All ACUTE LIST articles – Page 38
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Tower Hamlets beats surplus target despite acute overspend
FINANCE: NHS Tower Hamlets is forecasting an end of year surplus of £6.97m for 2010-11, despite a projected acute commissioning overspend of £6m.
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Bradford FT concern about community service savings
STRUCTURE: Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust has expressed concern that not enough savings are being made in the community services that it is due to take over.
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Bradford plans to protect productivity next winter
PERFORMANCE: Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust is developing a “12 month demand management capacity plan” with the intention of avoiding having to cancel elective surgery next winter.
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Whipps Cross chief exec steps down to work on merger plan
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust has announced she is to step down.
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CQC warns East Sussex Hospitals over staffing levels
WORKFORCE: The Care Quality Commission has given East Sussex Hospitals Trust until the end of the month to improve staffing levels.
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Guy's and St Thomas's A and E under pressure
PERFORMANCE: Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust went on to “red status” for the first time ever for emergency admissions in January.
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Agency spend rises at Guy's and St Thomas'
WORKFORCE: Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is hiring 250 nurses after noting a “worrying” increasing dependency on temporary staff.
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East Kent Hospitals University FT likely to seek £8m surplus next year
FINANCE: East Kent Hospitals University FT is considering whether to set an £8m surplus target for the next financial year.
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Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells Hospitals to seek FT status in 2013
STRUCTURE: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells will submit an application for foundation status to the Department of Health in 2013, according to its strategic health authority.
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Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals set to apply for FT status in May
STRUCTURE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals will submit its authorisation for foundation status to the Department of Health in May 2011, according to its strategic health authority.
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East Sussex Hospitals Trust to make FT application in 2012
STRUCTURE: East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust will submit an application for foundation status to the Department of Health in October 2012, according to its strategic health authority.
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Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals wins deanery bid
STRUCTURE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust has been selected as the host organisation for the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Deanery.
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Over activity at Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust
PERFORMANCE: Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust has reported over activity for elective care, including outpatient procedures 120 per cent above plan.
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Cambridge UHFT is £3.2m below its planned surplus for the year
FINANCE: Cambridge University Hospital FT has reported a surplus of over £650,000 for the year to date, £3.2m worse than plan.
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Efficiency training for managers underway at Ashford and St Peter’s
WORKFORCE: Executives at Ashford and St Peter’s have received leadership training to try and make them more productive.
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A&E pressures at Ashford and St Peter’s
PERFORMANCE: Ashford and St Peter’s experienced significant capacity pressure in accident and emergency during February as a result of winter weather.
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Workforce vacancy increase at Hinchingbrooke
WORKFORCE: Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust has seen overall increases in staff vacancy rates and, in particular, a significant increase in the rate of vacancies for registered nurses.
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Newcastle hospitals firm speeds cancer screening
COMMERCIAL: A firm part-owned by Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust says it is offering faster turnaround breast cancer screening after developing new gene testing methods.
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Doncaster plans extension of new bariatric service
STRUCTURE: Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals Foundation Trust is planning to extend its bariatric surgery service which opened last year.
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Dorset hospital trust misses key targets
PERFORMANCE: Dorset County Hospital NHS Trust is continuing to struggle on several key performance indicators, including targets on waiting times, accident and emergency treatment, operation cancellations, cancer treatment, and stroke services.