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Salford plans new tactic to curb use of high-cost antipsychotics at Greater Manchester West FT
FINANCE: NHS Salford is seeking the support of two other commissioners to instruct the mental health trust to switch to prescribing cheaper antipsychotic drugs.
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NHS North Somerset to splash out on community wards
STRUCTURE: The board of NHS North Somerset has been asked to agree £1.14m of funding to roll out seven “community wards”.
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A&E target improving at Plymouth Hospitals Trust after winter blip
PERFORMANCE: Accident and Emergency waiting times at Plymouth Hospitals Trust are improving again after falling to just 91.7 per cent in December.
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University Hospital of North Staffs opens infectious disease unit
STRUCTURE: the University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust has opened a £2.26m infectious disease unit.
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NHS Bath and North East Somerset reveals £6m savings plan
FINANCE: NHS Bath and North East Somerset community services plans to save £6.7m in the delivery of services over the next five years.
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NHS Stoke on Trent signs concordat with council
STRUCTURE: NHS Stoke on Trent has signed a concordat on future health planning with its local authority.
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Staffordshire PCTs appoint chair of combined provider arm
WORKFORCE: Three primary care trusts in Staffordshire have announced that a vice president of AstraZeneca has been appointed as the interim chair for its provider arm.
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North Staffs trust confident of surplus after property value advice
FINANCE: The mental health trust in North Staffordshire is now able to forecast a small surplus, contrary to previous months.
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Stroke care on the NHS 'unequal'
Stroke patients are facing unequal care on the NHS, with older people less likely to receive a brain scan and white people less likely to be admitted to specialist units than black people, researchers say.
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Single consortium to take commissioning roles in Hartlepool
STRUCTURE: A single commissioning consortium is emerging in the Hartlepool area.
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Anti-smoking strategy unveiled
New plans to drastically reduce smoking levels in Wales have been announced.
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George Eliot Hospital Trust staff sent to Coventry
WORKFORCE: Paediatric staff at George Eliot Hospital Trust are transferring to University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire Trust as part of a service integration.
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Three consortia in South Tees
STRUCTURE: Three commissioning consortia are emerging across South Tees, covering Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland PCTs.
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NHS Warrington chief plans power handover to GPs
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust’s chief executive has unveiled plans to hand responsibility for commissioning secondary and community health care services to an emergent GP consortium.
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Stockport FT contract £2.5m overspent, while waiting times increase
FINANCE: The foundation had over-performed on its contract with NHS Stockport by £2.5m by the end of January, board papers from the primary care trust show.
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Moorfields Eye Hospital Foundation Trust £1.9m ahead of budget for the month
FINANCE: The specialist trust was predicting a deficit of £400,000 for January but instead saw a surplus of £1.5m.
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Stockton PCT to pick shadow consortium board
STRUCTURE: A single commissioning consortium is emerging in Stockton-On-Tees Teaching PCT’s patch.
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ISTC overspend for Buckinghamshire PCT
FINANCE: Buckinghamshire PCT has reported an over spend of almost £1m in its contract with a local independent sector treatment centre.
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NHS Croydon closes outmoded learning disability facilities
PERFORMANCE: The south London primary care trust has now closed its learning disability campus, NHS London has confirmed.
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£3m surplus at Coventry and Warwickshire Mental Health Trust
FINANCE: Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust has collected a surplus of over £3m so far this financial year.