All Acute care articles – Page 289
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Central Manchester University FT one of eight chosen maternity and children's acute in region
Structure: Central Manchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust runs one of just eight sites in the greater Manchester region selected to provide overnight maternity and children’s services in the future.
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Royal Liverpool increases cleaning and inspection of stairwells after patient falls and dies
PERFORMANCE: The trust has undertaken an “extensive” investigation of its 59 sets of stairs, following the death of a patient who fell down a stairwell.
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On-call doctor investigated after Calderstones patient suffers Christmas day cardiac arrest
PERFORMANCE: The mental health foundation trust has launched an investigation into the actions of an on-call doctor after a patient in its Maplewood facility suffered cardiac arrest on Christmas day.
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Liverpool Heart and Chest behind on PPCI target
PERFORMANCE: Liverpool Heart and Chest Foundation Trust failed its “call to balloon” target for primary percutaneous coronary interventions (PPCI) in the first six months of 2010-11, local primary care trust NHS Liverpool reported in January.
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Aintree Hospitals Foundation Trust to lose some gynaecology activity under PCT proposal
Structure: Aintree Hospitals Foundation Trust stands to lose some of its gynaecology activity under its local primary care trust’s plans to move inpatient and some day case gynaecology activity from Aintree to Liverpool Women’s Foundation Trust.
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Plymouth Hospitals Trust reports health infection rates
PERFORMANCE: Plymouth Hospitals Trust has reported low rates of healthcare associated infections against its accepted quota.
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East Sussex Hospitals starts to ‘turn corner’ on £6m deficit
FINANCE: East Sussex has maintained its year-to-date deficit of £6m since the previous month
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East Sussex Hospitals has no ‘further flexibility’ on MRSA
PERFORMANCE: East Sussex has matched its annual limit for MRSA cases, with three months of the financial year still left to get through.
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Bassetlaw Hospital children services unsustainable
STRUCTURE: A review carried out for NHS Bassetlaw has found that current services for children at Bassetlaw Hospital are safe, but are not sustainable in their current form into the future.
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Overperformance fuels 'strong' surplus at Birmingham Children's Hospital Foundation Trust
FINANCE: Birmingham Children’s Hospital Foundation Trust is predicting a year end surplus of between £8m and £9m.
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East Sussex Hospitals pilots maternity phone triage service
STRUCTURE: The trust is piloting a service that provides support and advice to pregnant women over the phone.
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Trafford scrambles for extra savings to avert deficit
FINANCE: The primary care trust was forced to find an additional £6m of savings halfway through the financial year, after realising its “most likely” financial result for 2010/11 was a £2.25m deficit.
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Oxfordshire Learning Disability Trust behind on surplus plans
FINANCE: Oxfordshire Learning Disability NHS Trust is predicting a year end surplus more than 65 per cent less than plan.
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Pennine Acute will need to cut costs by £22.5m to manage tariff cut
FINANCE: The trust will have to find savings of £22.5m in 2011/12 to make up for nationally directed price cuts of 1.5 per cent, latest board papers show.
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Red risk over staff shortages at Northampton General
WORKFORCE: Staff shortages have led to “headcount” being recorded as a red risk at Northampton General Hospital Trust.
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Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust has better than expected surplus
FINANCE: Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust has achieved a “bottom line” surplus of £1.205m, which is £158,000 better than the planned position, as measured against the Department of Health’s performance target.
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Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust get go-ahead for new hospital
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY: Health secretary Andrew Lansley has backed a plan by Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust to buy land for a new hospital via a compulsory purchase order.
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Audit Commission highlights weaknesses at Great Western Ambulance Service
FINANCE: The Audit Commission’s annual audit of Great Western Ambulance Service highlighted two serious weaknesses in reporting.
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NHS Walsall's providers over-performing by £6m
FINANCE: Acute contracts for services commissioned by NHS Walsall are over-performing to the tune of £6.2m.
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Poole FT facing deficit of £4.7m
FINANCE: Poole NHS Foundation Trust is forecasting a deficit of £4.7m against a planned surplus of £0.1m.