All HSJ Local articles – Page 488
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York GPs tell patients they can pay for NHS-limited procedures
FINANCE: A GP surgery has written to patients who it believed wanted minor surgery which is no longer funded by its primary care trust, offering to carry out the procedures for a fee, it has emerged.
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Thousands of records accidentally destroyed by Dartford and Gravesham
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust breached the Data Protection Act by accidentally destroying 10,000 archived records, the Information Commissioner’s Office has said.
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East Cheshire Trust £4.1m behind on savings plans
FINANCE: At the end of August the trust was £4.1m behind on its £14.6m cost improvement programme savings plan for 2011-12, its latest finance report shows.
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Planning permission for new ward granted to Surrey and Sussex Healthcare
STRUCTURE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has been granted planning permission for a 40 bed ward, plus £2.8m from the government to build it.
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Surrey and Borders Partnership appoints non-execs
WORKFORCE: Three new non-executive directors have been appointed at Surrey and Borders Partnership Foundation Trust.
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Sickness absence up 1.3 per cent on year at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare
WORKFORCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has reported that its sickness absence rate, while down on last month, is 1.3 per cent higher than last year.
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North Cumbria finances remain ‘very fragile’ with £7m shortfall in savings plan
FINANCE: After the first five months of 2011-12 the trust had achieved cost improvement programme savings of just £3m, against a target of £15.2m for the year.
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Sheffield workforce plans 'clearly not yet aligned' to activity
WORKFORCE: The workforce plans of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust and Sheffield Children’s Foundation Trust “clearly are not yet aligned to commissioners’ intentions”, according to the NHS Yorkshire and the Humber Integrated Plan 2011-15.
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Doubt over Mid Yorks Hospitals FT readiness
STRUCTURE: “System recovery plans are being developed” to address Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust’s finance problems, to try to prepare it for foundation status, according to the NHS Yorkshire and the Humber integrated plan 2011-2015, published last week.
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Hull and East Yorkshire aims for January 2012 FT application
STRUCTURE: Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust plans to apply for foundation trust status in January.
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High 'productivity gap' for Mid Yorkshire Hospitals
FINANCE: Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust faces a larger than average challenge in providing care with fewer staff between now and 2015.
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Stroke care targets missed at Heatherwood FT
PERFORMANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park missed its target on stroke care for each of the first three months of 2011-12.
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Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals face large QIPP 'productivity gap'
FINANCE: Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust faces a larger than average challenge in providing care with fewer staff between now and 2015.
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Heatherwood FT worst in South Central on VTE
PERFORMANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park NHS Foundation Trust is the worst performer in the South Central region for venous thromboembolism, with performance declining in the first quarter of 2011-12.
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Heatherwood FT warned over C-section rate
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners have told Heatherwood and Wexham Park NHS Foundation Trust to reduce its rate of babies born by Caesarean section.
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Yorkshire Ambulance to submit for FT status in June
STRUCTURE: Yorkshire Ambulance Service Trust is due to submit its foundation trust application in June 2012.
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Legionella 'issues' at Basildon and Thurrock
PERFORMANCE: There are “ongoing issues” with legionella at Basildon and Thurrock UHFT, according to a document from the local strategic health authority.
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South West gets 'special consideration' for surgery site
COMMERCIAL: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust and Plymouth Hospitals Trust are both to continue providing gynaecological cancer surgery on site after agreeing to create one multi-disciplinary team spanning the two trusts.
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SHA slams Peterborough PCT over 'inaccurate' TCS assurance
STRUCTURE: NHS Peterborough have been criticised for providing “consistently inaccurate assurance” to the strategic health authority during the process to divest its community services.
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Exclusive: cluster-sized commissioning group being considered
STRUCTURE: GPs in Cambridgeshire could form a single clinical commissioning group for the entire county, covering two primary care trust areas.