News – Page 1445
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Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt one step closer to foundation trust status
STRUCTURE: The Midlands acute and specialist trust has been given approval by the Secretary of State to be formally assessed by Monitor for foundation status.
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North Cumbria UH still in the red despite £10m handout
FINANCE: The trust was reporting a deficit of £587,000 at the end of December, despite securing an extra £10m in funding from NHS North West to “support strategic change”.
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Birmingham and Solihull FT contract negotiations escalated after 'impasse'
FINANCE: The West Midlands mental health provider reported in its latest board papers that the contract talks with Birmingham commissioners had reached a deadlock.
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'Significant challenge' on inpatient falls at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital
FINANCE: Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust faces “significant challenges” in meeting its quarter four target for inpatient falls.
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Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals rates CIPs underachievement as red risk
FINANCE: Underachievement of cost improvement programmes has been rated as a red risk at Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust.
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East and North Herts behind on surplus
FINANCE: At the end of January East and North Hertfordshire Trust was £1.2m behind its planned surplus.
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Patient falls increase at East Cheshire NHS Trust
PERFORMANCE: The incidence of patient falls reported at East Cheshire NHS Trust rose in January to the highest level it has seen in 2010-11.
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Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals at 'major' risk of contract dispute
FINANCE: The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust is at “major” risk of becoming embroiled in a dispute with commissioners regarding over-performance.
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NHS Sandwell remains on track for surplus
FINANCE: The primary care trust has further strengthened its financial position ahead of the year-end.
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NHS Sandwell bringing down teenage pregnancy rate
PERFORMANCE: Sandwell’s teenage pregnancy rate fell by almost a fifth in a decade, latest figures show.
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Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals behind on PROMs
PERFORMANCE: Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust is 18 per cent behind plan on recording some patient reported outcome measures.
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NewsPCTs fail to assess value of cancer spend
Most primary care trusts are failing to assess whether the cancer treatments they commission offer value for money, according to MPs.
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Work needed to clarify professional roles at Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals
WORKFORCE: Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust has identified a need to undertake “significant work” to address concerns over the scope of healthcare professionals’ roles.
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'Concerns' over quality monitoring meetings with NHS Hounslow cluster
PERFORMANCE: Minutes of a board meeting at West Middlesex University Hospital said chief executive Jacqueline Docherty noted “a number of staff from Hounslow [had been] appointed to senior positions” in the cluster and “advised the board there are concerns that the current quality monitoring meetings are not as effective as ...
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Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals approves merged pathology service
STRUCTURE: The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust has approved final sign-off of a business plan to centralise pathology services with Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust.
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Future of West Middlesex University Hospital to be discussed in coming weeks
STRUCTURE: The south west London hospital trust said an extraordinary trust board meeting will be held “in private in mid March to determine the way forward” to foundation trust status.
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NewsDH forbids PCT cluster companies
The Department of Health is set to tell primary care trusts they should stop establishing “shadow” commissioning consortia as limited companies.
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Ten shadow consortia emerge across Birmingham
STRUCTURE: So far 10 “shadow” commissioning consortia have emerged across Birmingham.
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NewsConsortia decisions could be voted on via mobiles
New X Factor-style technology could allow GPs to vote on decisions about health service commissioning and service redesign using their mobile phones.
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NewsReadmissions penalties surpass savings target
The tougher non-payment policy for emergency readmissions could cost some hospitals even more in 2011-12 than the planned 1.5 per cent cut in tariff prices.