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New finance director for Winchester and Eastleigh

2011-03-01T16:43:00Z

WORKFORCE: Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare Trust has appointed an interim director of finance and IM&T.

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CQC to inspect Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare Trust

2011-03-01T16:36:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has informed Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare Trust that inspectors will be carrying out a planned review.

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NHS Isle of Wight to agree SLA for commissioning

2011-03-01T16:35:00Z

STRUCTURE: NHS Isle of Wight is to divest day to day operational commissioning activities and support to its primary care trust “cluster” through a local service level agreement.

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Pharmacists ordering scripts without patient consent in Oldham

2011-03-01T16:33:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The primary care trust has discovered that some pharmacies on its patch have been ordering repeat prescriptions on behalf of patients without their informed consent.

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Oxford Radcliffe and Nuffield merger under scrutiny

2011-03-01T16:31:00Z

STRUCTURE: The Co-operation and Competition Panel (CCP) has started work on assessing the proposed integration of Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals and the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre.

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Single Telford and Wrekin consortium

2011-03-01T16:27:00Z

STRUCTURE: A single commissioning consortium is emerging in Telford and Wrekin, and is likely to become a sub committee of the primary care trust board from April.

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Safety breach risk at North Middlesex University Hospital neonatal unit

2011-03-01T16:24:00Z

WORKFORCE: The London trust is warning of a risk to patient safety in its neonatal unit due to staff shortages.

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Single consortium emerging for Shropshire County

2011-03-01T16:18:00Z

STRUCTURE: A single commissioning consortium is emerging in Shropshire County, with all practices signed up except one in Bridgnorth.

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Luton PCT challenges providers to help with deficit

2011-03-01T16:16:00Z

FINANCE: Luton PCT has said it has begun to make “rigorous challenges” to its providers because it faces a deficit for the year.

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Orthopaedic Hospital in deficit despite delivering savings plan

2011-03-01T16:11:00Z

FINANCE: The north London specialist trust has a £1.8m deficit despite delivering £2.1m saving plan, according to February board papers.

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Barnsley FT struggling with C difficile stretch target

2011-03-01T16:02:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Barnsley Hospital Foundation Trust is missing its stretch target for preventing C difficile cases.

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Peterborough GP commissioning sub-committee to take on commissioning budgets

2011-03-01T16:00:00Z

STRUCTURE: NHS Peterborough’s GP commissioning sub-committee will take on responsibility for acute commissioning, referral management and prescribing budgets, according to board papers.

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Barnsley FT giving consortium 'breathing space'

2011-03-01T15:55:00Z

STRUCTURE: Barnsley Hospital Foundation Trust is not interacting heavily with local emerging commissioners, and is respecting their wish to be given “breathing space” rather than heavy interaction.

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Sussex Partnership FT confident on efficiency savings

2011-03-01T15:15:00Z

FINANCE: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has thanked its staff for helping to make projected efficiency savings of around £11m this financial year.

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Financial situation deteriorating at Sussex Community NHS Trust

2011-03-01T15:13:00Z

FINANCE: Board reports for the community trust show that in January it had an in-month loss of £168,000.

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Chief exec appointed to lead future community provider in Kent

2011-03-01T15:08:00Z

WORKFORCE: A chief executive has been announced for the proposed provider organisation Kent Community Health Trust.

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NHS Medway applies reserves to reach surplus

2011-03-01T15:05:00Z

FINANCE: The primary care trust is predicting an end-of-year £4m surplus after committing reserves to counter an in-year deficit.

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Medway charity given government cash to survive the year

2011-03-01T15:03:00Z

FINANCE: A healthcare charity in Medway will receive a share of the £3.6m financial assistance fund set up to support charitiesby the Department of Health.

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Brighton health charities receives government funding to keep going

2011-03-01T14:58:00Z

FINANCE: Three health and social care charities in Brighton and Hove will receive a share of the £3.6m financial assistance fund set up to support charities by the Department of Health.

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West Kent charity receives government funding to stay open

2011-03-01T11:43:00Z

FINANCE: A healthcare charity in Medway will receive a share of the £3.6m financial assistance fund set up to support charities by the Department of Health.