All Monitor articles – Page 57
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Sherwood Forest slips on capital spend
FINANCE: Slippage on capital expenditure due to the delay on the renal scheme remains outside of the 25 per cent tolerance level that Monitor applies to capital spend variances.
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Poole warns of deficit
FINANCE: Poole Hospital Foundation Trust is warning it may fail to achieve its planned £200,000 surplus and could finish the year in deficit.
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North Cumbria chief warns staff trust has entered 'financial crisis'
FINANCE: The chief executive of a Cumbria trust slated for takeover wrote to staff yesterday warning that the trust was now in “financial crisis” and would urgently investigate the scope to bring forward ward closures and other savings plans.
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HSJ LocalEx-Circle director plans 'significant changes' at NHS trust to tackle death rates
PERFORMANCE: High mortality rates at Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust have demonstrated the need for “significant changes” to staffing and services, its recently appointed chief has told HSJ.
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NewsPrivate sector warns of training levy danger
Competition will be distorted if private providers are hit with an unreasonable levy to support NHS staff training costs, the network for independent and third sector providers has warned.
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CommentMassive Midlands cluster faces a big foundation status challenge
The giant Midlands and East strategic health authority cluster held its first full board meeting as a monolith last week.
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West Middlesex paying £4.2m a year in interest
FINANCE: The west London trust, which has an annual turnover of £149m, is paying £3.4m a year interest on its PFI and £800k for a DH loan.
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PCT visit highlighted care and records issues at Peterborough and Stamford FT
PERFORMANCE: Care quality and medical records issues at Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals FT were highlighted in an unannounced visit from the PCT, public board minutes reveal.
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NewsKing's Fund warns Monitor is at risk of 'political interference'
Monitor faces a “considerable” risk of failing in its role as an economic regulator and is too vulnerable to interference by ministers, the King’s Fund has warned.
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NewsMonitor examines FTs' patient guarantees loophole
Monitor has revealed it is examining a potential loophole that could allow foundation trusts to escape the patient guarantees laid out in the NHS constitution.
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Norfolk and Waveney FT signs off delayed merger
STRUCTURE: The delayed takeover of Suffolk Mental Health Partnership Trust has been signed off by Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health FT’s board.
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NewsLansley sets out 'four tests' for hospital bailout and threatens to sack boards
Andrew Lansley has said trusts who want loans as they try to achieve foundation status will have to pass four tests.
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Exclusive: trusts demand £350m to get through FT pipeline
Hospital trusts have asked for over £300m in loans by April 2012 to remain within the foundation trust pipeline, HSJ can reveal.
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London community trust faces loss of quarter of turnover
COMMERCIAL: An aspirant community foundation trust could be stripped of a quarter of its business to support a new hospital trust emerging from demerger of Barnet and Chase Farm hospitals.
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NewsExclusive: Mid Staffs needs £80m to avoid financial collapse
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust may need as much as £80m government support to pull it out of the financial hole created by its care quality scandal, HSJ has learned.
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NewsHeart of England plans major expansion
Heart of England Foundation Trust is planning a major expansion involving the takeover of another hospital. It plans to become a “healthcare corporation” offering high levels of autonomy for member organisations.
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NewsBennett warns against 'second guessing' merger rulings
Trusts involved in mergers should not “second guess” Monitor’s decisions or they risk having to “unwind” arrangements at taxpayers’ expense, the regulator’s boss has warned.
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NewsExclusive: SHA cluster chief executives appointed without competition
Just one candidate was interviewed for the post of chief executive in each of the three new strategic health authority clusters, HSJ can reveal.
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Royal Surrey County Hospital sets out surplus plans
FINANCE: Royal Surrey County Hospital FT plans to make surpluses of just under £4m over the next three years.
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University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay withdraws bid to take over neighbouring trust
STRUCTURE: University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust has pulled out of the competition to take over a neighbouring trust, after Monitor declared it in “significant breach” of its authorisation.