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NewsManchester’s major shake-up revealed
HSJ can reveal details of a major review of healthcare across Greater Manchester which makes the clinical case for a radical redesign of services. It is believed this could prompt some leaders to argue for the removal of acute surgery from four hospitals.
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Manchester CSU boss appointed
WORKFORCE: Leigh Griffin has been appointed managing director of the Greater Manchester commissioning support unit.
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Pennine Acute hit waiting times targets for July, figures suggest
PERFORMANCE: “Unvalidated figures” show that Pennine Acute achieved all national standards for referral-to-treatment waiting times in July, commissioner board papers state.
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Commissioners apply 'contract levers' over WWL diagnostic waits
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners are applying “contract levers” to the trust for failing to meet the target of having no more than one per cent of diagnostics patients waiting for more than six weeks.
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Stockport A&E performance 'volatile and fragile'
PERFORMANCE: The trust’s performance against the national target of 95 per cent of accident and emergency patients seen within four hours remains “volatile and fragile”, commissioners have reported.
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Drop in patients waiting more than a year for Central Manchester FT treatment
PERFORMANCE: The number of patients who had been waiting more than a year for treatment at Central Manchester fell again in July, but remained the highest of any Greater Manchester provider, commissioner board papers show.
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NewsGo-ahead imminent for £425m PFI rebuild
NHS North of England this week said it hoped to see final government approvals secured by the end of this month for a £425m rebuild of the Royal Liverpool Hospital, funded largely through the private finance initiative.
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Salford Royal contract £1.6m overspent
FINANCE: Commissioners overspent their contract with the Salford Royal Foundation Trust by £1.6m in the first four months of 2012-13, NHS Greater Manchester board papers report.
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Commissioners 'may need to renegotiate' Bolton FT contract
FINANCE: Local commissioners may need to renegotiate their contract with Bolton Foundation Trust if the provider’s current rate of over-performance continues, NHS Greater Manchester board papers have warned.
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NHS North West launches productivity masterclasses
FINANCE: NHS North West is organising a series of free online “masterclasses” in which NHS teams from across the region will share details of their initiatives to improve productivity and care quality.
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Liverpool Community Health research published on exercise programme to reduce falls
RESEARCH: Liverpool Community Health Trust has published findings from its new research into the effectiveness of low-cost, community-based exercise programmes to help reduce the likelihood of falls in people aged over 65.
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Mid Cheshire plans £6.9m cost reductions
FINANCE: The £168m turnover foundation trust has planned for £6.9m of cost reductions this year and £0.7m of income growth, its latest three year plan shows.
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NewsNHS North West faces fresh probe over Morecambe Bay scandal
PERFORMANCE: NHS North West is facing formal investigation over allegations that it failed to respond adequately to a series of infant and maternal deaths at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust, HSJ understands.
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HSJ LocalVascular controversy spreads to Lancashire
Discontent over the Cheshire and Merseyside vascular reconfiguration has spread across the North West
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: North West’s vascular controversy spreads to Lancashire and Cumbria
Discontent over the Cheshire and Merseyside vascular reconfiguration has spread across the North West
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North west trusts look to improve complaints handling
PERFORMANCE: Four north west hospitals are among a group of ten acute trusts that have come together to work on improving their complaints handling ahead of the publication of the report Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry.
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New chairman for Stockport FT
WORKFORCE: Stockport Foundation Trust has appointed a new chair, it announced today.
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East Cheshire misses FT application deadline
STRUCTURE: East Cheshire Trust will miss its October deadline to submit its application for foundation trust status to the Department of Health, strategic health authority board papers state.
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NW Ambulance Service's FT bid submitted to health secretary
STRUCTURE: The ambulance trust’s bid for foundation trust status has been put forward for consideration by the health secretary, the final stage prior to its assessment by FT regulator Monitor.
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Liverpool Community Health to miss FT application deadline
STRUCTURE: Liverpool Community Health will miss its October deadline to submit its application for foundation trust status to the Department of Health.