News – Page 1475
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More than 20 leave Devon Partnership Trust under MARS
WORKFORCE: More than 20 employees are to leave Devon Partnership NHS Trust under MARS agreements.
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Donor offers Royal Brompton and Harefield Foundation Trust new paediatric unit
FINANCE: The donor, who has a family member who is a paediatric cystic fibrosis patient, made the offer to help build a dedicated seven-bed unit.
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Action plan in the wake of patient murder
PERFORMANCE: The board has agreed an action plan in response to a murder committed by a patient under the trust’s care.
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NHS Tower Hamlets on track for surplus
FINANCE: A London primary care trust is on track for a surplus, as long as its acute contracts don’t overperform.
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Royal Cornwall falling behind on surplus plans
FINANCE: The trust is reporting a high risk it will not achieve its planned surplus of £9.7m.
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Royal United Hospitals Bath aims to reduce redundancies
WORKFORCE: The trust has introduced ring fenced recruitment to mitigate potential redundancies arising from QIPP projects and structural changes.
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Weston Area Healthcare Trust fears PCTs will not pay for any overperformance
PERFORMANCE: Weston Area Healthcare is over performing against PCT contracts by more than £1.2m.
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'Despair' as mental health trust risks losing £13m of contracts
FINANCE: Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust risks losing £13.1m due to proposed contractual changes by commissioners.
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Trust chief challenges PCTs on £150m efficiency savings
FINANCE: Birmingham’s PCT cluster has been “silent” on ways to save more than £150m, according to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust’s chief executive.
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NewsDH: 20 trusts' futures in doubt
The Department of Health has identified about 20 organisations that will struggle to achieve foundation status, NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has revealed.
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Berkshire mental health FT in surplus
FINANCE: Berkshire Healthcare FT expects to finish the year with a surplus of £663,000, just below its plan for the year.
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Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases reporting healthy surplus
FINANCE: The Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases FT has more than doubled its planned surplus for the year so far.
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Vomiting outbreak at Cheshire & Wirral mental health trust
PERFORMANCE: Cheshire & Wirral Partnership was forced to close a ward in November when an outbreak of vomiting and diarrhoea aflicted nearly two thirds of the patients, new board papers show.
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NHS Ealing cancels board meeting and can't say when it will next meet
STRUCTURE: A primary care trust cancelled its January board meeting and couldn’t say when it would next meet.
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Ambulance turnaround times rise to nearly two hours at Tameside Hospital FT over Christmas
PERFORMANCE: Ambulance turnaround times at the Tameside General Hospital over Christmas and New Year were among the worst in the North West, the ambulance service reported.
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PCT working with Peterborough and Stamford FT to tackle £2.7m overspend
FINANCE: Peterborough PCT has been working with Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals FT to “mitigate overperformance”.
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Two new claims against Mid Cheshire FT
PERFORMANCE: Two new clinical negligence claims have been made against the foundation trust, documents released under the freedom of information act show.
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South Devon FT wins payroll contract for new provider arm
COMMERCIAL: South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust is to provide payroll services for the expanding Torbay Care Trust.
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Hospital departments missing 18 week target by up to 26 per cent
PERFORMANCE: United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust is missing the 18 week treatment to referral target by up to 26 per cent in some departments.
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United Lincolnshire reports 'immense' financial challenges
FINANCE: United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust is facing “an immensely challenging financial position” for the rest of the year, its latest finance report states.