News – Page 1456
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NHS Enfield predicting £11.2m deficit for year-end
FINANCE: The north east London primary care trust reported managing to hold its deficit to £10.6m in December, the same as October and November.
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West London Mental Health Trust trust to investigate inpatients discharged without CPA plans
PERFORMANCE: The trust is looking at how seven service users came to be discharged without Care Programme Approach plans confirmed.
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CQC drops in on Weston Area Health Trust
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has carried out an unannounced visit at Weston Area Health Trust.
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Sheffield Hospitals experiences winter income dent
FINANCE: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust’s income was dented by lower than expected elective activity during the winter, according to its main commissioner.
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NHS Sheffield seeking £5m savings in year
FINANCE: The Sheffield primary care trust needs to find a further £5m savings to break even in 2010-11, despite a slowing in elective activity at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust during the winter.
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New cardiology unit for Gateshead trust
COMMERCIAL: Gateshead Health Foundation Trust is investing £770,000 in a new cardiology unit.
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Two consortia emerging in NHS North Tyneside
STRUCTURE: Two commissioning consortia are emerging within the North Tyneside primary care trust area.
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NHS Newcastle sees two consortia emerging
STRUCTURE: Two commissioning consortia are emerging within the Newcastle primary care trust.
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Single consortium for Northumberland Care Trust
STRUCTURE: GP practices within Northumberland Care Trust are grouping into a single commissioning consortium.
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NHS Surrey names 11 consortia
STRUCTURE: Surrey primary care trust has named 11 emerging commissioning consortia in its area.
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NHS Worcestershire to delegate £593m to consortia
STRUCTURE: Worcestershire primary care trust is planning to delegate £593m to three commissioning consortia from April - about 70 per cent of its budget.
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Sutton and Merton to delegate upwards of £309m
STRUCTURE: Sutton and Merton primary care trust is planning to delegate most commissioning to two consortia - The Sutton Consortium and The Federation - from April.
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South Gloucestershire PCT planning with single consortium
STRUCTURE: South Gloucestershire primary care trust is in the early stages of planning a single commissioning consortium for the patch.
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Manchester PCT looks to delegate £696m commissioning
STRUCTURE: Manchester primary care trust is planning to delegate £696m spending - around 70 per cent of its budget - to its emerging commissioning consortia from April.
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South Birmingham PCT delegating to three consortia
STRUCTURE: South Birmigham primary care trust is in the process of delegating functions to three emerging commissioning consortia.
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Oral surgery backlog at Heatherwood and Wexham Park FT
PERFORMANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park FT’s oral surgery department is underperforming due to “chronic capacity problems”, its board has been told.
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North Essex mental health trust takes on Suffolk community services
STRUCTURE: North Essex Partnership FT has been appointed as the interim host for Suffolk Community Healthcare, the community services arm of NHS Suffolk.
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NewsCQC demands urgent improvements Plymouth Hospitals
The Care Quality Commission has demanded immediate improvements at Plymouth Hospitals Trust.
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Mid Staffs faces ‘worst case scenario’ of cash deficit
FINANCE: The foundation trust was reporting a deficit of £5.8m in November against a planned deficit of £4.3m, representing a negative variance of £1.5m.
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Mid Staffs making ‘significant progress’ on nurse recruitment
WORKFORCE: The foundation has continued to increase its workforce, particularly for nursing staff, despite media coverage of the ongoing public inquiry into previous failures at the organisation.