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South West ambulance merger gets the go ahead
STRUCTURE: NHS South of England has approved the acquisition of Great Western Ambulance Service by South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust.
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Provisional data shows RTT waiting targets underperformance at Walton centre
PERFORMANCE: Provisional June data shows “underperformance” by the Walton Centre against national 18 week referral-to-treatment waiting targets, NHS Merseyside’s latest performance report states.
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Patient leaflets help reduce PCT waiting times by half
PERFORMANCE: A pilot project between Wolverhampton City PCT and charity Arthritis Research UK has halved waiting times for physiotherapy appointments and improved patient satisfaction.
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Nick Tupper appointed Doncaster CCG chair
WORKFORCE: GP Nick Tupper has been appointed chair of NHS Doncaster Clinical Commissioning Group.
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Lay chair for Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield CCG
STRUCTURE: NHS Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield CCG has appointed a lay chair.
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Rising demand enables South Warwickshire to beat surplus target
FINANCE: South Warwickshire Foundation Trust is beating its surplus target thanks to high activity levels.
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Hillingdon Hospitals £121k behind plan
FINANCE: A report to the board of Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust said the trust’s surplus at the end of month four was a surplus of £548,000, £121,000 behind plan.
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Mid Staffs appoints GP as non-executive director
WORKFORCE: Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust council of governors have approved the appointment of a new non-executive director, Dr Lynne Hulme.
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Butterfly scheme to aid peaceful care in A&E
PERFORMANCE: Staff at the University Hospitals of Leicester have embraced a new scheme to show extra respect to the families of those who are dying or have died in the emergency department.
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Bury misses health checks target for Q1
PERFORMANCE: Just 830 people in NHS Bury’s catchment were offered health checks in the first quarter of 2012-13, against a target of 2,000, NHS Greater Manchester board papers show.
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St Helens and Knowsley Clostridium difficile cases above plan
PERFORMANCE: The trust currently has 11 recorded cases of Clostridium difficile infection in 2012-13 against a plan for the year to date of six, commissioner board papers state.
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St Helens and Knowsley exceeds annual MRSA threshold
PERFORMANCE: The trust has already exceeded its target maximum number of MRSA cases for 2012-13, NHS Merseyside’s August performance report shows.
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Blackpool Teaching Hospitals forecast to overperform by £8.1m
FINANCE: Lancashire primary care trusts are forecasting an overspend of £8.1m on their contracts with Blackpool Teaching Hospitals in 2012.
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Parking improvements at Worcestershire hospitals
PERFORMANCE: Plans to improve care parking at Kidderminster Hospital and Treatment Centre and the Worcester Royal Hospital have been approved.
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Cambridge reduces budget deficit
FINANCE: Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust has reduced its budget deficit, its finance director told the board this month.
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Commissioners forecast East Lancashire Hospitals overspend of £8.6m
FINANCE: Lancashire commissioners had overspent their budgets for the trust by £2.7m by the end of July, and were forecasting an £8.6m overspend for the full year 2012-13.
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Aintree appeals against third recorded MRSA case
PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust currently has three recorded cases of MRSA for 2012-13, against an annual target of no more than two, commissioner board papers report.
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NewsManchester’s major shake-up revealed
HSJ can reveal details of a major review of healthcare across Greater Manchester which makes the clinical case for a radical redesign of services. It is believed this could prompt some leaders to argue for the removal of acute surgery from four hospitals.
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NewsBurnham vows to repeal Health Act
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has promised to repeal the controversial Health Act should Labour win the next election, scheduled for 2015.
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NewsLondon clusters behind on QIPP savings
Most London primary care trust clusters were behind on their savings plans at the end of the first quarter of this year. The figures were revealed in an internal NHS London document on the progress of local efficiency programmes.