News – Page 1052
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East Sussex claws back 18 week performance
PERFORMANCE: East Sussex Healthcare Trust achieved the 18 week target for admitted patients during July and August, following a difficult start to the financial year.
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University Hospital of South Manchester one of 12 awarded podiatry contract
COMMERCIAL: University Hospital of South Manchester Foundation Trust is one of 12 NHS and private sector providers that have been awarded “any qualified provider” status to provide podiatry services across Greater Manchester.
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Cancer centre gains charity quality mark
PERFORMANCE: The Fernhurst Centre at St Richard’s Hospital has been awarded the Macmillan Quality Environment Mark, given to units judged to offer the best standards of cancer care.
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Helipad operational at Frimley Park
STRUCTURE: Frimley Park Hospital received its first patient by air ambulance this month after its new helipad became fully operational.
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Providers awarded contracts for Greater Manchester hearing services
COMMERCIAL: Sixteen NHS and private sector providers have been awarded “any qualified provider” contracts to provide adult hearing services across Greater Manchester.
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Somerset Partnership fails readmission target
PERFORMANCE: Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust had a psychiatric emergency readmission rate of 12.6 per cent in August against a target of 10 per cent.
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C difficile rate higher than planned for NHS Bury
PERFORMANCE: NHS Bury’s rate of C difficile infection was higher than planned in the first four months of 2012-13, latest NHS Greater Manchester board papers state.
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Birmingham QIPP forecast improves slightly to 46pc shortfall
FINANCE: Efficiency schemes in Birmingham and Solihull are still only expected to yield little more than half their savings targets for 2012-13, despite efforts from clinical commissioning groups to close the gap.
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Birmingham and Solihull PCT cluster overperforms on demand
PERFORMANCE: Birmingham and Solihull primary care trust cluster is overperforming on demand for both elective and non elective care.
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Hillingdon Hospitals readmission rate up on last year
PERFORMANCE: Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust’s readmissions rate is 7.9 per cent for the year-to-date, up on 7.5 per cent in the same period last year.
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Ashton, Leigh and Wigan exceeds C difficile threshold
PERFORMANCE: NHS Ashton, Leigh and Wigan’s rate of C difficile infection was higher than planned in the first four months of 2012-13, latest NHS Greater Manchester board papers state.
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New Derby drug and alcohol centre opens
STRUCTURE: A new treatment centre for people recovering from drug and alcohol misuse will open in Derby on Monday 29 October.
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Greater Manchester awards 'any qualified provider' diagnostics contracts
COMMERCIAL: Twenty three NHS and private sector providers have been awarded “any qualified provider” contracts to offer direct access diagnostics across Greater Manchester.
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South Bristol minor injuries unit fails to attract A&E patients
FINANCE: Attendances at the new South Bristol Community Hospital minor injuries unit are below planned levels, creating a risk of an overspend for commisisoners.
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C difficile rate above plan for NHS Bolton
PERFORMANCE: NHS Bolton had 34 cases of C difficile infection in the first four months of 2012-13, against a year-to-date plan of no more than 13, NHS Greater Manchester has reported.
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Patient records system could save £100m
COMMERCIAL: An acute trust has become the first NHS organisation to launch a new health records management system, which providers estimate could save up to £100m if introduced nationwide.
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South Manchester CCG expects to miss QIPP target
FINANCE: The South Manchester Clinical Commissioning Group is expecting to miss its quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) savings target by £300,000, its latest finance report states.
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Somerset Partnership community budget overspends
FINANCE: The community health directorate of Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust is overspent on district nursing by £137,000 and by £72,000 on enteral feeds, and is experiencing pressure on inpatient wards and minor injury units.
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North Somerset failing incomplete pathways target
PERFORMANCE: NHS North Somerset is failing the target for 92 per cent of patients to have been treated within 18 weeks.
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Bristol children's services contract set to be extended
COMMERCIAL: NHS Bristol and NHS South Gloucestershire have agreed to ask North Bristol Trust to extend their contract for provding children’s services fro two years.