The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – Page 11
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Blogs
Putting on wait: English waiting list looking big
Some waiting times figures got a bit better in December, some a bit worse. But the size of the waiting list is starting to look worryingly big.
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HSJ Local
Newcastle Hospitals records £19m surplus
FINANCE: Newcastle Hospitals Foundation Trust had a £19.4m surplus at the end of month eight - £9.6m ahead of plan and resulting in an overall risk rating of four.
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HSJ Local
Newcastle Hospitals records disappointing rise in falls
PERFORMANCE: A ‘disappointing’ rise in the number of falls compared with last year has led to Newcastle Hospitals Foundation Trust introducing a monthly audit of at risk patients.
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HSJ Local
Newcastle Hospitals save £74,000 on waste
FINANCE: Staff in eight wards and departments at Newcastle Hospitals Foundation Trust have saved more than £74,000 by segregating waste – and the approach could save £360,000 if it was adopted across the trust.
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HSJ Local
North of England NED joins North East LETB
WORKFORCE: Professor Oliver James, North of England SHA cluster non executive director, has become chair of the North East Local Education and Training Board.
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Blogs
NHS holds the line on 18 weeks
Small improvements meant new record-bests for long-waiters in November.
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BlogsOrthopaedics scrapes inside waiting target for first time
Long waits are down again, but the total number waiting is a bit higher than usual. This will become worrying, if it carries on.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: The reorganisation of commissioning in the North East
The NHS in the North East has healthy finances but an unhealthy population. This briefing looks at how its new structure could overcome these problems.
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HSJ Local
Fifteen nurse hours per bed day at Shelford Group trusts
WORKFORCE: Research carried for the Shelford Group, which represents England’s most powerful teaching hospitals, shows each patient bed day accounts for an average of 15 nurse hours.
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HSJ Local
Newcastle FT more than doubles its recycling
COMMERCIAL: The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has more than doubled the amount of waste it recycles in less than a year following a new waste deal.
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HSJ Local
Commissioners report Lucentis pressure from Newcastle FT
FINANCE: North Tyneside PCT, Northumberland CT and Newcastle PCT are facing overspending risks in relation to Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust, largely attributable to use of Lucentis (ranibizumab injection).
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NewsMost powerful hospital trusts ask for more funding
England’s 10 most prestigious teaching and research hospital trusts have asked the Department of Health and the Treasury for a 10 per cent top-up to their tariff payments, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ Local
£3.3 million surplus for Newcastle hospitals
FINANCE: Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals FT had a £3.3 million surplus at the end of May this year, according to the latest financial report to the trust’s Council of Governors.
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HSJ Local
Governance rating 'damaged' reputation of FT
PERFORMANCE: Managers at Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals FT claim a decision to downgrade its governance rating to amber/red, has had a “damaging effect” on the reputation of the trust.
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HSJ Local
Long waiters 'urgency' at Newcastle Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust has a number of patients waiting longer than 52 weeks, its strategic health authority has said.
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HSJ Local
'Amber-red' rating for Newcastle Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust received an “amber-red” rating from Monitor for its governance standards.
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NewsChildren's heart surgery to end at Royal Brompton
Managers at a hospital at the centre of a bitter legal row over plans to streamline paediatric heart services said they were baffled at Wednesday’s decision to stop it performing heart surgery on children.
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HSJ Local
North East director appointed as regional head of commissioning board
WORKFORCE: Richard Barker, the NHS North of England chief operating officer and previously director at Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has been appointed as the NHS Commissioning Board’s regional director for the North of England.
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NewsJoint working to prevent falls could save cash
A more integrated approach to preventing falls could cut incidents by up to 30 per cent, saving money and bed days, a report from the NHS Confederation has found.