complaints problems at Cumbria Partnership
PERFORMANCE: Cumbria Partnership Foundation Trust only resolved just over half of its complaints within its 25 day target, board papers reveal.
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New NEDs at Cumbria Partnership
WORKFORCE: Three new non-executive directors have been appointed to Cumbria Foundation Trust. Heike Horsburgh MBE, Wanda Rossiter and Kate Willard have had their appointments approved at the trust’s governors’ council.
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Cumbria partnership appoints clinical director
WORKFORCE: Cumbria Partnership Foundation Trust has appointed a new clinical director of children’s services, two new consultant psychiatrists and a new pathway lead for mental health and wellbeing.
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High cost of private placements a concern in Manchester
FINANCE: The high cost of private placements is causing concern for Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust – and its commissioners.
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Manchester MH and social care trust praised by Stonewall
WORKFORCE: Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust has been named as the highest performing mental health trust in the North of England for its work on discrimination and creating an inclusive workplace.
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Manchester mental health service wins 'excellence' badge
PERFORMANCE: A Manchester service that supports people with mental health issues to get back into work has been awarded ‘Centre of Excellence’ status by the Centre for Mental Health.
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Manchester wins dementia funding
RESEARCH: Part of a £22m government investment in dementia research will help fund research trials in Manchester, were four out of the 21 trials are based.
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Cheshire and Wirral records £830,000 surplus
FINANCE: Cheshire and Wirral Partnership Foundation Trust had a £830,000 surplus at the end of December, the board heard.
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Smoking breaks costing Cheshire and Wirral Partnership £2m
WORKFORCE: Staff taking smoking breaks are costing a mental health trust nearly £2m a year in lost productivity – and causing resentment among their non-smoking colleagues, a board meeting was told.
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NewsMinister reveals plans for Morecambe Bay inquiry
An independent inquiry is to be set up to investigate poor care at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust.
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John Lawlor appointed NHSCB director for Cumbria, Northumberland and Tyne & Wear
STRUCTURE: John Lawlor has been apppointed as the NHS Commissioning Board’s local area team director for Cumbria, Northumberland and Tyne and Wear.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: NHS shake-up hampers oversight of serious incidents
Loss of staff has left primary care trusts struggling to review thousands of serious incidents
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East Lancashire Hospitals to face death rates probe
PERFORMANCE: The trust will be among the first five to be investigated by NHS Commissioning Board medical director Sir Bruce Keogh, in a probe into hospitals with the highest mortality rates.
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Liverpool Community Health submits FT application
STRUCTURE: Liverpool Community Health has submitted its application for foundation trust status to the Department of Health, according to latest NHS North of England board papers.
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Wirral Community Trust submits FT application
STRUCTURE: Wirral Community Trust has submitted its application for foundation trust status to the Department of Health, according to latest NHS North of England board papers.
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St Helens and Knowsley FT bid red rated in December
STRUCTURE: The trust’s progress towards its application for foundation trust status was “red rated” by NHS North of England in December, as it had been for the two previous months.