News – Page 1447
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New specialist paediatric service for Bristol
STRUCTURE: University Hospitals Bristol FT has approved a business case for the creation of a centralised, specialist, paediatric service in the city.
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Nottingham PCT director to join consortia
WORKFORCE: The director of delivery and performance at Nottingham PCT is to become chief operating officer for a commissioning consortia.
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University Hospitals Bristol FT reaches agreement on royal wedding pay
WORKFORCE: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust will pay normal rates to staff working the royal wedding bank holiday on 29 April.
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Nottingham University Hospitals reports £2.86m shortfall on CIPs
FINANCE: Nottingham University Hospitals Trust is reporting a year-to-date shortfall against its 2010-11 cost improvement programme of £2.86m.
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Worcestershire Partnership Trust 'significantly worse' on delayed transfers
PERFORMANCE: Worcestershire Mental Health Partnership Trust’s performance on delayed transfers is “significantly worse” than other trusts for whom data has been published nationally, board papers have said.
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Tameside Hospital FT contract threatens to go £1.9m over budget
FINANCE: The foundation trust is forecast to over-perform on its NHS Tameside and Glossop contract by £1.9m for 2010-11, the primary care trust’s latest finance report shows.
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Oxfordshire Learning Disability Trust on the road to becoming an FT
STRUCTURE: The trust underwent the first of several board to board “challenges” with its strategic health authority on the road to achieving foundation trust status.
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Camden PCT hopes to delegate to single consortium
STRUCTURE: All practices in Camden, except the PCT-run practice, are set to join a single commissioning consortium.
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Gloucestershire Hospitals FT racks up £700,000 contract penalties
PERFORMANCE: Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust had incurred £700,720 in contract penalties at the end of December.
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South West Essex still heading for deficit despite improvement
FINANCE: NHS South West Essex improved its deficit from £11.4m to £9.8m in January, but still does not expect to break even.
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Excess bed days at Barts exceed 50 days in some cases
PERFORMANCE: The sector acute commissioning unit has found patients with more than 50 excess bed days at trust
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Waits for diagnostic tests rise sharply for NHS Stockport patients
PERFORMANCE: The number of NHS Stockport patients waiting more than six weeks for key diagnostic tests rose sharply in December, its latest performance report shows.
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Declining CPA performance at Worcestershire Mental Health Partnership Trust
PERFORMANCE: The proportion of patients on the Care Programme Approach that have had a review in the past year has dropped to 61 per cent at Worcestershire Mental Health Partnership Trust.
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CQC finds Oxford Radcliffe has more work to do on four essential standards
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has found Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust is complying with 12 out of the 16 registration standards.
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Royal Marsden's radiotherapy bill disputed by commissioner
FINANCE: NHS Sutton and Merton is disputing over-performance for radiography by the foundation trust, and has said chemotherapy has also seen more activity than planned.
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Lack of social work capacity delays transfers at Birmingham Community
PERFORMANCE: Funding issues within social care have contributed to a red rating for delayed transfers of care at Birmingham Community Healthcare Trust.
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Four consortia emerging from Warwickshire practices
STRUCTURE: Four commissioning consortia are emerging from Warwickshire practices.
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Luton PCT QIPP target cut by a quarter
FINANCE: The primary care trust has revised down its required efficiency savings by almost a quarter, following the release of the NHS operating framework.
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Staff increases at Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare Trust
WORKFORCE: The number of whole time equivalent staff at Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare Trust increased by 18.5 in January, despite a plan to reduce it.
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Consultation launched on merger of mental health teams in Sussex
WORKFORCE: The foundation trust’s board papers said a consultation had begun on 14 February regarding changes to the Positive Behaviour Support Team in West Sussex.