All West Midlands articles – Page 109
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HSJ Local
Sandwell delegates 75 per cent of its CIPs to consortia
FINANCE: NHS Sandwell has delegated 75 per cent of its cost improvement programmes to GP consortia.
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HSJ Local
NHS Dudley at risk of data breach
PERFORMANCE: NHS Dudley could be in breach of its statutory obligations on information governance.
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InformationDavid Williams
David covers Thames Valley, Birmingham and Warwickshire. david.williams@emap.com
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HSJ Local
Wolverhampton practice-based commissioners run up £7.84m overspend
FINANCE: Practice-based commissioners overseen by NHS Wolverhampton City have run up a recurrent overspend of £7.84m.
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HSJ Local
Wolverhampton City overspends on private providers by 88 per cent
FINANCE: NHS Wolverhampton City has overspent on private providers by the equivalent of 88 per cent of the total value of the contracts.
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HSJ Local
Worcestershire PCT chair criticises 'amateurs' driving reforms
WORKFORCE: NHS Worcestershire’s chairman has written a scathing critique of the reforms, saying they are an “unholy mess” and that “amateurs” are dismantling the NHS.
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HSJ Local
GP consortium votes to end choose and book LES
STRUCTURE: An emerging GP consortia has voted to discontinue a local enhanced service agreement for choose and book .
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HSJ Local
South Staffs predicts surplus despite over-performance
FINANCE: South Staffordshire Primary Care Trust reported a modest surplus in 2010-11, despite over-performance in community and acute services.
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HSJ Local
Mental unit investigation ends
PERFORMANCE: A major investigation into an occupational therapy unit in Staffordshire has concluded.
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HSJ Local
Staffordshire trusts struggle with 18 week target
PERFORMANCE: Trusts across the Staffordshire primary care trust cluster have agreed to allocate £6.5m additional funding in an attempt to reduce a referral backlog.
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HSJ Local
George Eliot Hospital gets SHA funds to balance books
FINANCE: George Eliot Hospital Trust under performed last year on its contract with Warwickshire primary care trust.
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HSJ Local
Coventry and Warwickshire acute overperformed on contract
FINANCE: Univerity Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire Trust overperformed by nearly 3 per cent on its contract with NHS Warwickshire last year.
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HSJ Local
Coventry and Warwickshire reports risk to income from 'client' discharge
FINANCE: Coventry and Warwickshire mental health trust has reported a risk to the income of a learning disability service due to vacant beds.
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HSJ Local
Coventry and Warwickshire mental health trust takes on substance misuse
COMMERCIAL: Coventry and Warwickshire mental health trust is hoping to take on provision of substance misuse services in the region to go with a contract it has just won for Leicestershire and Rutland.
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NewsJoint pathology venture fairly awarded, CCP decides
A foundation trust did not breach competition principles in selecting a public/private partnership for its pathology services, the NHS market regulator has found.
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NewsPublic NHS involvement suspended in Birmingham
Birmingham has been left without a fully functioning patient and public involvement network after its “two key decision making groups” were temporarily suspended.
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HSJ Local
Shrewsbury and Telford saves just £3.7m of £12.1m plan
FINANCE: Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust has only saved £3.7m out of its £12.1m savings plan for 2010-11.
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HSJ Local
Birmingham East and North rapped over lax data security
PERFORMANCE: Inadequate IT security at NHS Birmingham East and North left data relating to “thousands of individuals” exposed, as well as “high level information” concerning patients.
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NewsMerger overseen by Nicholson did not spot Mid Staffs failings, says Bower
Disruption from a merger overseen by NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson contributed to the failure to spot problems at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, according to Care Quality Commission chief executive Cynthia Bower.
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HSJ Local
Gap of £4.6m in UH Coventry and Warwickshire CIP plan
FINANCE: University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire has fallen £4.6m of its target to identify £23m of cost improvement.