All HSJ Local articles – Page 453
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Leicester City boosts Health Check funding
FINANCE: Extra funding is being made available in Leicester over the next two years to increase the number of patients being offered a free Health Check at GP practices across the city.
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Dudley rejects 'one hot meal a day' savings plan
FINANCE: The trust has rejected plans to reduce the number of hot meals provided to patients each day from two to one a day despite the £400,000 savings that could have been made.
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South Western Ambulance fails target in Somerset
PERFORMANCE: South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust is reaching fewer life threatening calls within the eight minute target in Somerset than any of the other four counties it covers.
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Six Cornwall CCGs merge to become two - including one of the largest in England
STRUCTURE: Cornwall and Isles of Scilly PCT GPs are now proposing two clinical commissioning groups, down from an initial six practice based commissioning groups.
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Dorset County Hospitals to cut services in the community
COMMERCIAL: Dorset County Hospitals Foundation Trust is to stop providing services in community hospitals operated by Dorset Healthcare Univeristy Foundation Trust.
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Significant risks to CIPs flagged by Royal Wolverhampton
FINANCE: More than a fifth of Royal Wolverhampton’s cost improvement programme faces “significant delay/risk”.
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Birmingham and Solihull decide on five CCGs but not exact membership
STRUCTURE: The Birmingham and Solihull PCTs had said there are five emerging clinical commissioning groups in their area - down from a previous 12 hopeful groups.
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'Race split' Milton Keynes CCGs agree to merge
STRUCTURE: Two emerging clinical commissioning groups in Milton Keynes - one of which was dominated by doctors with an Asian background - have agreed to merge.
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Contract penalty could cost Birmingham Community nearly £100,000
FINANCE: In October there were six contractual key performance indicators which breached targets at Birmingham Community Healthcare Trust.
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Savings surplus predicted by Dudley and Walsall
FINANCE: Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Trust is predicting to exceed its savings plans by £15,925.
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Royal Wolverhampton breaching C difficile target
PERFORMANCE: The trust is predicting 144 clostridium difficile cases by the end of the year - 60 over target.
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Taunton and Somerset ahead of plan on surplus
FINANCE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust is reporting a surplus £214,000 ahead of plan.
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Delayed transfers up at Northern Devon
PERFORMANCE: The number of delayed transfers of care are increasing at community hospitals run by Northern Devon Healthcare Trust.
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New mental health trust is born
The new Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust is to launch on 3 January following a merger of Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health Foundation Trust and the former Suffolk Mental Health Partnership Trust.
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North central London cluster predicts £24m deficit
FINANCE: The north central London PCT cluster is predicting a deficit of £24m by the end of 2011-12
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PWC called in as NHS Haringey predicted to end year in deficit
FINANCE: The north east London commissioning body has had to call in consultants PricewaterhouseCooper after a £400,000 shortfall against its £5m saving plan.
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NHS North Central London says 'catastrophic' financial failure 'almost certain'
FINANCE: The north London commissioning cluster gave itself the highest possible risk rating at its most recent meeting as it assessed its chances of achieving financial balance over the next four years.
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Homerton looks for performance and 'market share analysis' software
COMMERCIAL: The east London acute trust has tendered for software that will analyse “clinical efficiency and productivity, PbR and relative risk ratios”.
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Kingston Hospital looking to appoint advisors on VAT opportunities
FINANCE: The south west London acute is seeking VAT advisors “to advise the trust on VAT issues and opportunities arising as a result of a change of status to foundation trust”.
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Integrated finance plan for Southern Health set back
STRUCTURE: Plans to create a single set of accounts for Southern Health as part of an efficiency drive have slipped by more than a year.