All PORTSMOUTH CITY TEACHING PCT articles – Page 2

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SHIP needs non-sustainable savings to hit target

2012-06-12T18:09:00Z

FINANCE: The Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth primary care trust cluster relied on one-off savings to hit its cost reduction target for 2011-12, with emergency demand singled out as a cause for concern.
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SHIP PCTs miss C difficile targets

2012-06-12T18:09:00Z

PERFORMANCE: All four primary care trusts in the Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth cluster missed their targets for C difficile infections.
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Concern over A&E demand in Portsmouth and Southampton

2012-06-12T18:08:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Emergency department waiting times have been identified as a “key performance concern” by the Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth primary care trust cluster.
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Hampshire commissioners fail to cut prescribing costs

2012-06-08T17:20:00Z

FINANCE: Hampshire commissioners failed to reduce their spending on medicines during 2011-12, latest primary care trust data shows.
News
Preferred providers for NHS 111 announced in the south west

2012-05-30T17:34:00Z

NHS Direct has been named as the preferred provider to deliver the new non-emergency NHS 111 phone number to almost 1.5m residents in the south west.
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Novartis launches legal challenge against PCT cluster

2012-04-23T13:03:00Z

A pharmaceutical company is taking a primary care trust cluster to court over its decision to encourage the use of a cheaper, unlicensed drug in a case that could be worth millions to the NHS.
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Portsmouth CCG appoints GP to lead role

2012-04-19T19:41:00Z

Portsmouth clinical commissioning group has announced Dr Jim Hogan as its clinical leader and accountable officer.
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SHIP fails to cut emergency demand

2012-03-29T19:58:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Hampshire primary care trusts are continuing to buck a national trend with rising demand for non-elective services.
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SHIP CSS to take more than 350 staff from PCT cluster

2012-03-28T10:52:00Z

WORKFORCE: Commissioning Support South, the commissioning support organisation for the Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth cluster, is expected to inherit 363 staff members from primary care trusts.
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Commissioners 'very disappointed' as reconfiguration abandoned

2012-02-10T16:13:00Z

STRUCTURE: Vascular services in the south of Hampshire are to remain unchanged after a planned reconfiguration was halted.
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SHIP cluster struggles on prescribing savings

2012-02-08T18:51:00Z

FINANCE: The Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth primary care trust cluster had collectively identified £69.9m worth of cost savings, just under its target of £71.7m.
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SHIP cluster overspends on staff

2012-02-03T18:38:00Z

WORKFORCE: The Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth primary care trust cluster was overspent on staff costs by £385,000 at month nine.
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SHIP cluster courts KPMG for commissioning support development

2012-02-03T18:36:00Z

STRUCTURE: The Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, and Portsmouth primary care trust cluster is courting consultants KPMG in a bid to draw up a business case for its commissioning support service.
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Emergency demand rises in SHIP area

2012-01-03T17:42:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Non-elective activity in the Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth primary care trust cluster area is rising, against the national trend.
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SHIP cluster exceeds staff costs plan

2011-12-20T17:45:00Z

WORKFORCE: Workforce costs in the “SHIP” primary care trust cluster were more than half a million pounds over plan in October.
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Hampshire beats chlamydia screening target

2011-12-01T19:30:00Z

PERFORMANCE: NHS Hampshire performance is exceeding its screening target for chlamydia, while NHS Portsmouth and NHS Southampton are showing slight underperformance.
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Portsmouth trust misses deficit target despite PCT help

2011-11-04T17:08:00Z

FINANCE: Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust has missed its target deficit for the year to date, despite a £3.7m injection from Hampshire and Portsmouth primary care trusts.
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Portsmouth trust opposes reconfiguration plans

2011-11-03T14:02:00Z

STRUCTURE: Reconfiguration plans for stroke, vascular and trauma services in the South Central region has caused disagreement among trusts, some of whom could lose specialties under the proposals.
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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.
Comment
South Central trusts reveal underlying cash problems

2011-09-08T02:00:00Z

A collective report from the pleasingly named SHIP primary care trust cluster – Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth – gives a snapshot of the South Coast’s state of affairs.