All North West articles – Page 126
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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.
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North Lancashire freezes investment to hit year-end surplus target
FINANCE: The primary care trust was showing a £1,647,000 surplus at the end of December, but had fallen behind on its savings plan.
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Cancer deaths on rise in Liverpool
PERFORMANCE: Cancer mortality rates in Liverpool have risen for the last four recorded quarters, local monitoring by the primary care trust has found.
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NewsNHS medical trials among best in Europe
A programme in the North West which aimed to show the NHS could be a first class environment for commercial pharmaceutical research has reported results matching the best in Europe.
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Halton and St Helens developing four consortia
STRUCTURE: NHS Halton and St Helens plans to develop duties already held by four practice based commissioning clusters, into consortia commissioning.
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Warrington consortium to take duties from April
STRUCTURE: One commissioning consortium is being established covering all NHS Warrington practices.
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NewsLast of London's contentious reconfigurations set to be approved
The last of the capital’s contentious hospital reconfiguration plans is due to be approved by its strategic health authority next week.
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NewsChiefs urge further talks as unions reject pay deal
Trusts are hoping to continue talks on a proposal to freeze pay increments and offer greater job security for staff despite it being dismissed by the main health unions involved.