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West Hertfordshire nearly £2m behind on recovery plan
FINANCE: A failure to identify key savings has put West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust £1.8m behind on its financial recovery plan, board papers show.
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Portsmouth Hospitals reviews breakeven forecast
FINANCE: Portsmouth Hospitals Trust has been forced review its “break even” forecast for the end of the year after breaching the cap on its contract with NHS Hampshire.
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HSJ LocalChase Farm to remain open but loses A&E unit
STRUCTURE: The health secretary has rubber stamped plans to downgrade Chase Farm Hospital’s emergency department and take forward a possible merger with North Middlesex University Hospital Trust.
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NewsCommissioning board chair could work just four days a month
The chair of the NHS Commissioning Board will be expected to work as few as four days a month once the board is up and running, the new job specification reveals.
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NewsResearch reveals disparity in UK bowel cancer survival rates
Stark differences in bowel cancer mortality rates across the UK show that people in certain areas are three times more likely to die from the disease, research suggested today.
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NewsReferral falls could cause financial difficulty for hospitals - BMA
Hospitals could suffer “financial problems” as a result of GPs referring fewer patients, the British Medical Association warns today, after new figures showed the number of referrals has fallen by 4.7 per cent since the beginning of April.
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Lewisham Healthcare Trust £1m behind CIPs target
FINANCE: The south London acute trust had a shortfall of £1,048k against its full-year target of £16.1m at the end of August.
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Leicester PCT cluster appoints NEDs
WORKFORCE: Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland PCT cluster has announced the non-executive directors who will sit on its new integrated board.
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New chair for Cumbria Partnership
WORKFORCE: Mike Taylor, the current chair of NHS Cumbria, has been appointed the new chair of Cumbria Partnership Foundation Trust.
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United Lincolnshire praises staff response to major fairground accident
WORKFORCE: Staff at Pilgrim Hospital in Lincolnshire have been praised for their “outstanding” response to a fairground accident in which 40 people were injured.
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NewsRevised DH figures predict 8,000 fewer redundancies from NHS reforms
Savings from the NHS reforms will be £700m less than previously thought but 8,000 fewer redundancies will be made, according to details released by the Department of Health.
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NewsHospital PFI deals attacked after car park charges increase
Private finance initiative contracts signed by the last Labour-led administration to build hospital car parks have been attacked following a decision by one hospital to increase charges by 62 per cent.
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NewsOverseas nurses a 'risk' to healthcare - Lord Winston
Nurses with a poor command of English pose potential risks to healthcare levels, fertility expert Lord Robert Winston has warned.
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Morecambe maternity services rapped by regulator
PERFORMANCE: Divisions between senior medical staff contributed to maternity services at University Hospitals Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust failing to meet essential safety standards, the Care Quality Commission has warned.
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Surrey and Sussex Healthcare gets 40 more A&E beds for winter
PERFORMANCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is to introduce a temporary ward of 40 beds to expand its capacity and reduce waits over winter, according to chief executive Michael Wilson.
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Surrey and Sussex Healthcare looks to £2m A&E refurbishment
STRUCTURE: In his weekly message, trust chief executive Michael Wilson highlighted the start of work to overhaul East Surrey Hospital’s emergency department and a new patient pathway.
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Surrey and Sussex Healthcare ‘turning corner’ on maternity
PERFORMANCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust chief executive Michael Wilson has paid tribute to maternity staff by highlighting anecdotal evidence of an improvement in standards.
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NHS Warrington facing 'probable' £4.5m deficit for 2011-12
FINANCE: The primary care trust is facing a “probable” deficit of £4.5m in 2011-12, according to its cluster’s latest finance report.
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Commissioners had 'no confidence' in data supplied by Imperial
FINANCE: Minutes from a commissioner meeting said the west London trust had presented them with data “in which [it had] no confidence”.
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West London PCTs identify £24m risk to their QIPP delivery
FINANCE: Ealing, Hillingdon and Hounslow primary care trusts reported a £24m risk to their QIPP delivery to the cluster this month and are “considering alternative measures”.