All HSJ Local articles – Page 471
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PCT visit highlighted care and records issues at Peterborough and Stamford FT
PERFORMANCE: Care quality and medical records issues at Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals FT were highlighted in an unannounced visit from the PCT, public board minutes reveal.
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Basildon and Thurrock FT in talks to stay within private income cap
COMMERCIAL: Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals is renegotiating a contract with a private provider to ensure the FT does not breach its private patient income cap, as it did last year.
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Southend FT falls £2m behind on savings plan
FINANCE: Southend University Hospital Foundation Trust has fallen £2m behind on its savings plans in the first six months of the 2011-12 financial year, according to board papers.
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Peterborough and Stamford needed 'advance payments' for cash position
FINANCE: Peterborough and Stamford FT has secured “advance payments” from PCTs to continue operating despite a cash shortage, according to board documents.
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West Suffolk Hospitals upgrades to digital breast scanners
COMMERCIAL: West Suffolk Hospital Trust is spending £1.2m upgrading its breast cancer scaning equipment with the latest digital technology.
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Sheffield first for children's paediatric cancer peer review
PERFORMANCE: Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has become the first to be reviewed against government standards for children’s paediatric oncology services.
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North Yorkshire service shake-up gets permanent director
FINANCE: A full-time director has been appointed to oversee implementation of the findings of a major review of NHS services and use of resources in North Yorkshire and York.
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Leicestershire and Rutland CCGs to take over full relevant commissioning budget
FINANCE: Clinical Commissioning Groups in Leicestershire and Rutland will next year take over 100 per cent of the commissioning budget that they will eventually be responsible for.
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FT to investigate series of 'never events'
PERFORMANCE: Cambridgeshire University Hospitals FT has launched an investigation after four “never events” at the Addenbrooke’s Hospital in six weeks.
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Board meets to set up Anglia Ruskin academic partnership
STRUCTURE: Universities and hospitals in the East of England are planning to come together in a “collaborative” partnership, according to board papers.
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Southend FT looks at lease deals to preserve cash buffer
COMMERCIAL: Southend University Hospital FT is considering radical financial plans to tackle a cash shortage, including selling off £23m of assets to be leased back.
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New chair named at Southend FT
STRUCTURE: Southend University Hospital FT has appointed a new chair, following the retirement of a long-serving director.
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Second SMART team launched in Cheshire East
STRUCTURE: Cheshire East council has launched the second of four planned Skilled Multi Agency Response Teams, as part of a programme to improve the integration of community health and social care in the area.
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NHS Cumbria looks for extra measures to offset projected £4m acute overspend
FINANCE: The primary care trust has pulled together plans for £3m worth of “further measures” to offset a projected overspend on its 2011-12 acute provider contracts.
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Plymouth Hospitals overperforms on CIP
FINANCE: Plymouth Hospitals Trust has overacheived on its cost improvement plan by about £1m at month six.
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Wirral end-of-life care project highlights training needs
WORKFORCE: An audit of the knowledge of staff taking part in an end-of-life care project at the foundation has revealed “significant gaps in staff knowledge associated with advanced care planning, prognostication and preferred patient choice”, a report to its latest board shows.
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Sussex Partnership FT takes over Southern Cross home
STRUCTURE: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has taken over The Downs Nursing Home, Hove, from Southern Cross.
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Portsmouth trust falls behind job cuts plan
WORKFORCE: Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust is slipping against targets for cutting the size and cost of its workforce.
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High activity levels sees Royal Bournemouth surplus double
FINANCE: Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals Foundation Trust is reporting a surplus almost double plan due to over activity.
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Bristol acute tenders for provision of nursing care
COMMERCIAL: An acute trust has issued a highly unusual tender for private partners to help run and build a new health and social care centre.