All West Midlands articles – Page 109
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Declining CPA performance at Worcestershire Mental Health Partnership Trust
PERFORMANCE: The proportion of patients on the Care Programme Approach that have had a review in the past year has dropped to 61 per cent at Worcestershire Mental Health Partnership Trust.
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Lack of social work capacity delays transfers at Birmingham Community
PERFORMANCE: Funding issues within social care have contributed to a red rating for delayed transfers of care at Birmingham Community Healthcare Trust.
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Four consortia emerging from Warwickshire practices
STRUCTURE: Four commissioning consortia are emerging from Warwickshire practices.
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Sandwell developing three commissioning consortia
STRUCTURE: Most GP practices within Sandwell PCT are members of three emerging commissioning consortia.
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Heart of Birmingham GPs joining five consortia
STRUCTURE: There are five commissioning consortia emerging in Heart of Birmingham Teaching primary care trust.
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Single Telford and Wrekin consortium
STRUCTURE: A single commissioning consortium is emerging in Telford and Wrekin, and is likely to become a sub committee of the primary care trust board from April.
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Single consortium emerging for Shropshire County
STRUCTURE: A single commissioning consortium is emerging in Shropshire County, with all practices signed up except one in Bridgnorth.
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North Staffs PCT on course for surplus despite provider overspend
FINANCE: NHS North Staffordshire has said it is “on track” to achieve a small surplus at the end of the year.
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Funding fears for teenage pregnancy services in South Birmingham amid PCT "red risk"
PERFORMANCE: Young people in south Birmingham are not being referred to services aimed at reducing teenage pregnancy, even though conception rates are running at 41 per cent above target.
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NHS South Staffordshire claws back money from SHA
FINANCE: NHS South Staffordshire said it had improved its deficit during December and its position would be further strengthened by the agreed return of reserves by its strategic health authority.
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NHS South Birmingham sees jump in private sector spending
FINANCE: Non-contracted elective spending on private providers is predicted to jump from £300,000 to £1.5m this year at NHS South Birmingham.
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Sandwell and West Birmingham in 'difficult' contract talks
COMMERCIAL: Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust is struggling to reach an agreement on its 2011-12 contract with its lead commissioner.
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North Staffs acute trust seeks more efficiency plans to remain ‘viable’
FINANCE: University Hospital of North Staffordshire is likely to need more cost cutting plans in order to remain “financially viable” next year.
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Halved surplus will impact on North Staffs capital programme
FINANCE: University Hospital of North Staffordshire is predicting an end of year surplus of £4.1m but had achieved less than £1m in surplus by December.
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NHS Stoke on Trent signs concordat with council
STRUCTURE: NHS Stoke on Trent has signed a concordat on future health planning with its local authority.
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Staffordshire PCTs appoint chair of combined provider arm
WORKFORCE: Three primary care trusts in Staffordshire have announced that a vice president of AstraZeneca has been appointed as the interim chair for its provider arm.
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University Hospital of North Staffs opens infectious disease unit
STRUCTURE: the University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust has opened a £2.26m infectious disease unit.
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North Staffs trust confident of surplus after property value advice
FINANCE: The mental health trust in North Staffordshire is now able to forecast a small surplus, contrary to previous months.
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£1m from private mental health underspend funding acute overspends at NHS Dudley
FINANCE: NHS Dudley is using a £1m underspend on its private sector mental health services to offset a £2.9m acute overspend.
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South Birmingham PCT delegating to three consortia
STRUCTURE: South Birmigham primary care trust is in the process of delegating functions to three emerging commissioning consortia.