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Sick leave numbers hit 12-month peak at Alder Hey

2011-02-09T10:10:00Z

WORKFORCE: Alder Hey lost 5,496 work days in November due to staff illness, the highest monthly rate of sickness abscence for the foundation in 12 months.

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University Hospitals Bristol FT presses ahead with partnership plans

2011-02-09T09:58:00Z

STRUCTURE: University Hospitals Bristol and North Bristol Trust have set up a partnership board to take forward plans to work more closely together.

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Manchester Health and Social Care raises red flag over savings target

2011-02-09T17:45:00Z

FINANCE: The care trust still had £1.2m of costs to cut out of its budget in 2010/11 at the end of December, a position it described as a “significant risk”.

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Overperformance and pay underspends see Walton Centre surplus rocket above plan

2011-02-09T16:34:00Z

FINANCE: The foundation was showing a cumulative surplus of £2.8m at the end of October, £2m greater than the surplus it had planned to record by that date.

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NHS Manchester on course for breakeven

2011-02-09T16:02:00Z

FINANCE: The primary care trust forecasts that it will breakeven at the end of the year.

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NHS Derbyshire County's predicted overspend increases by £2.7m in a month

2011-02-09T16:01:00Z

FINANCE: NHS Derbyshire County has increased its predicted overspend by £2.7m in a month due to high activity levels among trusts.

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Bradford District pressured by social care overspend

2011-02-09T15:48:00Z

FINANCE: A pooled budget funding gap and social care overspends are creating financial pressures for Bradford District Care Trust.

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Barnsley Hospital FT driving acute overspend for PCT

2011-02-09T14:54:00Z

FINANCE: Barnsley PCT has reported that an overspend on acute contracts is driven by over-performance at Barnsley Hospital FT.

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Deficit grows to over £8m at NHS West Sussex

2011-02-09T14:47:00Z

FINANCE: The primary care trust’s deficit rose by nearly £2m over the preceding month.

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SHA seeks assurances from West Hertfordshire Hospitals over quality concerns

2011-02-09T14:36:00Z

PERFORMANCE: East of England SHA’s provider development board is seeking assurance from West Hertfordshire Hospitals over serious incidents, never events and rising mortality rates.

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East Sussex Hospitals starts to ‘turn corner’ on £6m deficit

2011-02-09T14:32:00Z

FINANCE: East Sussex has maintained its year-to-date deficit of £6m since the previous month

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QEII birthing unit plans rejected

2011-02-09T14:29:00Z

STRUCTURE: An independent review of plans for a midewife-led birthing unit at the Queen Elizebeth II Hospital has found that it is not feasible.

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Cumbria Partnership seeks to repatriate high-cost patients to local services

2011-02-09T14:27:00Z

FINANCE: The mental health foundation trust is working with NHS Cumbria to find ways of ‘repatriating’ high-cost patients to local providers.

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Bassetlaw Hospital children services unsustainable

2011-02-09T14:20:00Z

STRUCTURE: A review carried out for NHS Bassetlaw has found that current services for children at Bassetlaw Hospital are safe, but are not sustainable in their current form into the future.

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Pennine Acute will need to cut costs by £22.5m to manage tariff cut

2011-02-09T11:19:00Z

FINANCE: The trust will have to find savings of £22.5m in 2011/12 to make up for nationally directed price cuts of 1.5 per cent, latest board papers show.

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Southampton University Hospital revises down planned surplus

2011-02-09T11:16:00Z

FINANCE: Southampton University Hospital Trust has revised down its planned year end surplus by £1.4m.

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Mersey Care performance declines, but remains on track for FTe application

2011-02-09T11:10:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The mental health trust’s performance deteriorated in October, but remained within the limits required for its application for foundation trust-equivalent status, latest board papers show.

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Ashton, Leigh and Wigan PCT in discussion with over performing provider

2011-02-09T11:05:00Z

FINANCE: Over performance by secondary care providers has significantly reduced the year-end forecast for NHS Ashton, Leigh and Wigan, but the primary care trust is still predicting a surplus.

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Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh FT predicted to over perform by £3.4m

2011-02-09T11:00:00Z

FINANCE:  Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Foundation Trust is predicted to over perform on its contracts with NHS Ashton, Leigh and Wigan by £3.4m.

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Sick days rise at Lancashire Care in December

2011-02-09T10:54:00Z

WORKFORCE: The foundation lost £580,156 to sick days in December as its sickness abscence rate rose to 7 per cent.