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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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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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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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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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NHS Swindon sheds more than 100 staff
WORKFORCE: Staff numbers at NHS Swindon fell by 14 per cent between April and December last year.
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NHS Wandsworth predicting year-end surplus
FINANCE: A south-west London PCT is predicting a surplus of £5.4m.
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Weather pushes West Midlands Ambulance Trust below target on response times
PERFORMANCE: Adverse weather conditions have led to West Midlands Ambulance Trust dipping below target on response times.
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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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PCT working with Peterborough and Stamford FT to tackle £2.7m overspend
FINANCE: Peterborough PCT has been working with Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals FT to “mitigate overperformance”.
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Two new claims against Mid Cheshire FT
PERFORMANCE: Two new clinical negligence claims have been made against the foundation trust, documents released under the freedom of information act show.
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News'Unsatisfactory' doctor competency regulation criticised
There are weaknesses in the current plans for regulating doctors to ensure they are fit to practise, MPs have said.
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NHS Kensington & Chelsea miss breast screening targets two months in a row
A central London PCT has missed its breast cancer screening targets for months seven and eight of the financial year.
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Derbyshire mental health trust granted foundation status
STRUCTURE: The trust formerly known as Derbyshire Mental Health Services Trust has been granted foundation status by Monitor and renamed Derbyshire Healthcare Foundation Trust.
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NHS Sutton & Merton allowed to work to below target chlamydia screening goal
PERFORMANCE: The primary care trust, which is predicting a year-end deficit, will be working to an “internal target” of 15 per cent after “financial reductions” meant it wouldn’t make the national target of 35 per cent.
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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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Donor offers Royal Brompton and Harefield Foundation Trust new paediatric unit
FINANCE: The donor, who has a family member who is a paediatric cystic fibrosis patient, made the offer to help build a dedicated seven-bed unit.
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East Lancashire underperforming on stroke care indicators
PERFORMANCE: The hospitals trust has failed to meet standards for the proportion of high risk transient ischaemic attack patients treated within 24 hours every month for the past year.
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2gether FT set to run services in neighbouring county
STRUCTURE: 2gether FT has been named as the preferred bidder for mental health services in Herefordshire
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North Bristol NHS Trust pays back PCTs
FINANCE: North Bristol NHS Trust has paid a rebate of £1.8m after failing to reduce activity in line with local agreements.
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NewsNHS reforms 'need patient voice'
The radical healthcare system reforms must be amended to give patients a stronger say over their local services, a group of leading health charities have said.