All OXFORDSHIRE PCT articles – Page 2

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Oxford Radcliffe gets extra cash as overperformance grows

2012-02-15T19:07:00Z

FINANCE: Oxfordshire primary care trust has agreed to pay an extra £7.5m to Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust, which has reported an overperformance against contract worth £16m.

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Three clusters advertise for commissioning support MD

2012-02-15T11:52:00Z

STRUCTURE: An NHS commissioning support service has advertised for a managing director “with commercial experience” and the “necessary commercial acumen to effectively grow the business”.

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Oxfordshire pockets surplus despite acute overspending

2012-02-13T18:40:00Z

FINANCE: Oxfordshire primary care trust is on track to meet its surplus target of £2.2m, despite overspending on its major acute contract and deteriorations in other areas of commissioning.

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Bucks healthcare reviews FT application

2012-02-10T16:13:00Z

STRUCTURE: Buckinghamshire Healthcare is “reconsidering” its timetable for becoming a foundation trust due to “financial pressures”.

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Oxfordshire and Bucks CSS told to address 'footprint' issue

2012-02-10T15:58:00Z

STRUCTURE: The commissioning support service being set up in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire could merge with neighbouring bodies after its first assessment by NHS South of England.

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Buckinghamshire CCGs mull merger

2012-02-10T15:57:00Z

STRUCTURE: Two Buckinghamshire clinical commissioning groups are consulting on whether to merge.

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NHS 111 roll out threatened after DH technical demand

2012-02-10T12:17:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire primary care trust cluster has said delivery of its NHS 111 service could slip – with unknown time and cost implications – because of a new technical specification from the Department of Health.

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Oxford trust overspends on PCT contract

2012-01-16T10:37:00Z

FINANCE: Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust over-performed by £10.9m – or 7.5 per cent – against its contract with Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust in the first six months of 2011-12.

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Ox-Bucks cluster 'concerned' over QIPP

2012-01-13T18:26:00Z

FINANCE: Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire primary care trust cluster has expressed “concern” over its ability to meet its quality, improvement, productivity and prevention plan for 2011-12.

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Second PCT cluster chief resigns

2011-10-27T00:00:00Z

The chief executive of a south west primary trust cluster has resigned fewer than six months after taking up the post, citing personal reasons.

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SHA identifies concerns over finance and performance in Oxfordshire and Bucks

2011-10-14T18:04:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The Buckinghamshire health system has been given an amber “performance under review” rating by the South Central strategic health authority.

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South Central SHA misses stroke care target

2011-10-14T16:45:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The South Central strategic health authority area missed its target for the proportion of patients spending 90 per cent of their time on a dedicated stroke unit in quarter one of 2011-12.

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Performance notices on Oxford Radcliffe lifted after improvements

2011-10-14T16:42:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Commissioners have closed five performance notices on Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust after seeing improved performance over the past year.

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Cameron and Lansley dragged into staffing dispute at Chipping Norton hospital

2011-10-14T16:10:00Z

STRUCTURE: The prime minister and health secretary have been asked to intervene in a row over whether a hospital should continue to employ NHS staff.

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Oxford Radcliffe to review 'significantly higher than expected' death rate

2011-10-13T18:42:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust is to begin formally reviewing around 800 deaths a year after finding it has an unusually high mortality rate and was unable to identify what proportion of deaths were avoidable.

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Cluster chief resigns

2011-08-18T16:20:00Z

The chief executive of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire primary care trust cluster has resigned, HSJ has learned.

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South Central leads England for smoking cessation

2011-08-17T18:02:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The South Central region performed the best in the country at helping people to stop smoking, according to data from the NHS Information Centre.

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Oxfordshire PCT devolves two thirds of its budget to shadow CCGs

2011-07-18T18:13:00Z

FINANCE: Shadow clinical commissioning groups in Oxfordshire have been given responsibility for more than two thirds of the county’s total commissioning budget for 2011-12.

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Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire CIPs slip as acutes over-spend

2011-07-05T18:59:00Z

FINANCE: The Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire primary care trust cluster is struggling to meet cost improvement programme savings as acute provider contracts over-perform.

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Oxfordshire GP consortium elects leader

2011-04-21T19:06:00Z

WORKFORCE: Dr Stephen Richards has been elected to lead the Oxfordshire GP Consortium with 94 per cent of the vote.