All North West articles – Page 91

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Director announced for Cheshire, Warrington and Wirral LAT

2012-10-22T10:00:00Z

WORKFORCE: The NHS Commissioning Board has announced the local area director for its Cheshire, Warrington and Wirral local area team.

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Health visitor recruitment drive for Bridgewater

2012-10-19T15:29:00Z

WORKFORCE: The trust is hosting a health visiting careers fair on Thursday 25 October, with the intention of filling 50 vacancies.

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Cumbria Partnership launches research into disorders

2012-10-12T19:11:00Z

Cumbria Partnership Foundation Trust is looking for people who have been diagnosed with bipolar affective disorder, schizophrenia or alcoholism to take part in a research project into the genetics behind these disorders.

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Liverpool Community Health pilots electronic 'secure mailbox'

2012-10-12T18:56:00Z

COMMERCIAL: Liverpool Community Health Trust is piloting a new electronic “secure mailbox” that it believes will speed up the process for screening babies under the Healthy Child Programme by two to five days.

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North Cumbria records savings of £3.6m to end of August

2012-10-12T18:43:00Z

FINANCE: The trust delivered savings of £3.6m in the months to the end of August, against a target for the full year 2012-13 of £16.9m, latest board papers state.

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Southport and Ormskirk waiting times performance under pressure

2012-10-12T18:31:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Problems with theatre staffing and bed capacity have caused a rise in the number of patient waits exceeding the national 18-week threshold, board papers state.

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Four overdue patient safety alerts for the Walton Centre

2012-10-12T18:05:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The trust had four overdue patient safety alerts in September, according to latest central alerting system data.

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Lancashire Teaching Hospitals in deficit and £1.7m behind plan

2012-10-10T17:54:00Z

FINANCE: The foundation trust’s August finance report shows a year-to-date deficit of £588,100 after exceptional items, against a planned surplus for the period of £1.1m.

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Four overdue patient safety alerts for Aintree

2012-10-10T17:53:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The number of overdue patient safety alerts outstanding for the trust has dropped to four, according to latest central alerting system data.

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Six outstanding patient safety alerts at Aintree

2012-10-05T18:38:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The trust’s commissioners have reported that it has six overdue patient safety alerts.

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St Helens and Knowsley Clostridium difficile cases above plan

2012-10-05T18:33:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The trust currently has 11 recorded cases of Clostridium difficile infection in 2012-13 against a plan for the year to date of six, commissioner board papers state.

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Rise in emergency admissions at Southport and Ormskirk

2012-10-05T17:48:00Z

PERFORMANCE: An increase in emergency admissions at Southport and Ormskirk has pushed NHS Merseyside 2 per cent over its plan for non-elective activity for the year-to-date, the primary care trust cluster has reported.

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Provisional data shows RTT waiting targets underperformance at Walton centre

2012-10-05T17:44:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Provisional June data shows “underperformance” by the Walton Centre against national 18 week referral-to-treatment waiting targets, NHS Merseyside’s latest performance report states.

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St Helens and Knowsley exceeds annual MRSA threshold

2012-10-05T17:42:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The trust has already exceeded its target maximum number of MRSA cases for 2012-13, NHS Merseyside’s August performance report shows.

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Commissioners forecast East Lancashire Hospitals overspend of £8.6m

2012-10-05T17:36:00Z

FINANCE: Lancashire commissioners had overspent their budgets for the trust by £2.7m by the end of July, and were forecasting an £8.6m overspend for the full year 2012-13.

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Aintree appeals against third recorded MRSA case

2012-10-05T17:34:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust currently has three recorded cases of MRSA for 2012-13, against an annual target of no more than two, commissioner board papers report.

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Blackpool Teaching Hospitals forecast to overperform by £8.1m

2012-10-05T17:30:00Z

FINANCE: Lancashire primary care trusts are forecasting an overspend of £8.1m on their contracts with Blackpool Teaching Hospitals in 2012.

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Bury misses health checks target for Q1

2012-10-05T10:17:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Just 830 people in NHS Bury’s catchment were offered health checks in the first quarter of 2012-13, against a target of 2,000, NHS Greater Manchester board papers show.

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North Manchester CCG picks reverend as lay chair

2012-10-04T18:25:00Z

STRUCTURE: North Manchester CCG has picked Tim Presswood, a lay member and minister of a baptist church, as its chairman.

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Cumbria CCG to buy support from North East CSU

2012-10-04T18:18:00Z

COMMERCIAL: The NHS Commissioning Board has finalised commissioning support arrangements in Cumbria and Lancashire.