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Bed demand forces trust to halt downsizing
STRUCTURE: A Midlands hospital has been forced to pause its programme to cut the number of in-patient beds for up to two years because of “unprecedented” emergency demand.
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New integrated provider on cards for London
Two councils and a community trust in London are to consider plans to integrate provision of health and social care services.
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Peterborough and Stamford plans for a £54m deficit
FINANCE: Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust expects to make a loss of £54.3m in 2012-13.
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Cumbria misses RTT waiting target for Q1 2012-13
PERFORMANCE: Cumbria will not meet national referral to treatment waiting times standards for the first three months of 2012-13, due to a “backlog of patients waiting over 18 weeks”, its latest performance report states.
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UCLH chief fears CCGs could bring more fragmentation
One of England’s most respected hospital chiefs has said he fears clinical commissioning groups could lead to care becoming increasingly fragmented – and that rationalisation of acute services is “happening behind the scenes” without their input.
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Pensions problem halts community trust's expansion
A community trust’s bid to run a number of Sure Start centres in Norfolk has been hit by pension complications.
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Pennine Acute misses three RTT waiting targets in April
PERFORMANCE: The trust failed to meet three of the five national targets for referral-to-treatment waiting times in April, its latest performance report shows.
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Hants GP out of hours services to be linked to NHS 111
COMMERCIAL: Out of hours GP services in southern Hampshire have been re-tendered, and as a result are likely to be connected to the NHS 111 service.
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GP commissioners detail plan for monitoring CWP serious incident response
PERFORMANCE: Wirral GP Commissioning Consortium has put in place arrangements for monitoring the trust’s response to a serious untoward incident in which a patient murdered his sister’s boyfriend.
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New NEDs for Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership
WORKFORCE: Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership has appointed two new non executive directors.
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New vision unveiled for Stamford and Rutland
SERVICES: A new vision for the future of Stamford and Rutland Hospital has been unveiled at the board of Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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Homerton shortlisted for award for work with homeless TB patients
PERFORMANCE: The east London acute trust has been nominated for an Andy Ludlow Homelessness award for its work with patients with no recourse to public funds.
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Lewisham Healthcare Trust published safety thermometer results
PERFORMANCE: The results for the south east London acute trust include a ward-by-ward breakdown of what percentage of patients were given a VTE (Venous Thromboembolism) assessment.
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North Essex's PCTs exceed planned surpluses
FINANCE: All three PCTs in the North Essex cluster exceeded their planned surpluses in the last financial year.
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North Essex plans new services
SERVICES: Plans for new and improved services have been unveiled as part of the annual plan for the North Essex Partnership Foundation Trust.
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CQC lifts James Paget's warning notice
PERFORMANCE: The CQC has lifted a warning notice around care and welfare of patients which it had placed on the James Paget University Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough gets financial risk of 2
FINANCE: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust ended the first month of the new financial year £180,000 in deficit - giving it a financial risk rating of 2.
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Cambridge and Peterborough plans better staff engagement
WORKFORCE: Disappointing results in some areas of the 2011 staff survey has led to proposals to engage staff better at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust.
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Smoking service in Norfolk goes out to tender
SERVICES: The smoking cessation service in much of Norfolk is to go out to tender later this year.
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Norfolk Community Health reaches MRSA limit
PERFORMANCE: Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust reached its contractual limit for MRSA cases in the first month of the financial year.