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NHS Blackpool banks £2.4m QIPP savings in four months
FINANCE: The primary care trust had achieved £2.4m of its planned £8.1m quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) savings by the end of July, board papers state.
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NHS Central Lancashire predicted to miss QIPP savings target by £1.4m
FINANCE: The primary care trust was forecast to miss its £18.1m quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) savings target for 2011-12 by £1.4m, cluster board papers state.
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NewsBlood donor reforms ‘don’t go far enough’
Blood donation eligibility criteria should be based on individual behaviour, backed by advanced screening, not on sexuality, the Liberal Democrats conference has heard.
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NHS East Lancs books £12.5m of QIPP savings in four months
FINANCE: The primary care trust had achieved 57 per cent of its planned £22.1m quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) savings four months into 2011-12, board papers state.
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Warwickshire PCT plans rise in psychological therapy referrals
PERFORMANCE: Warwickshire primary care trust is planning to improve patient access to psychological therapies, increasing the rate of referrals five-fold in four years.
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Bradford hospital begins service change talks with patients
STRUCTURE: Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust has begun an informal consultation with the public, commissioners, GPs, staff and patients about “priorities for the development of future hospital services”.
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Four clinical directors step down at Sunderland Hospitals
WORKFORCE: Four clinical directors are stepping down from their posts at City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust for differing reasons.
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South Warwickshire FT warned over mixed sex breaches
PERFORMANCE: South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust has been issued with a performance notice by commissioners after a recording high numbers of mixed sex accommodation breaches.
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NewsVulnerable adult protection to be improved - Burstow
Vulnerable adults will be protected in the same way as children by the next general election, the Liberal Democrat social care minister Paul Burstow has said.
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NewsNHS leaders' views sought on clinical research
HSJ, in partnership with the National Institute for Health Research, are looking to gain insight into the way NHS leaders see clinical research within their organisations.
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NewsSocial enterprise loses out in £450m community services contract
A nurse and therapist-run social enterprise praised by the Cabinet Office for cutting costs has lost out to a private provider for a £450m contract.
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10.5 per cent drop in GP referrals to Wrightington Wigan and Leigh FT
PERFORMANCE: GP referrals to the Wrightington Wigan and Leigh Foundation Trust were down 10.5 per cent in the first three months of 2011-12 compared with the same period the previous year, the primary care trust NHS Ashton Wigan and Leigh has reported.
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Kent PCT sends patient data CD to the tip
PERFORMANCE: NHS Eastern and Coastal Kent accidentally sent a CD containing the personal details of 1.6 million patients to a landfill site in March.
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Weston Area Health Trust £530k behind on QIPP plan
FINANCE: Failure to deliver key QIPP savings could put Weston Area Health Trust’s financial plans in jeopardy, managers have been warned.
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East Surrey social enterprise to 'go live' next month
STRUCTURE: A social enterprise scheme that will run community services in the east of Surrey is due to be created on 1 October, according to NHS Surrey.
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NewsUnions could resist reforms through 'non-cooperation'
Unions may consider non-cooperation action against the government’s NHS reforms, a leader has warned at the Liberal Democrat conference.
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NewsOverseas GPs require UK induction before treating patients - GMC
Newly-qualified and foreign doctors need to go on a basic induction course before they start working in the UK amid fears they may be underprepared to start treating patients, a regulator has said.
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Return to MSA target breach status at Medway
PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust this month recorded six breaches of the Department of Health’s guidelines on mixed sex accommodation.
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Maidstone and Tunbridge improves on mixed sex breaches
PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust this month recorded 163 breaches of the Department of Health’s guidelines on mixed sex accommodation.
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Warwickshire QIPP plan to close 130 acute beds
STRUCTURE: Service changes resulting from Warwickshire primary care trust’s quality, innovation, productivity and prevention programme are likely to result in the closure of 130 acute sector beds.