All HSJ Local articles – Page 363
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Bidders shortlisted in competition for Central Surrey Health contract
COMMERCIAL: Just two bidders have been shortlisted in the competition to run the services currently provided by Central Surrey Health, the first social enterprise to come out of the NHS.
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Cumbria council launches £300,000 health and wellbeing fund
FINANCE: Cumbria county council has launched a £300,000 grant fund to support community health and wellbeing projects in Eden and Allerdale.
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Tameside Hospital admits failings in death of 12-year-old girl
PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust has admitted failings in the care of a 12-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who died of blood poisoning after being admitted to Tameside Hospital’s children’s unit.
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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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Eastern Kent PCT being kept afloat by reserves
FINANCE: NHS Eastern and Coastal Kent has used more than £5m in reserves to maintain a surplus in the first quarter of 2012-13, according to board papers.
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Under-resourced SHA holds up FT progress in Leeds
STRUCTURE: Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is continuing work on an integrated business plan, with the aim of gaining foundation status, but it has been held up by a lack of staff at its overseeing strategic health authority.
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Major staff savings plan poses risk at Leeds trust
FINANCE: Potential underachievement of a larged planned saving on workforce costs poses a financial risk to Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
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Leeds and Bradford to be designated centre for rare respiratory condition
STRUCTURE: Leeds Children’s Hospital – part of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust – has been named one of four national centres for children with Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia in a collaboration with Bradford Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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MSA breaches at Warrington and Halton
PERFORMANCE: Lastest board papers reveal breaches of the government’s rules on mixed sex accomodation earlier this year at Warrington and Halton Hopsitals NHS Foundation Trust.
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Health needs of young carers assessed
PERFORMANCE: NHS Surrey and a charity are surveying young carers to identify their health needs and inform future commissioning.
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Current West Kent overspend is ‘not sustainable’
FINANCE: Commissioners in West Kent have already been forced to dip into contingency reserves due to excess activity by their acute providers, board papers reveal.
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Medway FT ‘main factor’ driving commissioner overspend
FINANCE: NHS Medway and its clinical commissioning group have cited “over-performance” by the local foundation trust as the key cause of overspending during the first quarter of 2012-13.
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Birmingham cluster predicts £26m QIPP shortfall
FINANCE: Birmingham and Solihull primary care trust cluster has predicted a £26m shortfall on efficiency savings against a target of £58m.
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New ambulance prep centre opened
STRUCTURE: South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust has opened a Make Ready Centre in Ashford.
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Major capital project set to start at Ashford
STRUCTURE: A £2.8m refurbishment of the outpatients department at Ashford Hospital is scheduled to begin on 13 August, according to board papers.
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Ashford and St Peter’s improves on four-hour A&E target
PERFORMANCE: Ashford and St Peter’s Hospital Foundation Trust was meeting the four-hour target for accident and emergency waits by the end of the first quarter of 2012-13, according to board papers.
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West Midlands SHA releases £44m to Birmingham cluster
FINANCE: The West Midlands strategic health authority will release £44m to the Birmingham and Solihull primary care trust cluster, on the understanding the cluster pays for all its transition costs.
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Bradford District Care Trust begins IT integration
COMMERCIAL: Bradford District Care Trust has begun an integration of two clinical IT systems.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: Financial crisis at Peterborough and Stamford
This briefing looks at how to address the anticipated financial deficit of Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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Staffordshire Partnership launches FT consultation
STRUCTURE: People living in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent are being urged to have their say on future plans for Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Partnership Trust.