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St Helens and Knowsley Trust struggling to clear patient backlog
PERFORMANCE: St Helens and Knowsley Trust is struggling to clear a backlog of patients who have missed the 18 week referral to treatment target, the Merseyside cluster board heard.
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HSJ Local
Merseyside PCTs on schedule over savings plans
FINANCE: PCTs in the Merseyside cluster reported a positive picture to the end of September, with savings plans nearly £6m ahead of schedule.
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HSJ Local
Darzi centre's closure goes to consultation
FINANCE: The proposed closure of a Darzi centre in Warrington has gone out to public consultation after the Cheshire, Warrington and Wirral PCT cluster board heard that there were concerns it was not value for money.
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HSJ Local
Wirral University Teaching Hospital breaching 18-week target
PERFORMANCE: The 18 week referral to treatment target is continuing to be breached in the Cheshire, Warrington and Wirral PCT cluster with particular problems at the Wirral University Teaching Hospital Trust.
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HSJ Local
Surplus of £9m forecast by Cheshire, Warrington and Wirral cluster
FINANCE: The Cheshire, Warrington and Wirral PCT cluster is forecasting a surplus of £9m for the year with QIPP savings on target at £24m in the first five months of the year, the board heard.
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HSJ Local
East Cheshire CCG awards non-obstetric ultrasound tender
FINANCE: The East Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group has completed a tender process for direct access non-obstetric ultrasound, Cheshire, Warrington and Wirral cluster board heard.
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HSJ Local
Three FTs shortlisted to take over Ridgeway Partnership
STRUCTURE: Three foundation trusts have been shortlisted to take over the Ridgeway Partnership.
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HSJ Local
NHS Manchester plans cuts to voluntary sector
FINANCE: The primary care trust has proposed to cut its funding to at least 19 community and voluntary sector (CVS) organisations next year.
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HSJ Local
Imperial considering asking SHA for even more working capital
FINANCE: The £920m-turnover trust, which is already predicting a £35.2m deficit this year, is considering asking NHS London for extra support in the New Year.
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News
Pay awards to be held at 1pc for two years
NHS employees can expect a prolonged wage squeeze and a possible end to national NHS terms and conditions, the government has signalled.
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Exclusive: All patients to have access to GP record by 2015
All patients in England will have online access to their GP record by 2015 after ministers slipped out a major shakeup of information policy in this week’s Growth Review.
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HSJ interview: Nicholson and Flory prepare the ground for CCGs
The NHS chief executive has called for an end to criticism of managers, hours after the health secretary said resources had been “wasted” on them and criticised their top-down “control”.
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HSJ Local
East Suffolk and Ipswich CCG merge to become single body
STRUCTURE: Two of Suffolk’s three clinical commissioning groups have merged, it has been announced, while the remaining two CCGs will share some senior posts.
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News
Price competition fears over provider penalties
New rules requiring NHS commissioners to penalise healthcare providers that “cherry pick” easier cases will be difficult to enforce and will encourage price competition, experts have warned.
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Ambulance services to move on to tariff
Ambulance services have insisted a move from block contracts to tariff will not increase activity at acute hospitals.
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Reforms will cost £3.4bn - Burnham
The coalition government’s reforms of the NHS will cost nearly £3.4bn, Labour’s shadow health secretary has claimed.
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Government will appeal risk register decision
The government is to appeal against a ruling that it should release confidential risk assessments of its controversial health reforms, it has been announced.
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HSJ Local
Ridgeway partnership has lowest financial risk rating
FINANCE: The Ridgeway Partnership reported a year to date deficit before adjustment of £858,000 at the end of October, £1.1m worse than planned.
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HSJ Local
IT launch delayed at Oxford trust
PERFORMANCE: The implementation of the Cerner Millennium electronic patient record system at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust has been delayed.
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Leader
An unflinching framework in the face of relentless pressure
Today’s autumn statement painted a gloomy picture of the economy in 2012. By the time the Chancellor rose, NHS leaders had already begun to come to terms with an operating framework that sent a similarly grim message.