All North West articles – Page 111
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HSJ Local
NHS Blackpool records £342,000 surplus in first two months of 2011-12
FINANCE: NHS Blackpool reported a £342,000 under spend against its revenue resource limit for the first two months of the financial year.
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HSJ Local
Bury rules out plans for a standalone midwife unit
STRUCTURE: NHS Bury has decided not to commission a standalone midwife-led unit after hearing staffing it round-the-clock would cost between £450,000 and £700,000 above tariff.
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HSJ Local
Rise in number of patients admitted to the Walton Centre with pressure ulcers
PERFORMANCE: The number of patients admitted annually to the specialist neurology and neurosurgery foundation with previously existing pressure ulcers more than doubled in 2010-11, a board report shows.
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CommentOne in five organisations who failed April waiting times targets are in North West
A few days after NHS deputy chief executive David Flory issued a curt letter warning the health service not to allow any further failures to hit waiting time targets, an NHS North West board meeting considered the problem.
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HSJ Local
Moderate concerns on nutrition found at Stepping Hill Hospital by CQC
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission found the trust was meeting standards relating to dignity and nutrition during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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HSJ Local
Wythenshawe Hospital passes CQC checks with minor concerns
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission found the trust was meeting standards relating to dignity and nutrition, but also noted minor concerns on both, during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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HSJ Local
CQC notes minor concerns at Trafford General Hospital
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission found the trust was meeting standards relating to dignity and nutrition, but also noted minor concerns on both, during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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HSJ Local
Royal Bolton Hospital passes CQC tests but with minor concerns
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission found the trust was meeting standards relating to dignity and nutrition, but also noted minor concerns, during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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HSJ Local
Ashton, Wigan and Leigh £116,000 behind plan by the end of May
FINANCE: The primary care trust was showing a surplus £116,000 behind plan at the end of the second month of 2011-12, strategic health authority board papers show.
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HSJ Local
Trafford £165,0000 behind plan by the end of May
FINANCE: The primary care trust was showing a surplus £165,000 behind plan at the end of the second month of 2011-12, strategic health authority board papers show.
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Oldham £335,000 behind plan by the end of May
FINANCE: The primary care trust was breaking even at the end of the second month of 2011-12, against plans to have made a surplus of £335,000 by that point, strategic health authority board papers show.
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HSJ Local
North West trusts 31 per cent behind on savings plans at the end of May
FINANCE: NHS trusts in the region had collectively fallen £7.4m behind on their cost improvement programme savings plans at the end of the second month of 2011-12, strategic health authority board papers show.
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HSJ Local
Leighton Hospital passes CQC check but minor concerns noted
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission found the trust was meeting standards relating to nutrition, but with minor concerns, during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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CommentThe North West's performance problems
A few days after NHS deputy chief executive David Flory issued a curt letter warning the health service not to allow any further failures to hit waiting times targets, an NHS North West board meeting considered its own share of the problem.
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HSJ Local
North Manchester General passes CQC inspection
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission found the trust was meeting standards relating to dignity and nutrition during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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HSJ Local
Southport and Formby DGH passes CQC tests
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission found the trust was meeting standards relating to dignity and nutrition during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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HSJ Local
More than 800 NHS Greater Manchester patients in Southern Cross homes
FINANCE: NHS Greater Manchester either fully or partially funds 838 patients staying in homes run by collapsed care home operator Southern Cross, board papers show.
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HSJ Local
Royal Preston fails to meet CQC nutrition standard
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission found the trust was not meeting standards relating to nutrition during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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HSJ Local
CQC notes minor concerns at West Cumberland Hospital
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission found minor concerns standards relating to dignity and nutrition during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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HSJ Local
Greater Manchester cluster considers plan to halve number of local boards
STRUCTURE: The cluster will this week consider plans to collapse the number of “locality boards” representing its member primary care trusts from 10 to five.