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Procurement inefficiencies costing £500m, report finds
Providers could save £500m by standardising orders of products like paper and gloves and sharing the savings made by purchasing in bulk across a group of trusts, according to a National Audit Office report.
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£400m pledged for mental health services
The government is to channel an extra £400m into mental health provision in a bid to put it on an equal footing with physical health, deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has said.
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Infection outbreak at Coventry and Warwickshire FT
PERFORMANCE: An infection outbreak has occurred at University Hospitals Coventry after a patient was transferred directly from a hospital in Kenya.
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Activity rise at Princess Alexandra Hospital
PERFORMANCE: The Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust has reported increased activity for December in a number of areas.
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Mid Essex PCT leading on safeguarding hub plan
STRUCTURE: NHS Mid Essex is the lead primary care trust in a plan to create an Essex-wide hub to host designated professionals for child safeguarding.
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Luton and Dustable FT overperforming on acute contract
FINANCE: Luton and Dunstable FT is overperforming by almost £0.5m on its acute contract with NHS Luton.
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Buckinghamshire PCT plans repeat primary care QIPP savings
FINANCE: NHS Buckinghamshire plans to be making over £10m of recurrent savings each year in primary care savings by 2015.
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Risk of deficit at Luton PCT
FINANCE: NHS Luton has reported that the risk of it not breaking even for the year has increased.
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NHS Hertfordshire may ban surgery for smokers and the obese
PERFORMANCE: NHS Hertfordshire is considering banning patients who are obese or smokers from surgery unless they agree to treatment to change their behaviour.
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Berkshire East PCT uses reserves to ensure breakeven
FINANCE: NHS Berkshire East is forecasting that it will breakeven at the end of the year rather than a planed £17m surplus.
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NHS Great Yarmouth and Waveney social enterprise gets go-ahead
STRUCTURE: NHS Great Yarmouth and Waveney has announced that it has agreed to transfer its community services provider arm away from the primary care trust to a new social enterprise organisation.
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Stroke care gets lowest rating at Berkshire West PCT
PERFORMANCE: Stroke care services at Berkshire West PCT have been given the lowest assessment score in a nationwide review by the Care Quality Commission.
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Royal Berkshire FT overspending
FINANCE: Royal Berkshire FT is overspending on its joint acute contract with Berkshire East and Berkshire West PCTs.
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn achieves FT status
STRUCTURE: The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn has been authorised as a foundation trust.
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Falls rise at Suffolk Mental Health Partnership
PERFORMANCE: Suffolk Mental Health Partnership Trust has reported a “significant rise” in patient falls in December 2010, according to its board papers.
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Savings plan shortfall in West Herfordshire Trust
FINANCE: West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust is achieving below its planned surplus because savings schemes are below the target set in its financial recovery plan.
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Basildon and Thurrock Hospitals Trust overspending
FINANCE: Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals is currently overspending by £10.3m in its contract with NHS South West Esex.
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South West Essex PCT still £11m over budget
FINANCE: The South West Essex primary care trust was still reporting a deficit at the end of 2010 of £11.4m, despite recieving £7m from the NHS East of England.
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Outpatients causing overspend at West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust
FINANCE: West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust is overperforming on its contract with NHS Hertfordshire due mainly to a £3m overspend in outpatients.
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East and North Hertfordshire Trust overspending by nearly £6m
FINANCE: East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is £5.7m over budget in its contract with its primary care trust, NHS Hertfordshire, with non-elective procedures the biggest concern.