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Heatherwood and Wexham Park FT seeks to clarify 'urgent referrals' with GPs
PERFORMANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham FT is working to clarify with GPs the definition of an “urgent referral”, its board has heard.
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Nottingham University Hospitals exceeds yearly C.Diff target
PERFORMANCE: Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has already exceeded its yearly target for the number of clostridium difficile cases acquired there.
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Leicester PCTs to shed 106 posts
WORKFORCE: NHS Leicester City and NHS Leicestershire County and Rutland are slashing 106 posts as part of management cost reductions.
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NHS Derby City awards walk-in centre contract to GP social enterprise
STRUCTURE: NHS Derby City has confirmed that the contract for running the Osmaston Road walk-in centre has been awarded to Derbyshire Health United, a not-for-profit social enterprise company run by local GPs.
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NHS Lincolnshire to develop services at Skegness Hospital
STRUCTURE: The board of NHS Lincolnshire has approved recommendations to develop future services at Skegness Hospital.
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NewsBetter data sharing 'could boost social-care prevention'
Councils and the NHS should be sharing data more effectively to better predict which residents are most likely to need “intensive social care”, according to health think-tank the Nuffield Trust.
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St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals miss waiting targets in five specialties
PERFORMANCE: The trust missed referral to treatment waiting targets for Knowsley patients in five specialties in November, latest figures show.
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NewsLoss of 80,000 care beds will intensify bed-blocking
Council spending cuts are predicted to result in the loss of 81,000 care home beds across the UK over the next 10 years, intensifying NHS bed-blocking problems, BUPA has warned.
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NHS Enfield predicting £11.2m deficit for year-end
FINANCE: The north east London primary care trust reported managing to hold its deficit to £10.6m in December, the same as October and November.
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West London Mental Health Trust trust to investigate inpatients discharged without CPA plans
PERFORMANCE: The trust is looking at how seven service users came to be discharged without Care Programme Approach plans confirmed.
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NewsNational competency standards to regulate manager performance
Senior managers “who let people down” will be held to account by a national list of standards of competence and behaviour.
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Two consortia emerging in NHS North Tyneside
STRUCTURE: Two commissioning consortia are emerging within the North Tyneside primary care trust area.
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NHS Newcastle sees two consortia emerging
STRUCTURE: Two commissioning consortia are emerging within the Newcastle primary care trust.
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NHS Worcestershire to delegate £593m to consortia
STRUCTURE: Worcestershire primary care trust is planning to delegate £593m to three commissioning consortia from April - about 70 per cent of its budget.
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Sutton and Merton to delegate upwards of £309m
STRUCTURE: Sutton and Merton primary care trust is planning to delegate most commissioning to two consortia - The Sutton Consortium and The Federation - from April.
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South Gloucestershire PCT planning with single consortium
STRUCTURE: South Gloucestershire primary care trust is in the early stages of planning a single commissioning consortium for the patch.
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South Birmingham PCT delegating to three consortia
STRUCTURE: South Birmigham primary care trust is in the process of delegating functions to three emerging commissioning consortia.
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Mid Staffs faces ‘worst case scenario’ of cash deficit
FINANCE: The foundation trust was reporting a deficit of £5.8m in November against a planned deficit of £4.3m, representing a negative variance of £1.5m.
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Lambeth eyes one consortium with three localities
STRUCTURE: A single commissioning consortium containing three locality groups is emerging in Lambeth.
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NewsBarts double merger moves a step closer
The creation of a new £1.1bn turnover organisation has moved a step closer after NHS London ruled an acute trust could merge with two smaller hospitals.