All South Central articles – Page 27
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NewsAnalysed: The future of acute services in east Berkshire
This week’s briefing examines the future of acute services at Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust
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HSJ Local
CQC report could cause Frimley Park to 'walk away' from takeover
STRUCTURE: A damning report about the standard of care at the troubled Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust could scupper a potential takeover from a neighbouring provider.
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HSJ Local
Monitor gives Heatherwood three-month deadline
PERFORMANCE Monitor has given Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust three months to correct “poor care and shortfalls in accident and emergency”, the regulator has announced.
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HSJ Local
Heatherwood trust risks exceeding budgeted deficit
FINANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust is at risk of exceeding its £4.8m target deficit for 2013-14.
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HSJ Local
Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust ‘unsafe’ staff told Keogh
Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust staff have described care provided by the trust as “unsafe”, the report by Sir Bruce Keogh’s mortality review team reveals.
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HSJ Local
Berkshire CCGs apologise for Continuing Health Care hold-ups
PERFORMANCE: Slough Clinical Commissioning Group has written to Continuing Health Care claimants to apologise for delays to the assessment process.
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HSJ Local
CCG yet to publish a finance report
FINANCE: A clinical commissioning group is yet to publish a finance report, choosing to focus resources elsewhere in the immediate aftermath of the transition to the new NHS structure.
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HSJ Local
Berkshire reconfiguration places CCG's reputation at risk
STRUCTURE: There is an “extreme” risk that the failure to reconfigure acute services in East Berkshire could harm the reputation of Bracknell and Ascot Clinical Commissioning Group, board papers say.
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HSJ Local
Heatherwood trust falls nearly double the national average
PERFORMANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust has nearly twice the rate of patient falls when compared to the national average.
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HSJ Local
Patients would recommend Heatherwood trust
PERFORMANCE: Two thirds of Heatherwood and Wexham Park patients said they were “extremely likely” to recommend the foundation trust to their friends and family.
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HSJ Local
FT calls in consultants to review theatre use
PERFORMANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust has commissioned an external review of its theatre usage after capacity pressures led to a high rate of cancelled planned operations.
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HSJ Local
CCG's referrals to mental health trusts double
PERFORMANCE: Consultant referrals from Fareham and Gosport clinical commissioning group to Solent Trust and Southern Health Foundation Trust more than doubled in 2012-13.
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HSJ LocalCouncil goes to judicial review over minor injuries unit move
STRUCTURE: A council is at loggerheads with local NHS bodies after applying for a judicial review to block a plan to move a minor injuries unit to a new facility just two miles away.
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HSJ Local
North East Hants CCG cuts surplus plan
FINANCE: North East Hampshire and Farnham clinical commissioning group has agreed a target surplus of £700,000, cut down from an original proposal of £1.2m.
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HSJ Local
Councils in reconfiguration spat
STRUCTURE: A local authority is to seek a judicial review to prevent a minor injuries unit being moved into a neighbouring council’s area.
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HSJ Local
Oxfordshire CCG faces 'extremely challenging' year
FINANCE: Oxfordshire clinical commissioning group has already committed all its non-recurrent funding for 2013-14 to address projected rises in acute activity.
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HSJ Local
Buckinghamshire trust introduces e-rostering
COMMERCIAL: Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust has implemented a new electronic workforce management system, which has been claimed to cut incidence of staff sickness.
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HSJ Local
Specialised commissioning cash risk for Southampton CCG
FINANCE: An estimate of the topslice of clinical commissioning group budgets to pay for specialised commissioning could lead to “unforeseen financial pressures” in Southampton if it turns out to be incorrect.
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HSJ Local
Southampton CCG red rates QIPP risk
FINANCE: The risk of non delivery of local efficiency plans has been red rated by Southampton City clinicial commissioning group.
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HSJ Local
Southampton CCG attempts to stem emergency demand surge
PERFORMANCE: Southampton City clinical commissioning group has had to revise the area’s 2013-14 action plan in the face of surging demand for emergency services.