All North West articles – Page 84
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HSJ Local
East Lancashire Hospitals to face death rates probe
PERFORMANCE: The trust will be among the first five to be investigated by NHS Commissioning Board medical director Sir Bruce Keogh, in a probe into hospitals with the highest mortality rates.
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HSJ Local
Liverpool Community Health submits FT application
STRUCTURE: Liverpool Community Health has submitted its application for foundation trust status to the Department of Health, according to latest NHS North of England board papers.
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HSJ Local
Wirral Community Trust submits FT application
STRUCTURE: Wirral Community Trust has submitted its application for foundation trust status to the Department of Health, according to latest NHS North of England board papers.
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HSJ Local
Southport and Ormskirk cuts surplus forecast
FINANCE: Southport and Ormskirk Hospital Trust has reduced its forecast surplus for 2012-13 to £1.25m, down from a planned surplus of £1.7m, NHS North of England board papers show.
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HSJ Local
St Helens and Knowsley FT bid red rated in December
STRUCTURE: The trust’s progress towards its application for foundation trust status was “red rated” by NHS North of England in December, as it had been for the two previous months.
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HSJ Local
Fylde and Wyre CCG authorised with four conditions
STRUCTURE: Fylde and Wyre clinical commissioning group has been granted conditional authorisation, in the second wave of CCG authorisation decisions.
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Salford CCG authorised without conditions
STRUCTURE: Salford clinical commissioning group has been fully authorised, in the second wave of CCG authorisation decisions.
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News
Commissioners intervene to prevent Furness maternity transfer
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has dropped plans to temporarily shut maternity and neonatal services in Furness after commissioners intervened to resolve its staffing crisis.
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HSJ Local
£425m Royal Liverpool hospital PFI decision ‘weeks away’
COMMERCIAL: The Department of Health is “weeks away” from a long-awaited announcement on the £425 million Royal Liverpool Hospital project, it has told HSJ’s sister title Construction News.
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HSJ Local
Staffing crisis prompts transfer of troubled maternity unit
WORKFORCE: The troubled Furness General Hospital’s consultant-led maternity services are to be temporarily moved to a neighbouring county in a bid to avert potentially dangerous levels of understaffing.
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HSJ Local
Pennine Acute slashes surplus forecast
FINANCE: Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust has cut its forecast surplus for 2012-13 from £5.7m down to just £25,000, strategic health authority board papers show.
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HSJ Local
Bolton FT deficit up to £11.3m at end of October
FINANCE: The foundation trust’s in-year deficit had increased to £11.3m by the end of October, according to its latest finance report.
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Comment
The NHS has forgotten the meaning of 'service'
The latest reform slogan shouldn’t distract us from patient care
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HSJ Local
East Lancashire CCG granted conditional authorisation
STRUCTURE: East Lancashire clinical commissioning group has been authorised with six conditions, in the latest wave of CCG authorisation decisions.
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HSJ Local
Blackburn with Darwen CCG authorised without conditions
STRUCTURE: Blackburn with Darwen clinical commissioning group has been fully authorised in the second wave of CCG authorisation decisions.
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HSJ Local
NHS Salford faces estimated £3.9m costs for retrospective continuing care claims
FINANCE: NHS Salford has received 250 retrospective claims for continuing healthcare funding in the first half of 2012-13, according to NHS Greater Manchester’s latest finance report.
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HSJ Local
400 requests for retrospective continuing care funding to NHS Stockport
FINANCE: NHS Stockport has received 400 retrospective claims for continuing healthcare funding, according to NHS Greater Manchester’s latest finance report.
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HSJ Local
NHS Tameside and Glossop faces estimated £1m cost for retrospective continuing care claims
FINANCE: NHS Tameside and Glossop received 238 retrospective claims for continuing healthcare funding in the first half of 2012-13, according to NHS Greater Manchester’s latest finance report.
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HSJ Local
NHS Ashton, Leigh and Wigan faces 352 retrospective continuing care claims
FINANCE: NHS Ashton, Leigh and Wigan has received 352 retrospective claims for continuing healthcare funding, according to NHS Greater Manchester’s latest finance report.
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HSJ Local
NHS Bolton faces estimated £2m retrospective continuing care costs
FINANCE: NHS Bolton has received 246 retrospective claims for continuing healthcare funding, according to NHS Greater Manchester’s latest finance report.