All North West articles – Page 102
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250 Pennine Acute ‘backlog’ patients transferred to private sector
PERFORMANCE: 250 of the trust’s patients will be transferred to the private sector in an effort to improve waiting times at Pennine Acute, one of its commissioners has reported.
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Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale seeks out uses for £1.7m underspend
FINANCE: At the end of October 2011 the primary care trust had under-spent its budget to the value of £1.7m, according to its latest finance report.
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East Lancs midwife gets OBE
WORKFORCE: Sheena Byrom, a consultant midwife at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, has been awarded an OBE for services to midwifery.
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Liverpool PCT chair gets OBE
WORKFORCE: NHS Liverpool chair Gideon Ben-Tovim has been awarded an OBE for services to health.
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NHS Bury forecasts breakeven after £3m additional allocation
FINANCE: The primary care trust was forecasting it would break even for 2011-12 at the end of October after receiving an additional £3m in-year allocation, its latest finance report shows.
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Salford Royal manager recognised in New Year honours
WORKFORCE: A human resources services manager at the foundation has received an MBE in the new year honours list.
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Wirral among worst in country for referral to treatment times – DH report
PERFORMANCE: The trust was among the 10 worst in the country on referral-to-treatment waiting times in September, according to the Department of Health’s latest quarterly report.
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Three Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale emerging CCGs become one
STRUCTURE: Three GP groups within Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale PCT have merged to form a single CCG, NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale CCG.
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Five GP groups become one CCG in East Lancs
STRUCTURE: Five GP commissioning groups within NHS East Lancashire Teaching PCT have merged to become one emerging clinical commissioning group.
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Two Bolton emerging CCGs become one
STRUCTURE: All GP practices in Bolton are now part of a single emerging clinical commissioning group, Bolton Health Consortium.
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Cluster condemns DH pressure on NEDs to resign
STRUCTURE: A care trust chair has accused the government of enacting “on the hoof” reforms, and warned that moves to sack non-executive directors risked draining expertise out of the local health economy.
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St Helens and Knowsley October admitted RTT performance third lowest in North West
PERFORMANCE: The trust registered the third-lowest performance in the North West against a key waiting target for admitted patients in October, latest Department of Health data shows.
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Liverpool Women’s October admitted RTT performance best in North West
PERFORMANCE: More than 98 per cent of admitted patients treated by the foundation in October were completed within 18 weeks, latest Department of Health data shows.
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Central Manchester FT scores 79.2 per cent against 18 week target in October
PERFORMANCE: Just 79.2 per cent of the foundation’s admitted patients completed in October were treated within 18 weeks, against a national target of 90 per cent, latest Department of Health figures show.
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Wirral Teaching Hospital October admitted RTT performance lowest in region
PERFORMANCE: Just 79 per cent of the foundation’s admitted patients completed in October were treated within 18 weeks, against a national target of 90 per cent, latest Department of Health figures show.
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CECH forecasts £600,000 overspend on East Cheshire contract
FINANCE: NHS Central and Eastern Cheshire was forecasting a full-year overspend on its contract with East Cheshire trust of £628,000 at the end of August, its latest finance report shows.
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Increased demand for neurosurgery presses Walton Centre waiting times
PERFORMANCE: Continued increasing demand for neurosurgery has hit the specialist foundation’s ability to meet referral-to-treatment waiting times targets, its commissioners have reported.
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Halton and St Helens ahead on savings but with 'gap' in full-year plans
FINANCE: Delivery of £750,000 savings in the fifth month of 2011-12 left the primary care trust ahead of schedule for its saving programme this year, with £13.9m saved so far this year, its PCT cluster finance report stated.
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Southport and Ormskirk above target for MRSA infections
PERFORMANCE: The trust has exceeded its annual target limit for MRSA infections, its commissioners have reported.
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Readmissions above target limit at Halton and St Helens
PERFORMANCE: The primary care trust latest performance report shows 8.65 per cent emergency readmissions within 30 days of discharge, against a target of less than five per cent.