All HSJ Local articles – Page 537
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Start of year marred by rise in SUIs at Sussex Community Trust
PERFORMANCE: Sussex Community NHS Trust has given itself an overall “red” rating for serious untoward incidents (SUIs) during April.
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Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust achieves 78 per cent of its savings targets
FINANCE: The West Country acute trust had a cost improvement programme target of £19.7m but only achieved £15.3m in 2010-11.
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Exclusive: McKinsey working with trust to see if it can make FT status in current form
STRUCTURE: A report prepared for NHS London said the South London Healthcare Trust was “currently being reviewed by McKinsey & Co and this is feeding into the options assessment around whether/when the organisation can achieve FT status in its current form”.
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City Hospitals Sunderland in bottom 20 per cent for CIP achievement
FINANCE: The acute trust achieved only 76 per cent of its cost improvement programme for the past financial year.
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Surrey and Borders Partnership to inform national policy on equality and diversity
WORKFORCE: The mental health FT has been selected as a member of the Department of Health’s “trust reference group” on equality and diversity.
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Kent and Medway consults public on community engagement plan
STRUCTURE: Kent and Medway has begun a consultation on draft plans for a community engagement strategy.
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Queen Victoria Hospital FT buys data protection system
COMMERCIAL: The foundation trust has purchased a data protection system from technology company Mastek.
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Fire risk found at Surrey and Borders Partnership FT
PERFORMANCE: The mental health foundation trust has identified a risk from use of cigarette lighters and matches in its wards, board papers suggest.
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Surrey and Borders Partnership FT finished last year with small deficit
FINANCE: The mental health foundation trust reported a year-end deficit of £313,000 for 2010-11, according to board papers.
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Surrey and Borders struggling to improve serious incident reporting
PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust has ongoing difficulties with the reporting of serious incidents, according to board papers.
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Buckinghamshire Healthcare cuts staff bill
WORKFORCE Buckinghamshire Healthcare has knocked £1m off its staff pay bill in a month, but is reporting a higher than planned rate of sickness among staff.
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New cancer unit planned for Southampton General
STRUCTURE: A dedicated emergency assessment unit for cancer patients is being jointly planned by Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust and Macmillan Cancer Support.
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South Central SHA wins fluoridation battle
South Central strategic health authority has won a lengthy battle with residents who opposed water fluoridation, adding that it will be “several months” before the chemical can be added to the local water supply.
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Investigation launched into Hampshire Partnership patient death
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission conducted a review of Hampshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust after a patient died from renal failure and dehydration.
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Spending on private providers blows NHS Oldham’s acute budget by £5m
FINANCE: The primary care trust’s acute care budget was blown by £5.5m in 2010-11, due mainly to overspending on private providers.
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Oxford Health falls short of CIP target
FINANCE: Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust made efficiency savings of £5.5m in 2010-11, 89.1 per cent of its cost improvement plan target – however more than a third of that total came from non-recurrent savings.
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King's College Hospital plans 'fully established' commercial directorate in 2013-14
COMMERCIAL: The south London acute trust set out its vision for attracting private patients in its three year plan, which has been sent to Monitor.
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Royal Berkshire FT set to lose patients from Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to rival
STRUCTURE: The acute trust reported that it had complained to the strategic health authority NHS South Central about the designation of level three Neonatal Intensive Care Unit services, which would see it lose patients to the John Radcliffe Hospital.
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NHS Oldham providers lose £1.2m through rules to curb emergency treatment
FINANCE: The primary care trust’s providers lost an estimated £1.17m in 2010-11 through rules designed to curb spending on non-elective activity, board papers show.
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Central Manchester FT’s backlog of Trafford patients rises 30 per cent
PERFORMANCE: The backlog of untreated NHS Trafford patients at Central Manchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust rose 30 per cent over the course of 2010-11, the primary care trust reported.