All HSJ Local articles – Page 585
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NW Ambulance service recovers response times, but remains unlikely to hit 2010-11 target
PERFORMANCE: The trust’s response times for “Category A” calls improved in January, after they plummeted under major pressures over Christmas and New Year, but it remained unhopeful it could meet its target for the year.
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Hereford Hospitals Trust improves performance in SHA ranking
PERFORMANCE: The acute trust went up in the performance ranking system used by West Midlands strategic health authority at the most recent evaluation.
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Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt one step closer to foundation trust status
STRUCTURE: The Midlands acute and specialist trust has been given approval by the Secretary of State to be formally assessed by Monitor for foundation status.
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North Cumbria UH still in the red despite £10m handout
FINANCE: The trust was reporting a deficit of £587,000 at the end of December, despite securing an extra £10m in funding from NHS North West to “support strategic change”.
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Birmingham and Solihull FT contract negotiations escalated after 'impasse'
FINANCE: The West Midlands mental health provider reported in its latest board papers that the contract talks with Birmingham commissioners had reached a deadlock.
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'Significant challenge' on inpatient falls at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital
FINANCE: Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust faces “significant challenges” in meeting its quarter four target for inpatient falls.
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Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals rates CIPs underachievement as red risk
FINANCE: Underachievement of cost improvement programmes has been rated as a red risk at Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust.
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East and North Herts behind on surplus
FINANCE: At the end of January East and North Hertfordshire Trust was £1.2m behind its planned surplus.
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Patient falls increase at East Cheshire NHS Trust
PERFORMANCE: The incidence of patient falls reported at East Cheshire NHS Trust rose in January to the highest level it has seen in 2010-11.
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Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals at 'major' risk of contract dispute
FINANCE: The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust is at “major” risk of becoming embroiled in a dispute with commissioners regarding over-performance.
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NHS Sandwell remains on track for surplus
FINANCE: The primary care trust has further strengthened its financial position ahead of the year-end.
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NHS Sandwell bringing down teenage pregnancy rate
PERFORMANCE: Sandwell’s teenage pregnancy rate fell by almost a fifth in a decade, latest figures show.
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Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals behind on PROMs
PERFORMANCE: Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust is 18 per cent behind plan on recording some patient reported outcome measures.
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Work needed to clarify professional roles at Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals
WORKFORCE: Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust has identified a need to undertake “significant work” to address concerns over the scope of healthcare professionals’ roles.
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'Concerns' over quality monitoring meetings with NHS Hounslow cluster
PERFORMANCE: Minutes of a board meeting at West Middlesex University Hospital said chief executive Jacqueline Docherty noted “a number of staff from Hounslow [had been] appointed to senior positions” in the cluster and “advised the board there are concerns that the current quality monitoring meetings are not as effective as ...
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Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals approves merged pathology service
STRUCTURE: The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust has approved final sign-off of a business plan to centralise pathology services with Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust.
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Future of West Middlesex University Hospital to be discussed in coming weeks
STRUCTURE: The south west London hospital trust said an extraordinary trust board meeting will be held “in private in mid March to determine the way forward” to foundation trust status.
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Ten shadow consortia emerge across Birmingham
STRUCTURE: So far 10 “shadow” commissioning consortia have emerged across Birmingham.
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Nottingham University Hospitals £8m under-spent on capital programme
FINANCE: Nottingham University Hospitals Trust’s capital programme is £8.038m under-spent.
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NHS Ealing working towards year-end breakeven after agreeing cap with acute
FINANCE: The west London primary care trust agreed to cap any overspend on their contract with Ealing Hospital Trust to £3.5m.