All North West articles – Page 122
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Blackburn with Darwen ahead of plan at end of November
FINANCE: The trust was reporting a year-to-date surplus of £991,000 at the end of November, £11,000 above its planned surplus at that point.
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Countess of Chester Hospital breaches waiting times target in six specialties
PERFORMANCE: The trust missed its 18 week referral-to-treatment target in six specialties in November 2010, newly published board papers show.
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Trafford Healthcare cuts forecast surplus by £400,000
FINANCE: The trust has cut its forecast surplus for the year from £1.2m to £800,000.
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Sefton developing two commissioning consortia
STRUCTURE: Two commissioning consortia are emerging within Sefton Primary Care Trust.
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Lancashire FT feels swine flu pressure
PERFORMANCE: A swine flu outbreak caused “severe organisational pressures” for the trust in December, eventually forcing it to cancel all elective patients except those with life-threatening conditions.
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Ambulance turnaround times rise to nearly two hours at Tameside Hospital FT over Christmas
PERFORMANCE: Ambulance turnaround times at the Tameside General Hospital over Christmas and New Year were among the worst in the North West, the ambulance service reported.
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Two new claims against Mid Cheshire FT
PERFORMANCE: Two new clinical negligence claims have been made against the foundation trust, documents released under the freedom of information act show.
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Royal Bolton remains red rated for mortality, but shows improvement
PERFORMANCE: Mortality rates at the foundation remain higher than expected, but have improved significantly in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
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North West Ambulance Service battered by 999 calls surge, snow, and slow hospitals
PERFORMANCE: An unprecedented surge of emergency calls over Christmas and New Year has left the trust with huge challenges in meeting its Category A response times target for 2010/11.
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Suspected norovirus outbreak closes 120 beds at Wirral University Teaching Hospital
PERFORMANCE: An outbreak of diarrhea and vomiting/norovirus symptoms forced the foundation to close 120 beds in the last week of January, Department of Health figures show.
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Stockport FT leaves 111 ambulances queueing in single week
PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust left 111 ambulances queueing for longer than half an hour in the last week of January, new Department of Health figures show.
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NHS Knowsley forecasts £1.6m surplus for 2010-11
NHS Knowsley reported a surplus of income over expenditure of £783,739 to 31st October 2010, a report to the primary care trust’s December board meeting shows.
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NHS Cumbria projects £9m deficit by year end
FINANCE: NHS Cumbria was projecting a £9 million deficit for 2010/11 in October, a report presented to the primary care trust’s December board meeting shows.
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NHS Bury was £10.5m in deficit at end of October
FINANCE: NHS Bury was showing an in-year revenue deficit of £10.5 million at the end of October, according to a December 15 report to the primary care trust’s board.
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NHS Bolton to miss savings target by £4.6m
FINANCE: NHS Bolton was on track to miss its cost improvement programme savings target by £4.6 million this financial year, its December board papers show.
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Medical and nurse directors to lose formal board roles
STRUCTURE: The PCT is proposing reduce the size of its board from 14 to nine.
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Mid Cheshire Hospitals FT agrees risk sharing deal with primary care trust
FINANCE: The foundation has agreed to cap the total it will charge Central and Eastern Cheshire PCT in 2010/11 at £134.5m.
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NewsCommissioning firms to help shape support landscape
Private companies are being invited to a series of NHS events to help design commissioning support arrangements which will apply after primary care trusts are abolished.
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Salford may lodge an extra £2.5m with NHS North West
FINANCE: The primary care trust was underspent by £1.5m at the end of November, and is considering plans to lodge an extra £2.5m with its strategic health authority.