All West Midlands articles – Page 100
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NHS Herefordshire helps out new ICO
FINANCE: NHS Herefordshire has been supporting Wye Valley Trust with its private finance intitiative payments and “without prejudice” payments for activity above plan.
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Delayed transfers at Birmingham Community twice SHA target
PERFORMANCE: Delayed transfers of care at Birmingham Community Healthcare Trust are running at more than twice the NHS West Midlands target.
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Birmingham Community Healthcare chasing PCT for outstanding £587,000
FINANCE: Birmingham Community Healthcare Trust is owed £587,000 by NHS Sandwell, which has failed to repay the money within the 90 day limit.
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Worcestershire acute below plan on activity
PERFORMANCE: Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust is below plan on non-elective, outpatient and accident and emergency activity at the end of the first quarter of the year.
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NHS Worcestershire overspends on Continuing Care
FINANCE: NHS Worcestershire is reporting a £3.1m overspend on Continuing Care due to a growth in client numbers compared to 2010-11.
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EMAS appoints new chief executive
WORKFORCE: East Midlands Ambulance Service has appointed a former strategic health authority director as its new chief executive.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe benefits of PbR in commissioning smoking cessation services
Using a payment by results approach to commissioning smoking cessation services has significantly improved results in the West Midlands, which could have implications for national policy, as Fraser Battye and Steven Wyatt explain.
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NewsHeart of England plans major expansion
Heart of England Foundation Trust is planning a major expansion involving the takeover of another hospital. It plans to become a “healthcare corporation” offering high levels of autonomy for member organisations.
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North Staffs scrutinised on cancer screeening
PERFORMANCE: University Hospital of North Staffordshire Foundation Trust is being closely monitored on its performance related to the extension of bowel cancer screening to 70-75 year olds.
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Continuing care spending a 'significant' problem in Stoke
FINANCE: NHS Stoke on Trent is seeing increasing spending in continuing care, primary care and high cost drugs budgets.
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George Eliot saw 35 per cent annual drop in C difficile
PERFORMANCE: A review of the George Eliot Hospital’s infection prevention strategy for 2010-11 has shown a 35 per cent reduction in the rates of Clostridium difficile associated diarrhoea and no reported infections of MRSA bacteraemia in 2010-11.
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NewsHealth inequalities scheme flagging as GPs shun 'charity work'
The NHS health check programme – aimed at slashing health inequalities – is flagging, as GPs dismiss it as “charity work” that mainly benefits the worried well.
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BSMHFT appoints director of psychological services
WORKFORCE: Amanda Gatherer has this month joined Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust as its new director of psychological services and head of psychology.
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Stoke-on-Trent CCG makes new appointments
WORKFORCE: Two GPs have appointed to mental health roles with Stoke’s new clinical commissioning group.
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Green light for £2m investment at Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership
STRUCTURE: Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust will benefit from a £2m investment for improving facilities over the next two years, it has announced.
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Birmingham health worker charged with fraud
WORKFORCE: A Birmingham-based health worker has been granted conditional bail after appearing in court charged with four counts of fraud by false representation.
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DH analysing big 18 weeks backlog at Shrewsbury and Telford
PERFORMANCE: Only 68 per cent of patients are being treated within 18 weeks of referral to the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust, against a target of 90 per cent.
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Shrewsbury and Telford reducing nursing support
WORKFOCE: The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust is reducing the level of nursing support in wards in an attempt to save £110,000 a month.
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'Complexities' hold up Warwickshire QIPP plan
FINANCE: Warwickshire PCT is lowering expectations around its efficiency saving programme, following delays in agreeing savings with providers.
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Coventry beats year to date surplus target
FINANCE: Coventry primary care trust is reporting a revenue surplus of £3.5m for the first four months of 2011-12, £1.6m better than planned.