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South West ambulance merger gets the go ahead

2012-10-05T18:12:00Z

STRUCTURE: NHS South of England has approved the acquisition of Great Western Ambulance Service by South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust.

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Mid Staffs appoints GP as non-executive director

2012-10-05T18:09:00Z

WORKFORCE: Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust council of governors have approved the appointment of a new non-executive director, Dr Lynne Hulme.

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Warwickshire under delivers on QIPP amid 'paucity' of information

2012-10-05T17:53:00Z

FINANCE: Warwickshire primary care trust has reported a £2.4m under-delivery on quality, innovation, productivity and prevention schemes in the first four months of 2012-13.

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Rise in emergency admissions at Southport and Ormskirk

2012-10-05T17:48:00Z

PERFORMANCE: An increase in emergency admissions at Southport and Ormskirk has pushed NHS Merseyside 2 per cent over its plan for non-elective activity for the year-to-date, the primary care trust cluster has reported.

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Provisional data shows RTT waiting targets underperformance at Walton centre

2012-10-05T17:44:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Provisional June data shows “underperformance” by the Walton Centre against national 18 week referral-to-treatment waiting targets, NHS Merseyside’s latest performance report states.

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Royal Wolverhampton charges disabled to park

2012-10-05T17:43:00Z

FINANCE: Free parking for disabled people has been scrapped at a Midlands hospital with parking charges for short-stay visitors being doubled.

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St Helens and Knowsley exceeds annual MRSA threshold

2012-10-05T17:42:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The trust has already exceeded its target maximum number of MRSA cases for 2012-13, NHS Merseyside’s August performance report shows.

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Mortality rate falls at George Eliot

2012-10-05T17:41:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Reported death rates at George Eliot Hospital have fallen after the “rebasing” of the Dr Foster mortality measure.

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George Eliot gets top marks on PEAT

2012-10-05T17:40:00Z

PERFORMANCE: George Eliot Hospital Trust has scored top marks across the board in this year’s annual patient environmental action team (PEAT) scores.

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Northern Devon puts back FT application a second time

2012-10-05T17:38:00Z

STRUCTURE: Northern Devon Healthcare Trust is seeking a revised submission date for its foundation trust application, strategic health authority board papers reveal.

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DTOCs soar at South Warwickshire

2012-10-05T17:38:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Delayed discharges are far above target at South Warwickshire Foundation Trust.

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Lack of management capacity hits Coventry QIPP

2012-10-05T17:37:00Z

FINANCE: Coventry’s quality, innovation, productivity and prevention programme is forecast to under-achieve by £3.08m – in part due to a lack of project management capacity. 

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Patient leaflets help reduce PCT waiting times by half

2012-10-05T17:37:00Z

PERFORMANCE: A pilot project between Wolverhampton City PCT and charity Arthritis Research UK has halved waiting times for physiotherapy appointments and improved patient satisfaction.

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Nick Tupper appointed Doncaster CCG chair

2012-10-05T17:37:00Z

WORKFORCE: GP Nick Tupper has been appointed chair of NHS Doncaster Clinical Commissioning Group.

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Butterfly scheme to aid peaceful care in A&E

2012-10-05T17:36:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Staff at the University Hospitals of Leicester have embraced a new scheme to show extra respect to the families of those who are dying or have died in the emergency department.

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Commissioners forecast East Lancashire Hospitals overspend of £8.6m

2012-10-05T17:36:00Z

FINANCE: Lancashire commissioners had overspent their budgets for the trust by £2.7m by the end of July, and were forecasting an £8.6m overspend for the full year 2012-13.

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Aintree appeals against third recorded MRSA case

2012-10-05T17:34:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust currently has three recorded cases of MRSA for 2012-13, against an annual target of no more than two, commissioner board papers report.

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Blackpool Teaching Hospitals forecast to overperform by £8.1m

2012-10-05T17:30:00Z

FINANCE: Lancashire primary care trusts are forecasting an overspend of £8.1m on their contracts with Blackpool Teaching Hospitals in 2012.

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Wexham Park Hospital expands AMU

2012-10-05T17:19:00Z

STRUCTURE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust is investing more than £2.5m in reconfiguring wards, in anticipation of a rise in emergency attendances.

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Lincolnshire CCG accountable officers named

2012-10-05T17:17:00Z

STRUCTURE: The designate accountable officers of the four clinical commissioning groups within Lincolnshire PCT have been announced.