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St Helens and Knowsley FT bid red rated for 2nd month running
STRUCTURE: The trust’s progress towards foundation trust status was red rated in June for the second month running, latest NHS North of England board papers show.
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HSJ LocalNHS North moves to downgrade Trafford General A&E
NHS North of England has approved plans to remove accident and emergency services and all inpatient surgery from Trafford General Hospital, known as the “birthplace of the NHS”.
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DH due to reconsider NWAS foundation trust bid this week
STRUCTURE: The Department of Health was due to reconsider the trust’s bid for foundation status yesterday (11 July), latest NHS North of England board papers show.
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HSJ LocalBurns details plans to close Trafford General A&E
PERFORMANCE: NHS North of England will this week consider proposals to remove accident and emergency services, acute surgery and inpatient surgery from Trafford General Hospital, health minister Simon Burns said today.
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NCUH reports £60,000 surplus for first two months of 2012-13
FINANCE: The trust reported a surplus of £60,000 for the first two months of 2012-13, but noted that this included “strategic support funding” of £4.1m.
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Christie surplus £54,000 below target at end of May
FINANCE: The cancer specialist foundation trust recorded a surplus of £699,000 for the first two months of 2012-13, which was £54,000 behind its plan for the year to date, its latest finance report states.
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HSJ LocalControversial vascular services restructure gets green light
Primary care trust cluster NHS Cheshire, Warrington and Wirral has approved a controversial plan for the reconfiguration of vascular services across Cheshire and Merseyside.
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NewsMorecambe Bay withheld damning report from regulators, probe finds
Monitor is to toughen disclosure rules for would-be foundation trusts, after a probe found University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay withheld information that could have led regulators to discover its major care failures sooner.
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Central Manchester CCG plans £4.6m QIPP savings
FINANCE: The clinical commissioning group has developed quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) plans for savings totalling £4.6m in 2012-13.
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East Cheshire A&E introduces electronic clinical information system for GPs
COMMERCIAL: East Cheshire NHS Trust’s A&E Department can now collate and send clinical patient information to GPs electronically for all patients that attend the department.
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CMFT opens £6m research unit for musculoskeletal diseases
RESEARCH: The trust launched a new £6m research unit for musculoskeletal diseases on 4 July, alongside the National Institute for Health Research and the University of Manchester.
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Tameside deficit above plan in first month of 2012-13
FINANCE: The foundation trust reported a deficit of £177,000 for April 2012, against a plan of £151,000 for the month, its latest published finance report shows.
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Pennine Acute misses three RTT waiting targets in April
PERFORMANCE: The trust failed to meet three of the five national targets for referral-to-treatment waiting times in April, its latest performance report shows.
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Cumbria misses RTT waiting target for Q1 2012-13
PERFORMANCE: Cumbria will not meet national referral to treatment waiting times standards for the first three months of 2012-13, due to a “backlog of patients waiting over 18 weeks”, its latest performance report states.
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NHS North of England raises questions over East Cheshire FT bid
STRUCTURE: The regional director of NHS North of England has warned of risks connected to the “long-term requirements” of the trust’s local population, in relation to its bid for foundation status.
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GP commissioners detail plan for monitoring CWP serious incident response
PERFORMANCE: Wirral GP Commissioning Consortium has put in place arrangements for monitoring the trust’s response to a serious untoward incident in which a patient murdered his sister’s boyfriend.
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Mid Cheshire FT ‘among lowest performing in north’ on A&E
PERFORMANCE: The trust has been identified by NHS North of England as one of the “lowest performing” hospitals in the North against the national four-hour Accident and Emergency waiting target, according to commissioner board papers.
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East Lancashire eyes ‘new market’ as result of Manchester maternity reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: The reconfiguration of maternity services across Greater Manchester may open up a “new market” for East Lancashire’s Burnley General Hospital, trust board papers state.
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Organ donation campaign sees results at St Helens and Knowsley
PERFORMANCE: St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals Trust had three organ donors in 2011-12, resulting in eight organ donations, a report to its May board meeting states.
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Lancashire Teaching Hospital £179,000 in the red in May
FINANCE: Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was £179,000 in deficit at the end of May, and behind on its financial plan for 2012-13 by nearly £1m, latest board papers show.