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North Bristol Trust cuts mixed sex wards
PERFORMANCE: North Bristol NHS Trust has succeeded in cutting the amount of mixed sex accomodation it provides, and is also reporting falls in its MRSA rate and mortality ratio.
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Surplus above plan for South Warwickshire FT
FINANCE: South Warwickshire FT is reporting a £2m surplus for the year, according to board reports.
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Concern over infection rise at UH Coventry and Warwickshire
PERFORMANCE: Increasing numbers of Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase (ESBL) infections have triggered concerns at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire Trust.
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New hospitals in Mid Yorkshire fully open
STRUCTURE: The final services moved into the new Pinderfields and Pontefract Hospitals this month, the Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust has announced.
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CQC demands improvement action at Kent and Medway
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has told the partnership trust to take action to improve services.
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Southend UHFT builds surplus
FINANCE: Southend University Hospital FT found itself with a surplus of more than £5.25m at the end of January, a better than expected position.
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5 Boroughs behind on its target for early intervention teams
PERFORMANCE: The mental health foundation trust was behind at the end of January on its commitment to serve 143 new psychosis cases this year by early intervention teams, its latest performance report shows.
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Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust cuts deficit to £3.8m
FINANCE: Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust has recorded an in-year deficit of £3.8m, compared to an expected surplus of £300,000.
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South Warwickshire finds no 'shortcomings' following mortality alert
PERFORMANCE: South Warwickshire FT has said that a review triggered by a mortality alert found there were not “evident shortcomings in care” at the trust.
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Clinical overspending driving deficit at UH Coventry and Warwickshire
FINANCE: The Coventry and Warwickshire acute trust has reached a deficit of almost £4m due to overspending in all clinical divisions.
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Poole hospital trust reports £3.6m deficit
FINANCE: Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust reported a deficit of £3.6m in the financial year to January, meaning that it is on course to meet the target £4.7m deficit agreed with regulator Monitor.
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Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals in dispute with PCT over income
FINANCE: The trust has warned that £3.6m of its income is under dispute with commissioners, which poses a risk to its agreed year-end position.
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Dartford and Gravesham struggling on ‘bare below elbows’ compliance
WORKFORCE: Dartford and Gravesham has said it is still experiencing isolated cases of staff failing to comply with infection control regulations requiring frontline staff to be “bare below the elbows”.
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Dartford and Gravesham busts MRSA target but remains free of norovirus
PERFORMANCE: The acute trust said it had remained “remarkably” free of norovirus even though it had breached its target for MRSA cases.
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Local QIPP plan challenged by South Warwickshire FT chief
FINANCE: The Coventry and Warwickshire health economy’s efficiency plan is “outdated”, according the chief executive of South Warwickshire FT.
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Only a third of Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh patients referred to The Christie meet waiting target
PERFORMANCE: The proportion of the foundation’s cancer patients referred on to The Christie NHS Foundation Trust and treated within 62 days was the lowest in the region, according to a report by cancer tsar Professor Sir Mike Richards.
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Less than half of referrals from Stockport FT to The Christie hit waiting target
PERFORMANCE: The proportion of the foundation’s cancer patients referred on to The Christie NHS Foundation Trust and treated within 62 days fell well below the national average, according to a report by cancer tsar Professor Sir Mike Richards.
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Central and Eastern Cheshire PCT showing £1.25m surplus
FINANCE: The primary care trust was showing a surplus of £1.25m at the end of January, new figures from NHS North West show.
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CQC warns Cambridgeshire and Peterborough mental health FT
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has told Cambridgeshire and Peterborough FT that if it does not take immediate steps to improve standards of its mental health services, enforcement action may follow.
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Just 38.5 per cent of Trafford Healthcare referrals to The Christie hit cancer waiting target
PERFORMANCE: The proportion of cancer patients referred by the trust to the specialist Christie NHS Foundation Trust that were treated within 62 days fell well below the national average, according to a report by cancer tsar Professor Sir Mike Richards.