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Former social worker picked to chair Blackburn CCG
WORKFORCE: A former social worker has been named as the preferred candidate to chair the Blackburn with Darwen CCG, with special responsibility for public and patient involvement.
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North Cumbria anticipates £10m income reduction for 2012-13
FINANCE: The trust anticipates a reduction in its income of around £10m in 2012-13, its newly published financial plan for the year shows.
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Four MSA breaches at Aintree in March, commissioners report
PERFORMANCE: The trust had four unjustified breaches of the national bar on mixed sex accomodation in March, commissioner board papers show.
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MSA breaches at Southport and Ormskirk Hospital
PERFORMANCE: The trust had eight breaches of the national bar on mixed sex accomodation in March, according to its commissioners latest performance report.
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CQC threatens trust with 'serious consequences' over medicines storage
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has issued a formal warning to Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust to make urgent improvements to its standards of medicines management or “face serious consequences”.
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Amber-red rating maintained for St Helens & Knowsley FT bid
STRUCTURE: The status of St Helens and Knowsley’s bid for foundation trust status remained at amber-red in April, latest NHS North of England board papers show.
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NW ambulance service blames 'protracted' contract negotiations for performance dip
PERFORMANCE: Protracted negotiations with commissioners were the overriding cause of the North West Ambulance Service’s failure to hit its key response times target for the initial months of 2011-12, its draft annual report states.
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NewsUnequal GP access could hamper NHS reforms, MPs warned
The continued “severe iniquity” in the geographical distribution of GPs threatens to place clinical commissioning groups in poor areas at a “large disadvantage”, MPs have been told.
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Cumbria clinical commissioners take on £676m budget
FINANCE: The primary care trust, NHS Cumbria, has delegated control of over £600m of its £900m budget for 2012-13 to Cumbria’s clinical commissioning group.
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NewsMental health charity funding falls as demand grows
Mental health services run by the charity Mind have seen a cut of 5.7 per cent in funding at the same time as a surge in demand from people requiring help.
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North West has higher than average HCAI prevalence
PERFORMANCE: The prevalence of healthcare associated infections in the North West region is above the national average, according to a report from the Health Protection Agency.
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SHA declines sign-off on Cumbria savings plan
FINANCE: The North of England strategic health authority cluster has reported that it has been unable to sign off NHS Cumbria’s quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) savings plans for 2012-13 due to “significant ongoing risks to delivery”.
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East Lancs CCG given estimated operating budget of £8.98m
FINANCE: The clinical commissioning group set to replace NHS East Lancashire has been allocated an indicative running costs budget of £8.98m, a paper published by the NHS Commissioning Board today shows.
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Liverpool CCG given estimated operating budget of £11.4m
FINANCE: The clinical commissioning group set to replace NHS Liverpool has been allocated an indicative running costs budget of £11.4m, a paper published by the NHS Commissioning Board today shows.
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Cumbria CCG given estimated operating budget of £13m
FINANCE: The clinical commissioning group set to replace NHS Cumbria has been allocated an indicative running costs budget of £12.8m, a paper published by the NHS Commissioning Board today shows.
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NewsOmbudsman's claims on care quality complaint 'did not stand up '
An apparent failure to fully investigate a high profile complaint has led to a renewed call for changes to the system.
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HSJ KnowledgeAn innovative approach to redesigned oncology services
Developing a successful acute oncology service to admitted patients and those in A&E called for some innovative thinking, explain Rob Smith and colleagues.
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Derbyshire chief executive seconded to push FT pipeline in North
WORKFORCE: Derbyshire Healthcare Foundation Trust chief executive Mike Shewan has been seconded to become director of provider development for the North of England.
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HSJ LocalMorecambe Bay 'not sustainable' without reconfiguration, says new chief
Troubled foundation trust University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay “can’t work” in the future without the reconfiguration of key services, its new chief executive has told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: a healthcare crisis facing Cumbria
HSJ Local Briefing is our new in-depth analysis of the key issues facing the NHS’s major health economies. This week, HSJ looks at the healthcare crisis in Cumbria.