All North West articles – Page 120
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NHS Cumbria still £7.1m in the red at the end of January
FINANCE: At the end of January the primary care trust was still projecting a substantial deficit for 2010-11, just two months from the end of the financial year.
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5 Boroughs behind on its target for early intervention teams
PERFORMANCE: The mental health foundation trust was behind at the end of January on its commitment to serve 143 new psychosis cases this year by early intervention teams, its latest performance report shows.
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DH warns of 'extremely high' risk to greater Manchester savings plans
FINANCE: The Department of Health has warned NHS organisations in greater Manchester their savings plans run an “extremely high” risk of failure.
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Only a third of Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh patients referred to The Christie meet waiting target
PERFORMANCE: The proportion of the foundation’s cancer patients referred on to The Christie NHS Foundation Trust and treated within 62 days was the lowest in the region, according to a report by cancer tsar Professor Sir Mike Richards.
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Less than half of referrals from Stockport FT to The Christie hit waiting target
PERFORMANCE: The proportion of the foundation’s cancer patients referred on to The Christie NHS Foundation Trust and treated within 62 days fell well below the national average, according to a report by cancer tsar Professor Sir Mike Richards.
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Central and Eastern Cheshire PCT showing £1.25m surplus
FINANCE: The primary care trust was showing a surplus of £1.25m at the end of January, new figures from NHS North West show.
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Just 38.5 per cent of Trafford Healthcare referrals to The Christie hit cancer waiting target
PERFORMANCE: The proportion of cancer patients referred by the trust to the specialist Christie NHS Foundation Trust that were treated within 62 days fell well below the national average, according to a report by cancer tsar Professor Sir Mike Richards.
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Drop in The Christie’s cancer waiting times performance
PERFORMANCE: The proportion of the foundation’s patients treated within the national 62 day standard for cancer patients fell to 66.7 per cent in January, new board papers show.
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Waits at Southport and Ormskirk above national threshold
PERFORMANCE: The trust was one of just four North West providers where median waiting times for admitted patients were above the national target in November, a new report by NHS North West shows.
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NHS Bury predicts year-end surplus, despite January deficit
FINANCE: The primary care trust was still £4.3m in deficit at the end of January, new figures from NHS North West show.
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Tameside FT deficit deepened to £1.5m in December
FINANCE: The foundation trust made a deficit of £331,000 in December, bringing its year to date deficit to £1.5m.
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Outstanding patient safety alerts plummet at NHS Manchester
PERFORMANCE: The number of outstanding patient safety alerts registered against the primary care trust’s name has dropped by 11 in the past month to just two, new data from the National Patient Safety Agency shows.
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NW Ambulance service recovers response times, but remains unlikely to hit 2010-11 target
PERFORMANCE: The trust’s response times for “Category A” calls improved in January, after they plummeted under major pressures over Christmas and New Year, but it remained unhopeful it could meet its target for the year.
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North Cumbria UH still in the red despite £10m handout
FINANCE: The trust was reporting a deficit of £587,000 at the end of December, despite securing an extra £10m in funding from NHS North West to “support strategic change”.
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Patient falls increase at East Cheshire NHS Trust
PERFORMANCE: The incidence of patient falls reported at East Cheshire NHS Trust rose in January to the highest level it has seen in 2010-11.
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Cheshire and Wirral Partnership non-compliant on five patient safety alerts
PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust was non-compliant with five national patient safety alerts past the deadline for their completion in February, new data shows.
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Aintree still has highest number of outstanding patient safety alerts in North West
PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust was non-compliant with eight national patient safety alerts past the deadline for their completion in February, new data shows.
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Four overdue patient safety alerts at UH Morecambe Bay
PERFORMANCE: In February the foundation trust was non-compliant with four national patient safety alerts past the deadline for their completion, new data shows.
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Overdue safety alerts dating back to 2008 at Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology
PERFORMANCE: In February the foundation trust was non-compliant with four national patient safety alerts past the deadline for their completion, new data shows.
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Row brews over Central Manchester UH FT diagnostic test waiting times
PERFORMANCE: NHS North West was dragged into a row between Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and NHS Stockport in December over increased waiting times for diagnostic tests at the foundation trust.