All HSJ Local articles – Page 608
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NHS Newham squeezes extra £1.4m out of acute provider
FINANCE: The primary care trust is reporting an increased surplus after its PCT sector negotiated extra payment from Barts and the London Trust.
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Plymouth Hospitals Trust predicts £4.6m deficit
FINANCE: Plymouth Hospitals Trust is forecasting to break even at the end of the year despite reporting a £4.6m deficit.
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CQC recomemends improvement at Cornwall Partnership Foundation Trust
PERFORMANCE: The CQC have made seven recommendations for improvement at Cornwall Partnership Foundation Trust.
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Countess of Chester Hospital breaches waiting times target in six specialties
PERFORMANCE: The trust missed its 18 week referral-to-treatment target in six specialties in November 2010, newly published board papers show.
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Royal Devon and Exeter ahead of plan on suplus
FINANCE: Royal Devon and Exeter FT is predicting a year end surplus £0.4m above plan.
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South Western Ambulance Service wins one and loses one
COMMERCIAL: South Western Ambulance Service is set to take over an out of hours treatment centre from a PCT.
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TCS handover will see Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust forced to accept £1m loss
FINANCE: A mental health trust has rated as red the risk posed by a commissioner cutting £1m from its budget.
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Dudley Hospitals needs "major action" to avoid deficit
FINANCE: Dudley Group of Hospitals is unlikely to achieve a planned £0.5m year end surplus in 2010-11 and, unless “major action” is taken now, may end the year in deficit.
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Dorset Healthcare University FT acquisition of community services moves forward
STRUCTURE: Dorset Healthcare University FT’s takeover of local community services is pressing ahead.
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Trafford Healthcare cuts forecast surplus by £400,000
FINANCE: The trust has cut its forecast surplus for the year from £1.2m to £800,000.
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Ambulances lose 231 hours of emergency response resource through slow turnaround at Aintree
PERFORMANCE: Ambulance turnaround times at the hospital over Christmas and New Year were among the worst in the North West, the ambulance service reported.
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Burton Hospitals staff vote on bank holiday
WORKFORCE: Burton Hospitals Foundation Trust is asking employees to vote on whether the royal wedding should be treated as a bank holiday.
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Yeovil District Hospital FT talks pathology with private sector
COMMERCIAL: Yeovil District Hospital FT and Taunton and Somerset FT are looking at developing an integrated pathology service.
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NHS Milton Keynes plans to cluster with NHS Northamptonshire
STRUCTURE: Milton Keynes and Northamptonshire PCTs have announced that they plan to come together as commissioners are asked to cluster.
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Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust doubles surplus target
FINANCE: A foundation trust has doubled its surplus prediction for the financial year at the end of month eight.
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Sefton developing two commissioning consortia
STRUCTURE: Two commissioning consortia are emerging within Sefton Primary Care Trust.
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Southampton plan to delegate urgent care to city-wide consortium
STRUCTURE: Southampton City PCT has plans to delegate £80m in urgent care commissioning to a single commissioning consortium covering the patch.
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Delayed discharge problems at Dorset County Hospitals FT
PERFORMANCE: The board of Dorset County Hospitals FT has expressed concern about levels of delayed discharge.
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Lancashire FT feels swine flu pressure
PERFORMANCE: A swine flu outbreak caused “severe organisational pressures” for the trust in December, eventually forcing it to cancel all elective patients except those with life-threatening conditions.
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NHS Havering moves to end duplication of services at GP surgeries and polyclinic
FINANCE: A primary care trust is proposing to save half a million pounds over the next two years by reducing Directed Enhanced Services payments to GPs.