News – Page 1215
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Dorset reaches £10m agreement with Lloyds TSB
FINANCE: Dorset County Hospital Foundation Trust has got agreement to draw down up to £10m of working capital from Lloyds TSB.
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Rheumatic diseases specialist forecasts deficit
FINANCE: Lower than expected income from PCTs has led to the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases Foundation Trust forecasting a deficit of £909,000 for the financial year, rather than the planned surplus of £124,000.
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South Devon £2m above surplus target
FINANCE: South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust had a surplus at the end of November of £3.1m for the year to date, £2m more than planned.
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South Devon risks missing C difficile target
PERFORMANCE: South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust reported one case of C difficile in November, bringing the year to date total to 15.
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Bristol just misses out on A&E standard in December
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust was marginally below the 95 per cent standard for patients treated within four hours in A&E in December.
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Bristol revises up surplus prediction
FINANCE: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust has revised its likely year end surplus up by £1m to £7m.
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NewsFlory to lead NHS Trust Development Authority
NHS deputy chief executive David Flory is to become the first head of the body charged with creating an all-foundation-trust provider sector.
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Salisbury and Wiltshire dispute cost of services
FINANCE: A £15m gap is opening up between what NHS Wiltshire wants to pay for services at Salisbury Foundation Trust in the next financial year and what the trust says they should cost.
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Gloucs reports £1m deficit
FINANCE: Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust is reporting a £1m deficit at the end of month nine - against a planned £1.7m surplus.
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Gloucestershire fails to hit Clostridium difficile target
PERFORMANCE: The year end target for Clostridium difficile cases has already been exceeded by Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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Gloucestershire misses 95pc target again
PERFORMANCE: Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust only managed to treat just over 90 per cent of patients in A&E in December within four hours.
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Three hundred wait more than four hours at Queen Elizabeth
PERFORMANCE: More than 300 patients waited longer than four hours in A&E at King’s Lynn in December - bringing performance against the four hour standard down to 92.7 per cent for the month.
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King's Lynn gets red rating over C difficile
PERFORMANCE: The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn Foundation Trust has given itself a red rating for performance as it is above trajectory for c. diff cases for the third quarter running.
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NewsHealth Bill amendments target integration and secretary of state's duties
The government has tabled 137 amendments to its Health Bill.
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Campaign to increase doctors working in Wales launched
A campaign to encourage more doctors to work in Wales has been launched by Cardiff’s health minister Lesley Griffiths.
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NewsImperial suspends reporting on waiting lists
One of England’s largest hospital trusts has taken the rare step of suspending its reporting of three key performance measures as it is “unable” to determine how many patients are waiting for treatment.
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Healthcare trust facing deficit considers 'wholesale' outsourcing
The trust predicting the largest deficit in the country is considering a “wholesale approach to outsourcing corporate functions”, HSJ has discovered.
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News'Hinchingbrooke model' still an option for struggling trust
A financially challenged hospital is considering partnering with the private sector, despite government claims that no NHS trusts planned to follow the “Hinchingbrooke model”.
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Croydon out-of-hours care failures exposed
PERFORMANCE: Serious care and accountability failures in an out-of-hours GP service have been highlighted in a report from a London primary care trust.
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NewsNHS managers 'too busy' to address staff health at work
NHS managers do not “buy in” to the health at work drive, the government’s national director for health and work has claimed.