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Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale behind on savings at end of August
FINANCE: NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale recorded savings of £5.2m for the first five months of 2011-12, £1.3m below its target savings to that point of the year, its latest finance report shows.
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Unplanned A&E re-attendance remains above target in Bolton
PERFORMANCE: The rate of unplanned re-attendance at accident and emergency departments for NHS Bolton’s patients remained above the national limit for the fifth consecutive month in August, its latest performance report shows.
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North East Ambulance Service becomes FT
STRUCTURE: The north east has become the first region in England where all of the NHS organisations are foundation trusts, after North East Ambulance Service was authorised by Monitor.
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Medic appointed as Cambridgeshire and Peterborough FT chief
WORKFORCE: The mental health foundation trust covering Cambridgeshire and Peterbrough has appointed a new chief executive.
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Norfolk and Waveney FT signs off delayed merger
STRUCTURE: The delayed takeover of Suffolk Mental Health Partnership Trust has been signed off by Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health FT’s board.
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Yeovil wins £250k research grant
FINANCE: Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust has been awarded a £250,000 research grant by the Department of Health to conduct research into treatement for colorectal cancer.
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NewsNicholson says CCGs should get choice of support provider
The shadow NHS Commissioning Board chief executive Sir David Nicholson has backed calls for clinical commissioning groups to be allowed greater choice of commissioning support provider.
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Troubled trust gets fourth chair in two years
WORKFORCE: Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust has announced the appointment of its fourth chair since January 2010.
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Integrated care organisation proposes bundled tariff for services
A hospital trust that took on community services in two London boroughs is looking to offer all its services on a bundled tariff in 2012-13.
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NewsLansley announces £30m fund for cold housing
The government will provide an extra £30m to help keep homes warm during winter, the health secretary announced today.
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NewsCommunity care failing the vunerable, report claims
Community care has failed the most vulnerable members of society and ‘urgently’ needs reforming, a think tank has concluded.
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Exclusive: inquiry launched as £25m black hole opens up in PCT accounts
An independent “forensic” inquiry has been launched after a £25m financial black hole opened up in NHS Croydon’s accounts.
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Surrey and Sussex still behind on VTE
PERFORMANCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare is now the only trust in the South East Coast region significantly behind on venous thromboembolism performance, according to strategic health authority board papers.
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Winchester and Eastleigh beats savings target
FINANCE: Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust is ahead of its break-even financial plan for 2011-12, after beating its savings target for the year to date.
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Winchester and Eastleigh rated red for operating plans
PERFORMANCE: Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust has been given a red rating under the South Central strategic health authority compliance framework for its operating plans, and an amber rating for care quality.
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Birmingham CCGs present 'significant challenge' on size and geography
STRUCTURE: The current configuration of clinical commissioning groups in Birmingham and Solihull, Black Country and Arden present a significant challenge on the basis of their “size and geographical coherence”, according to NHS West Midlands.
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Patients diverted from pressured Worcester Royal A&E
PERFORMANCE: Due to continued poor performance against A&E targets, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust is to divert some patients from its Worcester Royal Hospital site to its Alexandra Hospital site.
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NHS Cumbria draws up list of potential properties for transfer to FT
STRUCTURE: Cumbria Partnership Foundation Trust and NHS Cumbria have drawn up a provisional list of properties that could be transferred to the FT, following its takeover of the primary care trust’s community services.
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Solent trust wins Winchester and Eastleigh sexual health contract
COMMERCIAL: Solent NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded a contract to take over Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust’s sexual health services.
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NHS Devon highlights safeguarding concern
WORKFORCE: NHS Devon has identified a “serious child safeguarding concern” due to a lack of suitable paediatric posts, according to board papers.