News – Page 984
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NewsGPs could be first for Ofsted ratings
GPs could be the first healthcare providers to be subject to new Ofsted-style ratings but it could take up to five years to develop the system for hospitals, HSJ has been told.
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Board in place for Hillingdon Healthwatch
STRUCTURE: A chair and board have been appointed to Healthwatch Hillingdon, which has a start date of 1 April 2013.
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NHS Leeds PCT expects £23m surplus
NHS Leeds PCT is expected to record a year-end surplus of £23.2 million, in line with the control total agreed with the SHA.
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Bradford Care Trust took 'appropriate' action over homicide
PERFORMANCE: An independent review into a homicide committed by a service user of Bradford District Care Trust’s mental health services has determined that actions taken to investigate the incident were appropriate.
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Scarborough CCG may reopen MIU
STRUCTURE: A clinical commissioning group is looking to reopen a minor injuries unit at weekends – just a few months after the local PCT closed it to save money.
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Harrogate FT records below target suplus
FINANCE: Harrogate and District Foundation Trust had a surplus of £1.7m after the first eight months of the financial year - £1.2m less than planned.
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Hull and East Yorks forecasts £3.5m surplus
FINANCE: Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust is forecasting a surplus of £3.5m this financial year - £1.3m behind its original plans.
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Leeds Hospitals short of emergency registrars
PERFORMANCE: A shortage of emergency medicine specialty registrars is one of the factors in poor A&E performance at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust. A report to the trust board said that there was a 60 per cent vacancy rate for these posts across the trust. Consultants are working nights, locum doctors ...
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£5m risk identified by Leeds Hospitals
FINANCE: Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust has £5m of income at risk in the last few weeks of this financial year.
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Leeds Hospitals appoints COO and medical and nursing directors
WORKFORCE: Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust has made three key board appointments.
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A&E wait problems at Airedale FT
PERFORMANCE: Airedale Foundation Trust could be found in significant breach of its authorisation after it failed to meet the 95 per cent performance target for treating A&E patients in the third quarter, coming in at 94.6 per cent.
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Airedale identifies need to reuce operating costs
FINANCE: Airedale Foundation Trust cannot sustain the current level of operating costs within its income as it moves into 2013-14, the board has been warned
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New NED at Airedale Foundation Trust
WORKFORCE: Retired consultant in chemical pathology Michael Toop has joined Airedale Foundation Trust as a non-executive director.
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Uphill battle to meet A&E targets at Barnsley Hospital
PERFORMANCE: Barnsley Hospital Foundation Trust will only achieve the 95 per cent target for treating patients within four hours at A&E if it can achieve 98 per cent in the last two months of the year, the trust board heard.
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Barnsley FT plans to cut mortality rates
PERFORMANCE: Barnsley Hospital Foundation Trust is hoping to reduce its mortality rates by this autumn. A package of work – including looking at coding, reviewing never events, and an external scrutiny of surgical site infections – is ongoing. The trust also has a project on early warning systems and recognising ...
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Barnsley installs new CT scanner funded by local residents
SERVICES: A new CT scanner has been installed at Barnsley Hospital – thanks to the generosity of a local couple who left a legacy of £600,000. Mary Tasker died in 2011 and her husband, local photographer Ted, had died in 1989.
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Twenty cancer wait breaches at Mid Yorks
PERFORMANCE: Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust has had 20 breaches of the 62 day cancer referral to treatment target in January.
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Mid Yorks cuts deficit prediction to £24m
FINANCE: The projected deficit at Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust has been cut to £23.9m from £26m, the trust board has been told.
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Mid Yorkshire receives 181 MARS applications
WORKFORCE: 181 members of staff at Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust have applied for voluntary redundancy under the MARS2 scheme.
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Bradford Hospitals introduced new home help
STRUCTURE: Patients who are discharged after a stay at Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust are to get extra help at home.