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Trust runs up £5.4m deficit
FINANCE: University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire Trust was running at a £5.4m year to date deficit at the end of January, with its cost improvement plan £7m behind schedule.
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Five per cent of Coventry and Warwickshire A and E patients wait over ten hours
PERFORMANCE: Five per cent of accident and emergency patients who were admitted to University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire Trust have waited for more than 10 hours before being admitted for treatment.
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Sussex Partnership FT names preferred provider for IT contract
COMMERCIAL: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has named a preferred bidder for a contract to provide information technology infrastructure and support.
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East Sussex gets £1.2m handout for CT scanners
FINANCE: East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is to receive extra government funding for new equipment.
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Unexpected benefit from summary care record in Kent
PERFORMANCE: The NHS Kent and Medway cluster has found summary care records are proving to be a “real benefit” to Gurkha families needing hospital care, some of whom spoke little English.
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Extra million boosts NHS dentistry in Surrey
FINANCE: NHS Surrey has announced it is investing an extra £1m in the county’s high street dentists in order to boost NHS capacity.
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BSUH in line for £1m DH handout
FINANCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust is to receive extra government funding for new equipment.
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DH funding for eye equipment at Western Sussex Healthcare
FINANCE: Western Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is to receive extra government funding for new equipment.
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Patient waits 23 hours to be admitted to trust A&E
PERFORMANCE: A report to Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust’s board showed one patient had waited 23 hours before being admitted in A&E.
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Boiler upgrade cash for Sussex Community Trust
FINANCE: Sussex Community NHS Trust is to receive extra government funding for new equipment, including a boiler upgrade, and the relocation of children’s services.
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Southampton cardiologist becomes DH heart tsar
WORKFORCE: A cardiologist at Southampton General Hospital has been appointed heart tsar by the Department of Health.
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NewsSNP claim independence will safeguard NHS
Scotland’s National Health Service can only be “fully guaranteed” by independence, deputy first minister Nicola Sturgeon has said.
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London cluster delays panel decision on service reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: The south west London PCT cluster is delaying until May the panel meeting at which a 60-strong group will examine the quality aspects of a proposed service reconfiguration for the area.
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East Sussex PCTs ties charity grants to outcomes
COMMERCIAL: The East Sussex primary care trust cluster and local authority is to offer up to £8m worth of commissions to voluntary and community organisations.
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Epsom and St Helier breach C section rate
PERFORMANCE: Epsom and St Helier Hospitals Trust saw a Caesarian section rate of 30.2 per cent for November, which is above its target of 24 per cent.
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Epsom and St Helier ahead of deficit plan but behind on savings
FINANCE: Epsom and St Helier Hospitals Trust, the London/Surrey borders acute, has a year-to-date deficit of £15.25m, against a target of £16.1m, according to latest board papers.
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Council backs loan of up to £100m for Northumbria Healthcare
FINANCE: Northumberland county council has agreed in principle to lend the foundation trust up to £100m in order to buy out its private finance initiative contracts.
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NewsTribunal calls for Health Bill risk register to be published
The Department of Health’s case for withholding the Health Bill risk register has been rejected, it has been announced this morning.
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NewsNorth Cumbria takeover bidder estimated it would need £78m over two years
FINANCE: The preferred bidder to take over North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust has estimated it needs the government to pump £78m of financial support into the troubled trust over the next two years.
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NewsAQP staff to receive NHS pension under Treasury proposal
The government is considering extending the NHS pension to private firms doing health service work under the “any qualified provider” scheme, even where staff have not been formally transferred from the health service.