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Jim Birrell appointed interim CEO at Leicester
WORKFORCE: University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust has appointed Jim Birrell as interim chief executive following the departure of Malcolm Lowe-Lauri.
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NewsWelsh youngsters 'not offered health funds'
Health officials in Wales have been accused of letting young people who have cerebral palsy “suffer unnecessarily” by failing to offer funds for surgery which could help with mobility.
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Yorkshire trusts finalise merger
York Hospitals Foundation Trust officially acquired the Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Healthcare Trust on Sunday.
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Maritime unit gains cancer charity kitemark
PERFORMANCE: The Macmillan Cancer Care Unit at Medway Foundation Trust’s Maritime Hospital has received national recognition for the quality of care it offers.
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Norfolk Community Health bids to become FT on 1 August
STRUCTURE: Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust’s bid to become a foundation trust will go the Department of Health on August 1 - one month later than planned.
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Staff sickness exceeds target at Norfolk Community Health
WORKFORCE: The staff sickness rate for May was 6.2 per cent at Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust.
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Tameside deficit above plan in first month of 2012-13
FINANCE: The foundation trust reported a deficit of £177,000 for April 2012, against a plan of £151,000 for the month, its latest published finance report shows.
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Palliative care to reopen at Nottingham
STRUCTURE: A refurbished palliative care unit will open at Nottingham City Hospital on 3 July.
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OUH misses out on CQUIN cash
PERFORMANCE: Oxford University Hospital Trust missed out on £470,000 of commissioning for quality and innovation cash because it fell short of its venous thromboembolism target.
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Barnet and Chase Farm sets £21.7m savings target
FINANCE: The north London hospital trust has set a cost improvement programme target that is 6.4 per cent of its turnover, research by HSJ has revealed.
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NW London agrees £500m block contract with Imperial
FINANCE: NHS North West London has agreed more than half of Imperial’s income would be provided in a block contract rather than under payment by results.
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Review of Leicestershire hospitals planned
STRUCTURE: West Leicestershire Clinical Commissioning Group is undertaking a review of community hospitals and the services they provide.
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Pennine Acute misses three RTT waiting targets in April
PERFORMANCE: The trust failed to meet three of the five national targets for referral-to-treatment waiting times in April, its latest performance report shows.
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Blood pressure machine gift for hospital
PERFORMANCE: Warwick Hospital has been presented with a cheque for £1,500 to purchase a new blood pressure machine for the Aylesford Unit.
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Imperial aims to claw its way out of deficit in 2012-13
FINANCE: The central London acute trust is looking to recover from their deficit position of £10.5m in 2011-12 over the course of this financial year.
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Morecambe Bay forecasts £30m deficit for 2012-13
FINANCE: The trust is expecting to incur a deficit of around £30m in 2012-13, its latest finance report shows.
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Hospitals 'see rise in ambulance attendances' since trialling NHS 111
PERFORMANCE: A report to Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust board said the organisation had seen a seven per cent increase in the number of ambulance attendances since the NHS 111 non-emergency phone number was trialled in the borough.
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Imperial College Healthcare Trust ends month 1 in deficit
FINANCE: The central London hospital tryst had a deficit in month one of £1.7m, against a plan of £238k.
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Cumbria misses RTT waiting target for Q1 2012-13
PERFORMANCE: Cumbria will not meet national referral to treatment waiting times standards for the first three months of 2012-13, due to a “backlog of patients waiting over 18 weeks”, its latest performance report states.
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NHS North of England raises questions over East Cheshire FT bid
STRUCTURE: The regional director of NHS North of England has warned of risks connected to the “long-term requirements” of the trust’s local population, in relation to its bid for foundation status.