All Yorkshire and the Humber articles – Page 56
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Yorkshire lets ten year GP practice contract
FINANCE: A ten-year contract to provide medical services at Thornton and Denholme Medical Practice has been awarded to a group of Shipley-based doctors who are already providing temporary services at the surgery.
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Sheffield Children’s Hospital struggles with diagnostic target
PERFRORMANCE: Sheffield Children’s Hospital Foundation Trust failed to carry out diagnostic tests on 30 patients within six weeks in January – meaning that it did not meet the 99 per cent target.
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Bradford drops health and wellbeing centre plan
STRUCTURE: Plans to develop a health and wellbeing centre in the Keighley area of Bradford have been dropped in favour of concentrating on an integrated care model.
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Sheffield Hospitals face 5pc efficiency next year
FINANCE: Staff at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust will need to plan for five per cent efficiency savings next year, the board heard.
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Lincs social enterprise in dispute with staff over terms
WORKFORCE: A social enterprise spun out of an NHS community services provider is in dispute with its staff after trying to cut unsocial hours and on-call payments.
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Sheffield Children’s Hospital may record £5.5m surplus
FINANCE: Sheffield Children’s Hospital may end the year with a surplus of £5.5m, well above its original plans.
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Delays in contract settlement Sheffield Children’s FT
FINANCE: Delays in deciding allocations for the NHS Commissioning Board and clinical commissioning groups are holding up contract settlements at Sheffield Children’s Hospital Foundation Trust.
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High A&E attendances in Sheffield
PERFORMANCE: Less than nine out of 10 A&E patients at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust were treated or discharged within the four hour standard in December.
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Sheffield Hospitals exceeds MRSA target
PERFORMANCE: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust has already exceeded its MRSA target for the year with three cases in the year-to-date.
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New nursing director at Mid Yorks
WORKFORCE: Sally Napper has been appointed director of nursing at Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust. She is currently chief nurse and chief operating officer at Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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Mid Yorkshire introduces criminal checks for stakeholder forum
SERVICES: Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust is setting up a stakeholder forum to get input on how services should develop locally - but it does not want to hear from criminals.
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Scunthorpe General introduces telemedicine for burns
STRUCTURE: Burns patients at Scunthorpe General Hospital are able to get an expert opinion on their treatment from elsewhere in the country thanks to a telemedicine link.
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North Lincs and Goole identifies 13/14 savings gap
FINANCE: North Lincolnshire and Goole Foundation Trust faces a tough 2013-14, with the need to make extensive savings.
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Winter hits A&E waits in North Lincs
PERFORMANCE: A difficult January has affected A&E waiting times at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Foundation Trust with performance dropping to 87.5 per cent against the four hour standard at Scunthorpe General Hospital.
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Sheffield care trust records larger than expected surplus
FINANCE: Sheffield Health and Social Care Foundation Trust is reporting a surplus of £3.8m to the end of December against a planned £2.4m .
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FT governor resigns after raising concerns about blood stain
A governor of North Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals Foundation Trust has resigned after raising concerns about a blood stained chair with local media.
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Airedale Foundation Trust exceeding C Difficile target
PERFORMANCE: Airedale Foundation Trust had 16 C Difficile cases by early January – significantly above the year’s target of nine.
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Excess surplus at Leeds and York Partnership
FINANCE: Leeds and York Partnership Foundation Trust is nearly £1.5m ahead of plan on its surplus for this year.
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Leeds and York Partnership Foundation Trust appoints chair
WORKFORCE: Frank Griffiths has been reappointed chair of Leeds and York Partnership Foundation Trust by the council of governors.
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Infection concern saw temporary service move from Withernsea
PERFORMANCE: Raised levels of legionella bacteria discovered during water testing led to a temporary move of clinical services out of Withernsea Hospital in East Yorkshire in December.