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Birmingham QIPP forecast improves slightly to 46pc shortfall

2012-10-29T17:52:00Z

FINANCE: Efficiency schemes in Birmingham and Solihull are still only expected to yield little more than half their savings targets for 2012-13, despite efforts from clinical commissioning groups to close the gap.

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Birmingham and Solihull PCT cluster overperforms on demand

2012-10-29T17:15:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Birmingham and Solihull primary care trust cluster is overperforming on demand for both elective and non elective care.

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Hillingdon Hospitals readmission rate up on last year

2012-10-29T17:14:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust’s readmissions rate is 7.9 per cent for the year-to-date, up on 7.5 per cent in the same period last year.

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Ashton, Leigh and Wigan exceeds C difficile threshold

2012-10-29T17:13:00Z

PERFORMANCE: NHS Ashton, Leigh and Wigan’s rate of C difficile infection was higher than planned in the first four months of 2012-13, latest NHS Greater Manchester board papers state.

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New Derby drug and alcohol centre opens

2012-10-29T17:11:00Z

STRUCTURE: A new treatment centre for people recovering from drug and alcohol misuse will open in Derby on Monday 29 October.

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Greater Manchester awards 'any qualified provider' diagnostics contracts

2012-10-29T17:10:00Z

COMMERCIAL: Twenty three NHS and private sector providers have been awarded “any qualified provider” contracts to offer direct access diagnostics across Greater Manchester.

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South Bristol minor injuries unit fails to attract A&E patients

2012-10-29T17:08:00Z

FINANCE: Attendances at the new South Bristol Community Hospital minor injuries unit are below planned levels, creating a risk of an overspend for commisisoners.

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C difficile rate above plan for NHS Bolton

2012-10-29T17:07:00Z

PERFORMANCE: NHS Bolton had 34 cases of C difficile infection in the first four months of 2012-13, against a year-to-date plan of no more than 13, NHS Greater Manchester has reported.

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Patient records system could save £100m

2012-10-29T17:06:00Z

COMMERCIAL: An acute trust has become the first NHS organisation to launch a new health records management system, which providers estimate could save up to £100m if introduced nationwide.

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South Manchester CCG expects to miss QIPP target

2012-10-29T17:05:00Z

FINANCE: The South Manchester Clinical Commissioning Group is expecting to miss its quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) savings target by £300,000, its latest finance report states.

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Somerset Partnership community budget overspends

2012-10-29T17:04:00Z

FINANCE: The community health directorate of Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust is overspent on district nursing by £137,000 and by £72,000 on enteral feeds, and is experiencing pressure on inpatient wards and minor injury units.

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North Somerset failing incomplete pathways target

2012-10-29T16:48:00Z

PERFORMANCE: NHS North Somerset is failing the target for 92 per cent of patients to have been treated within 18 weeks.

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Bristol children's services contract set to be extended

2012-10-29T16:40:00Z

COMMERCIAL: NHS Bristol and NHS South Gloucestershire have agreed to ask North Bristol Trust to extend their contract for provding children’s services fro two years.

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Chair of rejected aspirant foundation trust resigns

2012-10-29T16:18:00Z

WORKFORCE: The chair of the Royal Wolverhampton Trust has stepped down after the trust’s foundation trust bid was rejected by Monitor.

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Bolton Foundation Trust chief to step down

2012-10-26T18:14:00Z

WORKFORCE: Lesley Doherty, chief executive of troubled Bolton Foundation Trust, has announced that she will take early retirement.

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'RATing' improves Hillingdon Hospitals' A&E performance

2012-10-25T20:04:00Z

PERFORMANCE: A report to the board of Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust said the introduction of the “RATing (rapid assessment and treatment)” had helped its A&E performance.

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Bristol DVT contract extended

2012-10-25T20:02:00Z

COMMERCIAL: The Bristol Clinical Commissioning Group and NHS Bristol have agreed a 12 month extension to a contract for a community deep vein thrombosis service in the northern areas of the city.

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Birmingham cluster overperforms on UHB contract

2012-10-25T20:00:00Z

FINANCE: The Birmingham and Solihull primary care trust cluster is overspending by £2.6m on its contract with University Hospitals Birmingham.

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Mental health trust joins with university to launch masters

2012-10-25T19:57:00Z

Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership Trust has joined with the University of Wolverhampton to launch a masters degree in primary mental health care.

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‘Micro management’ deployed to tackle Stockport’s A&E performance

2012-10-25T19:56:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Stockport Foundation Trust has missed the national four-hour waiting target for accident and emergency services for the first two quarters of 2012-13, NHS Greater Manchester’s latest board papers state.