News – Page 1477
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North Bristol NHS Trust pays back PCTs
FINANCE: North Bristol NHS Trust has paid a rebate of £1.8m after failing to reduce activity in line with local agreements.
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Only third of head and neck cancer patients treated within 62 days
PERFORMANCE: Royal Wolverhampton Hospital Trust is treating only a third of patients with head and neck cancer within 62 days of referal.
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Suspected norovirus outbreak closes 120 beds at Wirral University Teaching Hospital
PERFORMANCE: An outbreak of diarrhea and vomiting/norovirus symptoms forced the foundation to close 120 beds in the last week of January, Department of Health figures show.
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NHS Sandwell transferring dental provision
STRUCTURE: NHS Sandwell is transferring the provision of salaried dental services to Birmingham Community Healthcare Trust.
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£1.14m capital projects at risk, says Royal Wolverhampton
FINANCE: Projects worth £1.14m within the Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust’s capital programme are at risk of non-delivery, board papers say.
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Northamptonshire Healthcare behind target on mandatory training
WORKFORCE: Only 73 per cent of staff at Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust have carried out mandatory training, against a target of 95 per cent.
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Trust seeks £2.1m for capital programme
FINANCE: Worcestershire Mental Health Partnership Trust is applying for £2.168m of external funding for its 2010-11 capital programme.
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Stockport FT leaves 111 ambulances queueing in single week
PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust left 111 ambulances queueing for longer than half an hour in the last week of January, new Department of Health figures show.
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New facilites for Gloucestershire Hospitals FT
STRUCTURE: Gloucestershire Hospitals FT has reorganised a number of services and secured funding for a £7.7m radiotherapy facility.
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Provider organisations to miss TCS deadline
STRUCTURE: Two new provider organisations being created in West Midlands will miss the official Transforming Community Services deadline and a third is at risk of missing it.
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Leicestershire Partnership chair to step down
WORKFORCE: Leicestershire Partnership Trust chairman Tony Harrop has announced his decision not to seek a further four year term of office.
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National cancer unit opens at Royal Orthopaedic Hospital
STRUCTURE: The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation Trust has opened a new £313,000 national cancer facility for patients aged 13 to 24.
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North Cumbria trust nearly £8m in the red at end of November
FINANCE: The trust was £7.9m in deficit at the end of November, a report to its January board meeting shows.
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NHS South Staffordshire behind on LTC targets
PERFORMANCE: NHS South Staffordshire is significantly behind on strategic targets for long term conditions.
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NHS Warrington in-year deficit rose to £1.8m by end of November
FINANCE: The primary care trust’s in-year deficit rose £336,000 over the course of November to £1.819m, a January report to its board of directors shows.
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Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals Trust now predicting lower surplus at year-end
FINANCE: A hospital trust is predicting a year-end surplus one third of its original target.
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Only 1 per cent of smear test results delivered on time
PERFORMANCE: NHS Shropshire County has reported that only 1 per cent of women are receiving cervical screening results within two weeks.
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NHS Stoke confirms appointment of community chief exec
WORKFORCE: The primary care trust has announced that a chief executive has been appointed to lead its community health provider arm, ahead of its split from the PCT.
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PCT predicting management savings shortfall
WORKFORCE: NHS Heart of Birmingham is predicting a £570,000 shortfall on its management costs target.
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Central and North West London Mental Health Foundation Trust wins prison contract
COMMERCIAL: A mental health trust has won the contract to provide services to prison inmates.