All HSJ Local articles – Page 489
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Heatherwood FT closes birthing centre
STRUCTURE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park NHS Foundation Trust has closed its Ascot Birth Centre due to “unprecedented” staff sickness and maternity leave rates.
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Social enterprise takes over community services in Great Yarmouth
STRUCTURE: Great Yarmouth and Waveney primary care trust is to hand over the provision of community services in the area to a newly formed social enterprise.
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NHS Cumbria asks for recovery plan to avert £4m acute care overspend
FINANCE: The primary care trust recorded a surplus of £145,000 for the first five months of 2011-12, against a plan to have under spent by £1.7m by that point in the financial year.
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Two social enterprises for Surrey
STRUCTURE: Central Surrey Health has welcomed the launch of a second healthcare social enterprise in Surrey, called First Community Health and Care.
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'Complexities' hold up Warwickshire QIPP plan
FINANCE: Warwickshire PCT is lowering expectations around its efficiency saving programme, following delays in agreeing savings with providers.
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Medway and Dartford push for merger
STRUCTURE: The boards of Medway Foundation Trust and Dartford and Gravesham Trust have decided to “proceed to the next stage” of planning to merge their organisations.
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Warwickshire PCT overspends on acute contracts
FINANCE: Warwickshire primary care trust is over-spending on its acute contracts amid “exceptionally high” emergency activity.
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Taunton and Somerset medical director steps down
WORKFORCE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust’s medical director has stepped down but will continue to work as a consultant anaesthetist.
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Commissioners to investigate pressure ulcer rates at Barnet and Chase Farm
PERFORMANCE: The north central London primary care trust cluster is to raise the high number of pressure ulcers reported at Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals at its next clinical quality review meeting.
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London commissioning cluster predicts deficit for 2011-12
FINANCE: The north central London cluster is predicting a deficit of £14.8m this financial year, new documents reveal.
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Tees mulls acute paediatric centre reduction
STRUCTURE: Maintaining the current model of paediatric services on Teeside may not be a “sustainable” or “safe” option in future, according to board papers.
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Tees PCTs eye regional commissioning support collaboration
STRUCTURE: Primary care trusts in the NHS Tees cluster are expecting to create commissioning support organisations with others in the North East, or in North Yorkshire.
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UPDATED: NHS South top team revealed
WORKFORCE: The executive team of the new NHS South of England strategic health authority cluster has been announced.
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Southampton gets FT status after DH promise of 'restructured' debt
STRUCTURE: A large hospital trust on the south coast has achieved foundation status, after being told its debt would be “restructured” by the Department of Health.
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Plymouth Hospitals makes 18 week target despite backlog
PERFORMANCE: Almost 1,400 patients waited longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment at Plymouth Hospitals Trust during June.
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Disparity over version of events surrounding patient deaths at Wexham Park
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners and providers in Berkshire are reporting different details of events surrounding the same patient mortality incidents, it has emerged.
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Sussex Partnership announces £3m upgrade of low secure facilities
FINANCE: Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust’s board has agreed plans to improve and expand its secure mental health services in Chichester.
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Sussex Partnership directors pledge to balance books
FINANCE: Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust has pledged to safeguard frontline services and deliver a balanced budget for 2011-12, despite facing “challenging times”.
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Turnaround directors get started at Leicester
FINANCE: Turnaround advisors from Deloitte and Finnamore have started working on the three month contract they have agreed with the trust.
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NHS Plymouth forced to increase savings targets
FINANCE: NHS Plymouth is £3m behind on its savings plan and is forecasting an underachievement of £8.6m by year end.