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New central hub for NHS South Gloucestershire ENT services
STRUCTURE: Three PCTs have been asked to agree a plan to create a central hub for head and neck cancer; ear, nose and throat; and oral and maxillofacial services.
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Lewisham Healthcare Trust behind on savings plan
FINANCE: The south London hospital trust was £1m behind plan at the end of November.
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Ten per cent of patients waiting more than 30 mins for A&E transfer
PERFORMANCE: The trust is failing to meet a target to transfer all patients arriving at the accident and emergency department within 15 minutes.
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Newham recording nearly double last year's cancelled operations
PERFORMANCE: The east London trust has recorded 59 operations cancelled for non-clinical reasons so far this year according to the latest figures, nearly double the previous year’s 30.
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Delays in patient handover at Taunton and Somerset A&E
Just 83.3 per cent of patients arriving at Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust by ambulance were handed over within 15 minutes.
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CQC satisfied following serious untoward incident at NHS Somerset
PERFORMANCE: The CQC has decided not to take any further action regarding a serious untoward incident at Bridgwater Community Hospital.
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West Middlesex University Hospital Trust predicting third quarter failure on A&E wait standard
PERFORMANCE: West Middlesex is predicting a fall beneath the former 98% four-hour A&E standard for quarter three.
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Elderly population creates transfer of care pressure for NHS Bournemouth and Poole
PERFORMANCE: NHS Bournemouth and Poole is concerned about its performance on transfers of care.
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One trust responsible for more than half of NHS Waltham Forest acute overspend
FINANCE: Whipps Cross University Hospital Trust accounted for £5.9m of the primary care trust’s £9.5m overspend against plan
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Mid Cheshire Hospitals FT agrees risk sharing deal with primary care trust
FINANCE: The foundation has agreed to cap the total it will charge Central and Eastern Cheshire PCT in 2010/11 at £134.5m.
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Interim chief exec made permanent at Hampshire Partnership FT
WORKFORCE: Hampshire Partnership Foundation Trust has appointed a new chief executive.
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NewsAdviser says he was sacked for therapy views
A government mental health adviser has said he was sacked after raising concerns about the £400m committed by the government to extend talking therapies.
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East Cheshire NHS Trust faces "significant risks" to financial position
FINANCE: The trust was showing a surplus of just £5,000 at the end of December, against a plan to have underspent by £183,000 by that point.
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NHS Nottinghamshire County halves planned surplus
FINANCE: NHS Nottinghamshire County has agreed with NHS East Midlands to halve its predicted end of year £10m surplus after spending all its contingency reserves.
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NHS Herefordshire reports "unacceptable" deterioration in stroke performance
PERFORMANCE: The proportion of people treated within 24 hours of a transient ischaemic attack within NHS Herefordshire’s patch is well under target and has dropped to as little as 0 per cent this year.
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Southport & Ormskirk 'on programme' for integrated care
STRUCTURE: Progress towards the transfer of community services to the trust from two primary care trusts is on track, with the main obstacle being lack of agreement on commissioning contracts, latest board papers show.
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NHS Stockport falls behind on savings plan
FINANCE: NHS Stockport was £4.1m behind on its savings plan at the end of December, latest board documents show.
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Tough winter period for Colchester University FT
PERFORMANCE: Colchester Hospital University FT has reported it had a “difficult period” with ambulance call outs increasing and contingency beds called into use.
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NHS Tameside & Glossop underspends by £706,000
FINANCE: The primary care trust was showing a surplus of £706,000 at the end of December, £44,000 behind its planned surplus to that date.
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South London Healthcare predicted to hit A&E targets despite consecutive poor months
PERFORMANCE: South London Healthcare Trust is predicting it will meet its four-hour A&E target for 2010-11, despite missing it in November and December last year.