All BLACKPOOL TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST articles – Page 11
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HSJ LocalVascular controversy spreads to Lancashire
Discontent over the Cheshire and Merseyside vascular reconfiguration has spread across the North West
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: North West’s vascular controversy spreads to Lancashire and Cumbria
Discontent over the Cheshire and Merseyside vascular reconfiguration has spread across the North West
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Blackpool Teaching Hospitals opens new clinical trials facility
RESEARCH: Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust has opened a new dedicated clinical trials facility, in place of its former practice of undertaking research on wards, it has reported.
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Blackpool Teaching Hospitals removed from significant breach
FINANCE: Foundation trust regulator Monitor today confirmed that Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Trust was no longer in significant breach of its terms of authorisation.
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FTs join forces on pathology services
STRUCTURE: University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay FT and Blackpool Teaching Hospitals FT have announced plans to work together to develop pathology services in Cumbria and Lancashire.
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NewsMortality rate indicator reveals seven acute trust outliers
Seven acute trusts have emerged as consistent outliers against the controversial mortality rate measure, with significantly more patient deaths than expected, analysis of the latest data reveals.
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Recruitment drive at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals to address nursing shortages
WORKFORCE: The trust’s unscheduled medical care division has acknowledged it will need to recruit up to eight nurses and healthcare assistants a month to prevent a repeat of the staff shortages it experienced in 2011.
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Workforce director appointed at Plymouth
WORKFORCE: Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust’s deputy director of human resources is to join Plymouth Hospitals Trust as director of workforce.
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Community hospitals consultation will be more than 12 months overdue
STRUCTURE: A long-awaited public consultation on the future of community hospitals on the Fylde Coast has been put back again, until “at least the summer” - a year after it was due to take place.
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NHS Blackpool prepares for consultation on major reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: Commissioners across Blackpool and Lancashire will next month begin public consultation on a major reconfiguration of community inpatient services across the Fylde coast.
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CommentNorth West savings progress still leaves room for trusts to improve
Christmas may seem like a distant memory, but it’s worth recalling that the North of England went home for the break with a big gold star on its Department of Health report card.
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NHS Blackpool chief executive seconded to acute provider
WORKFORCE: The primary care trust’s chief executive, Wendy Swift, has been seconded to Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust as their managing director of community services.
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NewsTrusts blame high SHMIs on poor coding
More than half of the trusts that performed poorly against the new summary hospital-level mortality indicator have blamed their figures on coding issues, with palliative care a particular area of concern.
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Costs data submitted by Blackpool Teaching Hospitals ‘incorrect’
FINANCE: The foundation was among the 12 per cent of NHS trusts whose 2009-10 reference cost submissions were materially inaccurate, the Audit Commission reported today.
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Blackpool Teaching Hospitals FT plans to cut 675 posts over three years
WORKFORCE: The foundation plans to cut the equivalent of 675 whole-time posts over the next three years, its newly published three-year plan shows.
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Fourteen FTs ended 2010-11 in deficit
Fourteen foundation trusts finished 2010-11 in the red, with their combined deficit totalling £66m for the year, according to data from Monitor.
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Blackpool Teaching Hospitals FT made a £24m loss in 2010-11
FINANCE: Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Foundation trust has had to report a £23.6m deficit for 2010-11, its annual report reveals.
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NHS Blackpool records £342,000 surplus in first two months of 2011-12
FINANCE: NHS Blackpool reported a £342,000 under spend against its revenue resource limit for the first two months of the financial year.
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Northern hospitals group collaborate to cut deaths
PERFORMANCE: A group of hospitals that have worked together to reduce death rates say they achieved above-average reductions in mortality ratios last year.
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Blackpool Teaching Hospitals drafts plan to cut out £1.5m of management costs
WORKFORCE: A document presented to the foundation’s 30 March board meeting outlined draft plans to save £1.5m by “streamlining” its clinical management.