All WEST SUSSEX PCT articles – Page 2
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Warning over social care budget cuts in West Sussex
FINANCE: Local campaigners in West Sussex have written an open letter warning of the negative impact of social care budget cuts on vulnerable adults.
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NHS West Sussex at risk of £14m deficit
FINANCE: NHS West Sussex has revised its end of year forecast to a loss of £14m, instead of the £12m surplus in its original plan.
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QVH plans to shut unit next April
STRUCTURE: Queen Victoria Hospital FT plans to divest itself of a loss making inpatient community ward in April 2012-13.
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PCT cluster under pressure over new community hospital pledge
STRUCTURE: The NHS Sussex primary care trust cluster is coming under increasing pressure from local councillors and the public over delays to a community hospital rebuild.
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Patient volume forces East Surrey to close A&E
PERFORMANCE: Patient volumes forced the accident and emergency department at East Surrey Hospital to close for five hours last month in a situation more akin to winter pressures.
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CommentSouth Coast trusts forecast 2011-12 performance, predict £77m overspend
Trying to predict the future for the NHS is always difficult, as there always seems to be a reorganisation or a winter crisis just round the corner. However, primary care trusts in Sussex have given it a go.
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Consultation on patient transport in Sussex
PERFORMANCE: NHS Sussex, the county’s new primary care trust cluster, held a public consultation exercise this month to improve its non-urgent Patient Transport Service.
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West Sussex reports success in smoking cessation
PERFORMANCE: Around 10,000 people have given up smoking using NHS smoking cessation services in Sussex, according to the county’s primary care trusts.
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New chair elected for Sussex joint commissioning board
WORKFORCE: West Sussex County Council cabinet member Michael Brown has been elected as chair of the West Sussex Joint Commissioning Board.
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Sussex PCTs predict £77m provider overspend
FINANCE: The Sussex primary care trust cluster says there is currently a projected overspend of £77.1m against budget on all contracts for 2011-12.
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NHS West Sussex needs to identify extra £20m in savings
FINANCE: The primary care trust needs to find £20m of extra savings to reach its end of year surplus target, according to its latest finance report.
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GPs back specialist nursing post after pressure from charity
WORKFORCE: A specialist Parkinson’s nurse has been secured for West Sussex after an emerging clinical commissioning group previously advised a primary care trust to put recruitment to the post “on hold”.
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Sussex aims to recruit 150 extra health visitors
WORKFORCE: As part of the national health visitor strategy, the NHS in Sussex has launched a recruitment drive for new health visitors.
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Chair appointed for Sussex PCT cluster
WORKFORCE: Denise Harker has been appointed as the chair of the NHS Sussex board.
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Results of Western Sussex reconfiguration consultation due next month
STRUCTURE: Responses to a consultation over the planned reconfiguration of ophthalmology and orthopaedic services are currently being analysed, with results expected next month.
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‘Prevention Assessment Team’ launched in West Sussex
WORKFORCE: A new community service has been set up to improve the health and wellbeing of adults and older people in West Sussex.
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NHS West Sussex sets out home oxygen tender plan
COMMERCIAL: Primary care trusts in the South East Coast region aim to have signed a new contract for provision of home oxygen services by June.
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West Sussex consortium runs into trouble with charity over nursing posts
WORKFORCE: A charity has launched a local campaign targeted at an emerging commissioning consortium it claims has “scrapped” a specialist nursing post.
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NHS West Sussex holds extra board meeting to discuss ‘clustering’
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust is holding an extra meeting in public at the end of the month to provide the public with an opportunity to “hear the latest on health services across the region”.
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CommentDH taking notice of work on the South East coast
NHS West Sussex has lately been recognised as a leading light on crossing the health and social care divide. The primary care trust’s board has just approved the creation of a joint commissioning unit with West Sussex County Council.
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