All HSJ Local articles – Page 507
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South London and Maudsley to cut £7.5m-worth of posts
WORKFORCE: The South London and Maudsley plans to cut £7.5m-worth of posts from its workforce over the next three years.
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North Essex cluster yet to find £13m of savings plans
FINANCE: More than £13m of saving schemes for this year are yet to be identified by the North Essex primary care trust cluster.
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Homerton looks north to expand rehab service
COMMERCIAL: The east London foundation trust said it would look to expand its stroke rehabilitation service into Enfield and Haringey, as part of its growth strategy.
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Continuing care demand leads to overspend in Norfolk
FINANCE: NHS Norfolk is overspending on continuing healthcare due to “continued growth in patient numbers”, despite a £5m increase in its budget.
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Countess of Chester to shed 6 per cent of staff over three years
WORKFORCE: The foundation has forecast that it will reduce its workforce by an estimated 189.51 whole time equivalent posts by 2013-14, its newly published three year plan shows.
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NHS Lewisham memory service aiming for 500 referrals this year
PERFORMANCE: The south east London commissioning organisation is aiming to refer 500 people this year to the service provided by the local mental health trust.
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NHS Croydon plans £3.4m disinvestment in mental health services
FINANCE: The south London commissioning organisation is planning a total disinvestment of £3.4m on its block contract with its local mental health trust over the current and next two financial years.
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Early acute overspend leads to £10m 'pressures' forecast in Norfolk
FINANCE: Norfolk primary care trust is predicting acute activity to be above plan by more than £10m by the end of the year, as “all major providers” are currently over performing.
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Cancer target breach expected at Luton and Dunstable
PERFORMANCE: Luton and Dunstable Hospital FT expected to breach cancer waiting targets for the first two months of current financial year due to clearing a backlog, according to board papers.
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Patient volume forces East Surrey to close A&E
PERFORMANCE: Patient volumes forced the accident and emergency department at East Surrey Hospital to close for five hours last month in a situation more akin to winter pressures.
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Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership overspending in 'some staff areas'
WORKFORCE: Staff in post at Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust are 314 whole time equivalent below the funded level, but the organisation is still overspending on staff in some areas.
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One year without MRSA for Colchester FT
PERFORMANCE: Colchester University Hospital FT has gone a whole year without a case of MRSA, according to figures from the Health Protection Agency.
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Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership forced to plug CIP gap
FINANCE: Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust is looking for non-recurrent savings to plug a £600,000 gap in its cost improvement plan savings.
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Financial pressures 'beginning to emerge' in Newcastle
FINANCE: Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tyneside primary care organisations are already reporting overspends according to NHS North of Tyne board papers.
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C difficile targets breached in Northumbria
PERFORMANCE: Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust missed its in year targets for reducing the first quarter, board papers reveal.
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South of Tyne awards contract for specialist services for young people
COMMERCIAL: NHS South of Tyne and Wear has awarded a contract for its specialist community child and adolescent mental health and learning disability service, following a consultation with children and families on how they would like to see services delivered.
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Dementia service waiting times improve in the NE
PERFORMANCE: Average lengths of stay for dementia patients across the region has reduced from 16 to 10 days, and patients are seeing a specialist liaison nurse within a day, something which could previously take up to five days.
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Primary care organisations across NE launch equality consultation
PERFORMANCE: Primary Care Organisations across the North East are inviting members of the public to have their say on how equality can be improved in the NHS.
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New public health director at North Tyneside
WORKFORCE: North Tyneside Council and primary care trust have jointly appointed a new public health director to start in October.
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Increase in parking charges at NUH
FINANCE: Nottingham Hospitals NHS trust has announced that it will increase the rates it charges for patients and visitors to park in its car parks from September.