News – Page 1473
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Dispute with PCTs puts Great Western Hospitals' surplus at risk
FINANCE: Great Western Hospitals FT has disputed the amount offered by its local PCTs for activity above contract.
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The Tavistock and Portman Foundation Trust establishes partnership with top US university
STRUCTURE: The north London specialist mental health trust is working with Yale University on infant mental health training.
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NHS Barnet asks SHA to be excused repayment of £45.4m loan
FINANCE: The north London primary care trust has written to NHS London’s challenged trust board asking if the sum they received this financial year could be written off.
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South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust hits SHA savings targets but misses its own
FINANCE; The mental health organisation achieved the £6.2m Cost Improvement Programme target set by NHS London.
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Barts and the London Trust still above agency staff budget
WORKFORCE: The east london acute trust missed its 3.5 per cent target in December, board papers revealed.
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Draft plan: Western Cheshire will need to find £15m savings to break even next year
FINANCE: The primary care trust will have to find savings of £15m in 2011/12 to break even for the year, draft plans forecast.
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North Middlesex University Hospital Trust declined in more than half of its quality indicators in December
PERFORMANCE: Thirty-eight of the trust’s performance measures were worse than they were in November.
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The Royal Free Hampstead Trust is on target to meet its planned surplus
FINANCE: The north London hospital is on track for a £4.6m surplus, in line with its plans
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Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust has been cleared to proceed with £90m PFI rebuild
STRUCTURE: The north London specialist trust was given permission to place an advert for partners for the scheme by NHS London in December.
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NHS Bromley plans to save £7.5m on urgent care
FINANCE: NHS Bromley’s Quality, Improvement, Productivity and Prevention programme anticipates saving £1.8m on urgent care for each of the next four financial years.
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Moorfields Eye Hospital Foundation Trust predicting £6m deficit for 2013-14
FINANCE; A specialist eye hospital is predicting a significant deficit within two years because of increased cost pressures
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Kingston Hospital c-section rate above 27 per cent
PERFORMANCE: The trust’s rate was above its own target but it said its multiple pregenancy rate, often a causal factor, was double the national average and outside its control.
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Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust manages to get staff-turnover below national average
WORKFORCE: The troubled trust, which spent £4.1m on bank and agency staff, in August reached a turnover of 11.3 per cent in December.
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Blackburn with Darwen ahead of plan at end of November
FINANCE: The trust was reporting a year-to-date surplus of £991,000 at the end of November, £11,000 above its planned surplus at that point.
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Ealing Hospital Trust considering merger with North West London Hospitals Trust
STRUCTURE: The district general hospital is considering a merger with its much larger neighbour.
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PCTs negotiate Imperial College Healthcare Trust income down by £4m after mid-year review
FINANCE: A revised service level agreement between an acute trust and its local primary care trusts have seen its predicted income fall by £4.2m
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NHS Camden predicting 41 per cent overspend with acute provider
FINANCE: A primary care trust is predicting a 41 per cent overspend at year-end with one of its acute providers
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Royal Marsden challenged over billing for patient 'who wasn't there'
FINANCE: NHS Croydon are challenging the specialist cancer trust saying they were billed until the end of September for a patient who was discharged in May.
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West Middlesex University Hospital Trust performing ahead of target for referral to treatment times
PERFROMANCE: The west London hospital achieved the 18-week standard for admitted and non-admitted cases in November.
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NHS Croydon to challenge local acute over "reclassifying activity" to avoid lower tariff
FINANCE: NHS Croydon is challenging St George’s Healthcare Trust after claiming it re-classified activity to avoid only being paid at a marginal rate.