All HSJ Local articles – Page 589
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Hinchingbrooke continues to predict breakeven as deficit grows
FINANCE: Hinchingbrooke Health Care is reporting a cumulative deficit of £1.8m but still expects to breakeven at the end of the year thanks to financial recovery plan schemes.
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Hinchingbrooke seeks to appoint directors for transition to franchise
STRUCTURE: Hinchingbrooke Health Care is looking to appoint a new chair and two non-executive directors as it finalises arrangements for Circle to take over the hospital.
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Governors wanted at Norfolk and Norwich FT
STRUCTURE: Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals FT is holding elections to appoint 17 governors to its board.
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NHS Sutton & Merton is back in balance following an SHA bail-out
FINANCE: NHS London has given the primary care trust a total bail-out worth £21.7m this year.
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Nurses fall short on quality at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh FT
PERFORMANCE: Nurses at the foundation trust were falling below five out of nine internally-set care quality targets at the end of November, documents released under the Freedom of Information Act show.
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Bournemouth and Poole to lose chief exec in clustering arrangements
WORKFORCE: NHS Bournemouth and Poole’s acting chief executive has announced she will stand down at the end of March.
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NW London Hospitals Trust behind target on major schemes savings plan
FINANCE: A report to the board said the acute trust had achieved less than half of the major savings schemes it had planned.
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Northumbria FT faces £21,000 Choose and Book fine
PERFORMANCE: Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust faces a £21,000 penalty from commissioners for failing to make enough appointments available on the Choose & Book system.
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Royal Cornwall ordered to offer gynae patients alternative provider
PERFORMANCE: Five patients have invoked their rights under the NHS Constitution and requested treatment at an alternative provider after a breach of the 18 week referral-to-treatment target at Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust.
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Central London community trust plans integrated care pilot for diabetes and elderly care
STRUCTURE: The community provider was approved to begin the integrated care pilot by NHS London and will work with a local acute trust, GPs and the local authority.
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PFI accounting change threatens Hinchingbrooke finances
FINANCE: Changes in the rules around accounting for expenditure under the private finance initiative could threaten Hinchingbrooke Health Care’s ability to breakeven for the year, according to board papers.
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Commissioning change 'delaying QIPP' at Newcastle FT
FINANCE: Quality, improvement, productivity and prevention (QIPP) planning around Newcastle is being further delayed by reforms to the local commissioning landscape, a foundation trust is reporting.
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Cambridgeshire Community Services hit by workforce problems
WORKFORCE: Cambridgeshire Community Services has reported problems with staff appraisals, mandatory training and staff sickness levels.
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More than 100 same sex breaches at Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust
PERFORMANCE: There were 128 breaches of rules banning mixed sex accommodation at Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust in January.
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Workforce spending cuts aid Princess Alexandra's finances
FINANCE: The Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust has reigned in its spending and is predicting a year-end breakeven, thanks largely to reductions in workforce expenditure.
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Cornwall PCT engages with public on NHS reform
STRUCTURE: NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly have organised a series of 11 public meetings to discuss the effect of NHS reform on local service configuration.
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Suffolk Mental Health Trust predicts surplus, despite risks
FINANCE: Suffolk Mental Health Partnership Trust is forecasting that it will hit its surplus target of £0.8m by the end of the year, despite risks including a merger with a neighbouring trust.
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Winter knocks Royal Devon & Exeter FT off course on diagnostics target
PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust is agreeing a revised trajectory for the six week diagnostic test with its primary care trust, NHS Devon.
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North Devon Healthcare Trust breaches waiting target for urodynamics
PERFORMANCE: North Devon Healthcare Trust saw more breaches of the six week diagnostic test target in December than in the previous seven months combined.
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Northern Devon Healthcare Trust on course for FT status
STRUCTURE: Northern Devon Healthcare Trust is on course to submit an application for foundation trust status to Monitor on 1 May 2012.