All HSJ Local articles – Page 289

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Aylesbury Vale CCG heading for deficit

2013-03-11T11:59:00Z

FINANCE: Aylesbury Vale clinical commissioning group is forecasting a £1m deficit for 2012-13, driven largely by demand for unscheduled care services.

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Epsom and St Helier plans 5.4 per cent saving next year

2013-03-11T11:58:00Z

FINANCE: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust are planning savings of £19.9m in 2013-14.

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Yorks and Derby trusts plan joint work on viability, quality and staff terms

2013-03-11T11:42:00Z

STRUCTURE: A group of seven hospital trusts in Yorkshire and Derbyshire are developing plans for joint working on issues including viability, service quality and staff terms and conditions.

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GP claims his CCG is pressing savings 'beyond point of safety'

2013-03-08T17:02:00Z

STRUCTURE: Doctors at a Nottinghamshire GP practice have warned they are being “pushed beyond the point of safety” to save money for their clinical commissioning group.

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Review suggests reducing Redditch A&E

2013-03-08T11:50:00Z

A major review of acute services in Worcestershire has recommended reducing the number of patients being seen at Alexandra Hospital in Redditch by around a quarter.

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Leeds campaigners win heart surgery case

2013-03-08T10:05:00Z

STRUCTURE: Campaigners have won a high court challenge over the decision to remove children’s heart surgery services from Leeds.

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Royal United struggles for capacity

2013-03-07T16:41:00Z

PERFORMANCE: High levels of activity at Royal United Hospital Bath has seen the trust forced to keep open about 50 extra beds at the beginning of the year.

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Buckinghamshire QIPP plan to fall short by a third

2013-03-07T16:41:00Z

FINANCE: Buckinghamshire’s attempts to reduce activity were off target due to quality, innovation, productivity and prevention plan slippages.

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Epsom and St Helier meets waiting targets but behind in some specialties

2013-03-07T16:41:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust is hitting waiting time targets for the year-to-date but has backlogs in three specialities.

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Serco out-of-hours fell 'unacceptably short'

2013-03-07T15:44:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Cornwall’s Serco run out-of-hours service fell “unacceptably short” of essential standards of quality and safety, the chair of the public accounts committee has said.

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Strike threat at Yorkshire Ambulance Service

2013-03-07T15:38:00Z

WORKFORCE: Hundreds of frontline staff at an ambulance trust could be taking strike action by the end of the month.

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Royal Cornwall's response to concerns 'less than adequate'

2013-03-07T15:31:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Failure to respond properly to concerns raised by staff at Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust allowed a potentially unsafe doctor to continue to operate for more than ten years, a report has found.

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New nursing director for Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust

2013-03-07T09:38:00Z

WORKFORCE: Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust has appointed a new nursing director.

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Non-elective activity drives Bath cluster overspend

2013-03-07T09:38:00Z

FINANCE: The Wiltshire and Bath and North East Somerset primary care trust cluster was overspent on its contract with Great Western Hospitals Foundation Trust by £3.3m at the end of January.

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Trust acknowledges errors in care of patient found hanged

2013-03-07T09:37:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust has said it “sincerely regrets” the shortcomings in the care provided to a man with mental health problems who was found dead at his home last year.

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Board in place for Hillingdon Healthwatch

2013-03-06T17:59:00Z

STRUCTURE: A chair and board have been appointed to Healthwatch Hillingdon, which has a start date of 1 April 2013.

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NHS Leeds PCT expects £23m surplus

2013-03-06T17:50:00Z

NHS Leeds PCT is expected to record a year-end surplus of £23.2 million, in line with the control total agreed with the SHA.

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Bradford Care Trust took 'appropriate' action over homicide

2013-03-06T17:48:00Z

PERFORMANCE: An independent review into a homicide committed by a service user of Bradford District Care Trust’s mental health services has determined that actions taken to investigate the incident were appropriate.

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Scarborough CCG may reopen MIU

2013-03-06T17:38:00Z

STRUCTURE: A clinical commissioning group is looking to reopen a minor injuries unit at weekends – just a few months after the local PCT closed it to save money.

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Harrogate FT records below target suplus

2013-03-06T17:22:00Z

FINANCE: Harrogate and District Foundation Trust had a surplus of £1.7m after the first eight months of the financial year - £1.2m less than planned.