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HSJ LocalHusband and wife take over at troubled £1bn hospital trust
STRUCTURE: A husband-and-wife team of former primary care trust leaders have been appointed as interim chief executive and turnaround director of the huge and troubled Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust.
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NewsHealth and wellbeing boards may control £1bn under integration plan
Health and wellbeing boards could be given control of more than £1bn funding from the Department of Health budget under plans being considered by ministers and local government leaders.
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Barts Health predicts breakeven but will miss savings target, says board
FINANCE: Barts Health Trust has downgraded its year-end surplus forecast but still plans to break even, a board report reveals.
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NewsExclusive: Surgeons may not be able to block performance data publication, NHS England believes
NHS England has received legal advice which says surgeons cannot block publication of their performance data, HSJ has been told.
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NewsUpdated: Investigators reveal CQC 'cover up' over Morecambe Bay
The suppression of a report criticising the Care Quality Commission’s regulatory oversight of scandal-hit University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay may well have constituted a deliberate cover up by senior management at the regulator, an independent investigation has concluded.
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Avon and Wiltshire moves from 'punitive to supportive' culture
PERFORMANCE: A mental health trust that was described as having “centralist, top down and target driven” culture less than a year ago has moved from “punitive to supportive”, a report has found.
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East Cheshire Trust plans for £16m income fall
FINANCE: East Cheshire Trust is planning for a £16m fall in income in 2013-14, board papers show.
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Three risk summits held in south west
PERFORMANCE: Risk summits have been held about three south west NHS organisations between October 2012 and 1 May this year.
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Mersey Care hires director of corporate governance and comms
STRUCTURE: Elaine Darbyshire has been appointed as the new executive director of corporate governance and communications at Mersey Care NHS Trust.
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New non-exec at Mersey Care Trust
STRUCTURE: Professor Brenda Roe has been appointed as a new non-executive director at Mersey Care NHS Trust.
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Royal Free London on track to hit A&E target
PERFORMANCE: The Royal Free London Foundation Trust is on track to hit the 95 per cent A&E target for the full year 2012-13, board papers reveal.
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Radiotherapy fund award to Clatterbridge Cancer Centre
FINANCE: Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded £680,000 from the Government’s £15m Cancer Radiotherapy Innovation Fund.
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Colchester Hospital University FT invites 12,000 women for breast cancer screening
PERFORMANCE: Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust has invited more than 12,000 women for breast screening.
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Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust appoints new medical director
WORKFORCE: Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust has appointed a new associate medical director.
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North Hampshire reports improvements for COPD patients
PERFORMANCE: North Hampshire clinical commissioning group has reported a fall in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients going to hospital after it changed its working methods.
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Pennine Acute opens community vascular clinics
STRUCTURE: Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust has opened community vascular clinics within the community setting for Tameside and north Manchester residents.
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Bolton interim chair made permanent
STRUCTURE: David Wakefield has been appointed as substantive chairman of Bolton NHS Foundation Trust.
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Central Manchester University Hospitals launches Genomic centre
RESEARCH: Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has launched the Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine.
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Portsmouth system slips on A&E
PERFORMANCE: High demand for emergency acute care at evenings and weekends led to the Portsmouth health system missing the national target on accident and emergency care.
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Portsmouth CCG delivers surplus despite acute overspend
FINANCE: Portsmouth clinical commissioning group delivered a surplus in 2012-13 despite a £6m overspend on acute care.