All North East articles – Page 47
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HSJ Local
North East to double bariatric surgery
COMMERCIAL: North East specialised commissioners have decided to double funding for bariatric surgery.
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HSJ Local
Northumbria Healthcare praised for hips care
PERFORMANCE: North Tyneside and Wansbeck general hospitals have been rated well for operating on hip fracture patients, by the National Hip Fracture Database 2011 report.
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HSJ Local
South Tyneside fails to make grade on dignity
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission found the trust was not meeting essential standards relating to dignity during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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North East SHA reduced management costs
WORKFORCE: NHS North East’s management costs expenditure totalled £6.98m in 2010-11 - 2.44 per cent of net operating costs, compared to 3.84 per cent in the previous year.
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North East tops regions on A&E waiting times
PERFORMANCE: NHS North East performed better than all other English regions on waiting times in accident and emergency, with 98 per cent of patients seen within four hours.
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South Tees Foundation Trust overshot C difficile target last year
PERFORMANCE: South Tees Foundation Trust recorded 125 cases of Clostridium difficile in 2010-11 against a target of 116, but the North East region met its target for preventing the infection.
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Newcastle FT meets CIP but falls short of planned surplus
FINANCE: The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust met its enormous cost improvement plan target for 2010-11, but fell short of its planned surplus for the year.
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Comment
North divide to be united under NCB plans
NHS North East and North West are to be united – along with NHS Yorkshire and the Humber – HSJ understands.
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South Tees spots early finance shortfall
FINANCE: South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was £700,000 behind its financial plan at the end of April, one month into the financial year.
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South Tees FT rated top for eleventh year running
PERFORMANCE: South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been rated one of the top 40 hospitals by information analysis firm CHKS.
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Hartlepool Hospital passes CQC dignity inspection
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission said the foundation trust passed both of the standards relating to dignity and nutrition it inspected during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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North Tees plans urgent care centre move
STRUCTURE: Minor injuries services will move from the accident and emergency department at the University Hospital of Hartlepool to an urgent care centre, called One Life Hartlepool, on 2 August.
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City Hospitals Sunderland in bottom 20 per cent for CIP achievement
FINANCE: The acute trust achieved only 76 per cent of its cost improvement programme for the past financial year.
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CQUIN cash risk at Durham and Darlington
FINANCE: County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust has rated “amber/red” its performance against commissioning for quality and innovation pay-for performance measures.
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Durham and Darlington FT blows surplus target
FINANCE: County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust has exeeded its planned surplus in 2010-11 by £4.25m.
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New chemo unit to open at South Tees Hospitals FT
STRUCTURE: A new chemotherapy day unit at The James Cook University Hospital will officially open on Monday 20 June 2011.
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North Tees awaits government guarantee for hospital build
COMMERCIAL: North Tees and Hartlepool Foundation Trust has discussed the underwriting of its proposed private finance initiative scheme with the Department of Health, and is hoping for an agreement within weeks.
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Independent sector GP provider developing consortium in North East
STRUCTURE: An independent sector provider of GP services is developing a commissioning consortium of non-neighbouring practices covering more than 40,000 registered patients.
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Newcastle PCT and consortia announce savings plans
FINANCE: Newcastle PCT and its two emerging commissioning consortia have announced an agreed “locality delivery plan”, focusing on reducing unplanned hospital admissions and improving out of hospital care.
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North Tees hospitals behind on planned bed closures
FINANCE: North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust’s moves to reduce hospital bed capacity are slightly behind plan.