All North East articles – Page 48

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Sunderland FT recruits nursing director from PCTs

2011-05-17T17:51:00Z

WORKFORCE: City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust has appointed Joy Akehurst as director of nursing.

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Surplus at Middlesbrough and Cleveland PCTs despite acute overspend

2011-05-11T18:05:00Z

FINANCE: Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland PCTs were expecting surpluses for 2010-11 in spite of overspending on hospital and community services.

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Hartlepool and Stockton PCTs expect surplus despite acute overspend

2011-05-11T17:27:00Z

FINANCE: Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees PCTs were expecting £100,000 and £400,000 total underspends respectively for 2010-11, in spite of large acute overspends.

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North Tees and Hartlepool launches hip replacement recall

2011-05-10T18:41:00Z

PERFORMANCE: On 9 May the foundation trust began a recall of patients who have had metal-on-metal total hip replacement.

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North East Ambulance plans quality governance improvements

2011-05-10T16:09:00Z

STRUCTURE: North East Ambulance Service Trust is improving its quality governance processes as part of preparing for its foundation trust application.

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North East Ambulance 'could become FT from August'

2011-05-10T16:08:00Z

STRUCTURE: North East Ambulance Service Trust has made a foundation trust application to Monitor, and says its earliest possible authorisation date is August 2011.

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North East Ambulance to press managers on safeguarding training

2011-05-09T16:10:00Z

WORKFORCE: North East Ambulance Service Trust is planning to press managers more firmly on providing safeguarding training to staff this year, after missing its target in 2010-11.

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Work to begin on Newcastle FT health centre

2011-05-06T18:24:00Z

STRUCTURE: The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is due to begin construction work on the Walkergate Healthcare & Diagnostic Facility.

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Quality of coding recognised at Northumbria Healthcare FT

2011-05-05T20:00:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has been shortlisted for the CHKS data quality award for England.

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Gateshead Health FT on data quality awards shortlist

2011-05-05T19:46:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust has been shortlisted for the CHKS data quality award for England.

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Gateshead Health buys System C PAS

2011-05-05T18:05:00Z

COMMERCIAL: Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust has bought System C’s Medway software to provide its main strategic patient administration and electronic patient record system.

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North East on course to meet targets, but some regions are still feeling the heat

2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

With the financial year ended, overall performance during 2010-11 is becoming a bit clearer. Both NHS North East and Yorkshire and the Humber appear to have met headline targets, but Yorkshire is showing signs of strain.

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North East mental health FT building GP links

2011-05-04T16:32:00Z

COMMERCIAL: Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust is making a concerted effort to engage with local GP commissioners.

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North East MH FT hosting quality observatory

2011-05-04T16:30:00Z

COMMERCIAL: Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust has taken on hosting the North East Quality Observatory.

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Significant overactivity payments for Newcastle FT

2011-05-03T17:23:00Z

FINANCE: The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust had received £9.2m in overspend against contracts from its main commissioners as of the end of February .

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North of Tyne PCTs expects break even despite acute overspend

2011-05-03T17:23:00Z

FINANCE: The North of Tyne commissioners - Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland Care Trust - were on course to deliver surpluses for 2010-11, despite acute overspends.

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Readmissions penalty to cost Newcastle FT 'many millions'

2011-05-03T17:22:00Z

FINANCE: The policy of penalising hospital trusts when their patients are readmitted within 30 days of discharge will cost The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust “many £millions”, it reports.

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Scaling up collaboration: the public health manifesto

2011-05-03T11:38:00Z

I recently had the privilege of attending a lecture by Sir Michael Marmot, the guru of health inequalities and public health.

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Northumbria Healthcare appoints social care expert as NED

2011-04-27T13:41:00Z

WORKFORCE: A former council chief executive has been appointed a non-executive director of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

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Surplus exceeds expectation at Tees, Esk and Wear FT

2011-04-26T17:33:00Z

FINANCE: Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust exceeded its plans to record a net operating surplus of £6.5m during 2010-11.