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Fire leads to cancelled operations at Milton Keynes Hospital
PERFORMANCE: A fire at Milton Keynes Hospital led to services being disrupted, including 17 last-minute operation cancellations, the foundation trust’s board has been told.
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Significant overactivity payments for Newcastle FT
FINANCE: The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust had received £9.2m in overspend against contracts from its main commissioners as of the end of February .
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Readmissions penalty to cost Newcastle FT 'many millions'
FINANCE: The policy of penalising hospital trusts when their patients are readmitted within 30 days of discharge will cost The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust “many £millions”, it reports.
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Monitor increases efficiency target to 'reflect the economic outlook'
Foundation trusts may have to make significant increases in efficiency savings if a “worst case” scenario predicted by the regulator hits the sector.
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Exclusive: nearly 2,000 referrals delayed by PCT 'resourcing' problems
A serious incident investigation has been launched after almost 2,000 referrals to two London trusts were put on hold due to “resourcing issues” at a primary care trust.
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Croydon Hospital found to be missing CQC standards
PERFORMANCE: Croydon University Hospital’s maternity unit has been found not to be meeting six essential standards by health regulator the Care Quality Commission and to have been putting patient safety at risk.
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London cluster adds £2m to transition costs budget
FINANCE: The south-west London cluster had set aside £2.8m fo transitional costs as it moves to a single management team from five primary care trusts but added £2m to it for additional costs.
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Clegg rejects PR gimmick accusations
Nick Clegg has claimed the listening exercise for NHS reforms was “not a gimmick” and said the government would make significant changes to legislation.
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Barts and the London misses its cost improvement programme target
FINANCE: The east London acute trust made a total of £34.7m savings in 2010-11, £4.5m worse than plan.
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North West London Hospitals meets locally agreed A&E target
PERFORMANCE: The acute organisation said it faced a “significant challenge” in meeting the four-hour target but that a 97 per cent target agreed with commissioners had been hit.
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NHS Suffolk signs off hospital refurbishment
COMMERCIAL: The Suffolk primary care trust has agreed a £3m contract to refurbish its Hartismere Hospital in Eye.
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Rise in patient falls at Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases
PERFORMANCE: The number of falls at the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases Foundation Trust tripled during February, compared with the previous month.
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Kirklees PCT agrees to take £1.8m off end of year surplus
FINANCE: Kirklees PCT spent £1.8m more than plan during 2011-12, after agreeing with the SHA to spend the additional funds on “organisational change”.
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Kent and Medway Partnership to shed 20 nursing posts
WORKFORCE: Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust is expecting to cut around 20 qualified nursing positions over 2011-12.
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Coventry and Warwickshire reports risk to income from 'client' discharge
FINANCE: Coventry and Warwickshire mental health trust has reported a risk to the income of a learning disability service due to vacant beds.
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2gether FT appoints performance director and NEDs
WORKFORCE: Gloucestershire and Herefordshire’s 2gether NHS Foundation trust has made new staff appointments.
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Kirklees PCT chief to lead cluster
STRUCTURE: Kirklees PCT chief executive Rob Webster is to lead a West Yorkshire cluster.
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Humber FT takes over East Riding community services
STRUCTURE: Community based health care services across the East Riding of Yorkshire were taken over by Humber Foundation Trust at the beginning of April.
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Medway found in breach of Monitor authorisation terms
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has found Medway Foundation Trust to be in significant breach of the terms of its authorisation.
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No hospital doctors on consortia boards
Patients and other health professionals are being excluded from the “closed shop” of GP commissioning consortium boards, an HSJ investigation has found.