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Donor offers Royal Brompton and Harefield Foundation Trust new paediatric unit
FINANCE: The donor, who has a family member who is a paediatric cystic fibrosis patient, made the offer to help build a dedicated seven-bed unit.
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East Lancashire underperforming on stroke care indicators
PERFORMANCE: The hospitals trust has failed to meet standards for the proportion of high risk transient ischaemic attack patients treated within 24 hours every month for the past year.
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2gether FT set to run services in neighbouring county
STRUCTURE: 2gether FT has been named as the preferred bidder for mental health services in Herefordshire
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North Bristol NHS Trust pays back PCTs
FINANCE: North Bristol NHS Trust has paid a rebate of £1.8m after failing to reduce activity in line with local agreements.
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NHS reforms 'need patient voice'
The radical healthcare system reforms must be amended to give patients a stronger say over their local services, a group of leading health charities have said.
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Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases reporting healthy surplus
FINANCE: The Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases FT has more than doubled its planned surplus for the year so far.
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Vomiting outbreak at Cheshire & Wirral mental health trust
PERFORMANCE: Cheshire & Wirral Partnership was forced to close a ward in November when an outbreak of vomiting and diarrhoea aflicted nearly two thirds of the patients, new board papers show.
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Calls to reject health ombudsman reappointment
Campaigners are calling on MSPs to reject the reappointment of the man in charge of investigating complaints into public services in Scotland.
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The Tavistock and Portman Foundation Trust establishes partnership with top US university
STRUCTURE: The north London specialist mental health trust is working with Yale University on infant mental health training.
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NHS Barnet asks SHA to be excused repayment of £45.4m loan
FINANCE: The north London primary care trust has written to NHS London’s challenged trust board asking if the sum they received this financial year could be written off.
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South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust hits SHA savings targets but misses its own
FINANCE; The mental health organisation achieved the £6.2m Cost Improvement Programme target set by NHS London.
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Barts and the London Trust still above agency staff budget
WORKFORCE: The east london acute trust missed its 3.5 per cent target in December, board papers revealed.
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North Middlesex University Hospital Trust declined in more than half of its quality indicators in December
PERFORMANCE: Thirty-eight of the trust’s performance measures were worse than they were in November.
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The Royal Free Hampstead Trust is on target to meet its planned surplus
FINANCE: The north London hospital is on track for a £4.6m surplus, in line with its plans
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Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust has been cleared to proceed with £90m PFI rebuild
STRUCTURE: The north London specialist trust was given permission to place an advert for partners for the scheme by NHS London in December.
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NHS Bromley plans to save £7.5m on urgent care
FINANCE: NHS Bromley’s Quality, Improvement, Productivity and Prevention programme anticipates saving £1.8m on urgent care for each of the next four financial years.
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Moorfields Eye Hospital Foundation Trust predicting £6m deficit for 2013-14
FINANCE; A specialist eye hospital is predicting a significant deficit within two years because of increased cost pressures
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Kingston Hospital c-section rate above 27 per cent
PERFORMANCE: The trust’s rate was above its own target but it said its multiple pregenancy rate, often a causal factor, was double the national average and outside its control.
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Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust manages to get staff-turnover below national average
WORKFORCE: The troubled trust, which spent £4.1m on bank and agency staff, in August reached a turnover of 11.3 per cent in December.
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Ealing Hospital Trust considering merger with North West London Hospitals Trust
STRUCTURE: The district general hospital is considering a merger with its much larger neighbour.