All North West articles – Page 111
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HSJ Local
East Cheshire Trust makes two-thirds of its savings non-recurrently
FINANCE: The acute trust made more of its savings non-recurrently than any other trust and ended the year in deficit, an HSJ survey shows.
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HSJ Local
Arrests at Warrington and Halton Hospitals rose 68 per cent in 2010-11
PERFORMANCE: Police made 37 arrests on the foundation trust’s sites in 2010-11, up 68 per cent on the 22 recorded the previous year, board papers show.
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HSJ Local
Countess of Chester to reflect service provision with name change
COMMERCIAL: The foundation’s board of directors considered in March a plan to drop the word “hospital” from its name.
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HSJ Local
CQC passes Aintree on dignity and nutrition
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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Comment
A daunting savings picture emerges in North West
As heavy as it is, there is little doubt that the burden of delivering the NHS’s £20bn savings target rests more heavily on the shoulders of some than others. Specifically, it rests heaviest on London and Manchester.
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HSJ Local
More than 100 staff apply for Mutually Agreed Resignation at 5 Boroughs
WORKFORCE: More than 100 of the foundation’s 2,200 staff have applied for the mutually agreed resignation scheme, latest board papers show.
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HSJ Local
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership offer staff physio to combat sickness absence
WORKFORCE: The foundation is to offer physiotherapy services to help staff with musculoskeletal problems, in an effort to reduce its sickness absence levels.
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HSJ Local
Spending on private providers blows NHS Oldham’s acute budget by £5m
FINANCE: The primary care trust’s acute care budget was blown by £5.5m in 2010-11, due mainly to overspending on private providers.
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HSJ Local
NHS Oldham providers lose £1.2m through rules to curb emergency treatment
FINANCE: The primary care trust’s providers lost an estimated £1.17m in 2010-11 through rules designed to curb spending on non-elective activity, board papers show.
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HSJ Local
Central Manchester FT’s backlog of Trafford patients rises 30 per cent
PERFORMANCE: The backlog of untreated NHS Trafford patients at Central Manchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust rose 30 per cent over the course of 2010-11, the primary care trust reported.
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HSJ Local
18 week waiting target breached at Pennine Acute
PERFORMANCE: The trust breached its key Care Quality Commission waiting target in 2010-11, a review of its performance against business plan shows.
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HSJ Local
Nursing director to become interim chief exec at Trafford Healthcare
WORKFORCE: Morag Olsen has been appointed acting chief executive of Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust.
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HSJ Local
'Room for improvement' in Stockport FT cancer waiting times
PERFORMANCE: NHS Stockport has identified “scope for further improvement” in Stockport Foundation Trust’s performance against 62 day referral-to-treatment targets for cancer patients.
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HSJ Local
Reform responsibilities pose 'major' risk to NHS Sefton
PERFORMANCE: The primary care trust’s latest board assurance framework identifies the potential impact of the NHS reforms as one of the two most serious risks it faces.
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HSJ Local
Five NHS North Lancashire complaints to ombudsman in 2010-11
PERFORMANCE: The primary care trust received 151 complaints in 2010-11 of which five complainants then referred their cases to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.
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HSJ Local
Calderdale FT finance director joins East Lancs as chief executive
WORKFORCE: Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust finance director Mark Brearley has joined East Lancashire Hospital Trust as chief executive.
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HSJ Local
Trafford PCT finance director cautions board on savings plan
FINANCE: The PCT’s finance director has warned the board its £16.1m savings plan must not be allowed to undermine services at the financially struggling Trafford Healthcare Trust.
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HSJ Local
NHS Warrington turned finances around in final months of 2010-11
FINANCE: The primary care trust will deliver its target surplus of £250,000 for 2010-11, despite having run at a deficit for 10 months of the year, according to its May finance report.
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HSJ Local
North Cumbria University Hospitals chief exec steps down
WORKFORCE: Carole Heatly, the trust’s chief executive since 2008, will step down this month.
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HSJ Local
Fifth MRSA case reported at Warrington and Halton Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: A fifth case of MRSA was reported at the foundation in February, pushing it over its commissioner-set target of four cases or less in 2010-11.