All North West articles – Page 116
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HSJ Local
Pennine Acute expects 'significant' decommissioning from Manchester and Oldham this year
FINANCE: The trust expects Manchester and Oldham primary care trusts to decommission “significant” amounts of activity at the trust, a report on its 2011 budget book states.
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HSJ Local
Kettering General chief exec stands down after five months
WORKFORCE: Kettering General’s chief executive Derek Bray has stepped down from his role after only five months in the job.
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HSJ KnowledgeWorkforce productivity and the role of consultant nurses, allied health professionals and pharmacists
A study in the North West on the merits of non-medical consultant roles has produced major insight into how these position can improve workforce productivity. Consultant Chris Mullen and NHS North West colleagues Juliette Swift, Ann Gavin-Daley and Helen Kilgannon report.
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NewsFoundation trust advised to 'run down' hospital
Lawyers advised a cash-strapped foundation trust wanting to close a community hospital that it could bypass public consultation by “running down” the service on “efficiency” grounds.
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HSJ Local
Six Mersey Care patients abscond on escorted leave from medium secure services
PERFORMANCE: Six of the mental health trust’s patients absconded while on escorted leave from medium secure facilities between April 2010 and February 2011, its latest performance report states.
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HSJ Local
Lancashire Care FT aims to make 5 per cent savings in 2011-12
FINANCE: The foundation will aim to make efficiency savings of 5 per cent of its income base in 2011-12, a document outlining its priorities for the year states.
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NewsSHA director appointed to leading post at Public Health England
NHS North West regional director of public health Ruth Hussey has been appointed to a leading role in Public Health England.
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NewsConfederation must be heard - Farrar
The NHS Confederation must make its voice heard during the listening period for the Health Bill, the body’s new chief executive has said.
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NewsConfederation appoints new chief executive
The NHS Confederation has announced that Mike Farrar is to be its new chief executive.
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HSJ Local
Southport and Ormskirk plans £8.6m savings for 2011-12
FINANCE: The trust aims to make efficiency savings of 5 per cent in 2011-12, or £8.6m, its draft budget for the year states.
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HSJ Local
East Cheshire Trust will need to cut costs by 8 per cent this year
FINANCE: The trust will have to cut its costs by 8 per cent to hit its surplus target for 2011-12, its draft business plan shows.
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HSJ Local
Countess of Chester loses £300,000 to sickness absence in December
WORKFORCE: Sickness absence at the foundation rose by 28 per cent in December to 5 per cent of the workforce, a report to its February board meeting states.
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HSJ Local
Alder Hey plans to cut pay bill by £4.7m this year
WORKFORCE: The foundation aims to reduce its spend on pay by £4.7m this year, £4.4m in 2012-13, and £3.8m in 2013-14, a February board report shows.
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NewsEarl Howe orders break-up of North West's 'anti-competitive' four year contract
Health minister Earl Howe has told NHS North West to break up a four year “framework” deal between the region’s specialised commissioning group and mental health service providers.
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Comment'Public health cannot survive on £4bn'
Public health is a new burden – it’s official. And local authorities are right to be nervous.
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NewsExclusive: national social enterprise could handle communications for GP consortia
The Department of Health is considering setting up a national social enterprise to handle communications for commissioning consortia, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ Local
Trafford aims to identify preferred takeover bid by July
STRUCTURE: Trafford Healthcare is due to publish a prospectus this month in its bid to be absorbed by a foundation trust.
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HSJ Local
North Cumbria opts for 'accelerated' process to select merger partner
STRUCTURE: The trust aims to have found a foundation trust to take it over by October this year, and to dissolve by October 2012, latest board papers show.
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HSJ Local
St Helens and Knowsley has £4.2m hole in savings plan despite calling in PwC
FINANCE: The trust still does not know where £4.2m of the savings it needs to make next year will come from, despite hiring PricewaterhouseCoopers to “review cost reduction and productivity opportunities for 2011-12”.
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HSJ Local
Liverpool to recruit an additional 50 health visitors
WORKFORCE: The commissioner is working with Liverpool Community Health Trust to recruit an additional 50 health visitors over the next three years, as part of a national drive to increase health visitors.