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Troubled care home provider to close second site
The company at the centre of allegations of abuse of vulnerable patients is to close a second care home, it has been announced.
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Staff changeover leads North Cumbria University Hospitals to fall behind on savings
FINANCE: At the end of the first two months of 2011-12 the trust had made savings of just £126,000 against a plan to save £15.2m for the full financial year, according to its latest finance report.
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Berkshire West QIPP slips
FINANCE: Berkshire West primary care trust is expecting to meet its surplus target of £1.6m for 2011-12, but said some efficiency schemes were already showing “significant slippage” in the first two months of the year.
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North Yorkshire and York practices join five emerging CCGs
STRUCTURE: GP practices in North Yorkshire and York PCT have joined one of five emerging clinical commissioning groups.
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All Warwickshire practices join four CCGs
STRUCTURE: All GP practices in Warwickshire PCT’s area have joined one of four emerging clinical commissioning groups.
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IT upgrade increases admin workload for staff
PERFORMANCE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust is still stuggling to capture accurate performance data four months after an IT system upgrade.
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Hepatitis 'epidemic' warning as cases grow
An “epidemic” of hepatitis C will get worse without immediate action to start tackling the problem, a leading doctor has warned.
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5 Boroughs scores highly for involvement of service users’ families in CQC survey
PERFORMANCE: The foundation received the highest score in the country for involving service users’ loved ones in their care, in a new Care Quality Commission survey of people who use community mental health services.
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Greater Manchester West scores highly in service user survey
PERFORMANCE: Service users gave the foundation one of the best scores in the country for overall quality of care in a new Care Quality Commission survey on community mental health.
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One large and one small CCG emerging in Walsall
STRUCTURE: A large 53-practice clinical commissioning group, and a small 14-practice CCG, are emerging in Walsall.
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Royal Devon and Exeter submits £19m building plans
STRUCTURE: Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust has submitted a planning application for a £19m research centre on the trust site.
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Torbay to become foundation trust
STRUCTURE: The board of Torbay Care Trust has approved plans for the organisation to pursue becoming a foundation trust.
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Manchester and Birmingham hardest hit in fourth night of rioting
Rioters threw bricks at two ambulance response cars in the West Midlands and attacked an ambulance in Manchester during the fourth night of violent disorder in England’s cities.
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Medical resistance hampers doctor-patient decisions programme
The first evaluation of an NHS programme to spread joint decision making with patients has highlighted “many challenges” to the aim, mainly because of resistant doctors.
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DH report finds medicines waste 'not a systemic problem'
Medicines waste in primary and community care should not be regarded as “a serious systemic problem”, a new report published by the Department of Health has concluded.
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Pregnancy-related deaths rise 'worrying' doctors
A rise in the number of women dying during pregnancy or shortly after childbirth has prompted leading doctors to call for something to be done about this “worrying” phenomenon.
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All Devon practices members of eight emerging CCGs
STRUCTURE: All GP practices in Devon are signed up to one of eight emerging clinical commissioning groups.
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Warwickshire PCT reserves offset acute overperformance
FINANCE: Warwickshire primary care trust has had to offset overperformance on its acute contracts by releasing £1.3m worth of reserves.
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Nearly all Staffs practices in CCGs
STRUCTURE: Nearly all South Staffordshire PCT GP practices are within one of five emerging clinical commissioning groups.
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North Staffs mental health trust proposes hospital closure
COMMERCIAL: North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust is consulting on the closure of a 100 year old mental health hospital to move care “closer to home”.