All North West articles – Page 88
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IT deal to create 'UK's first healthcare cloud'
An NHS mental health provider has signed up to what it says is the “UK’s first healthcare cloud” deal, aiming to save 15 per cent on its IT spending.
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North of England provider development lead joins Trust Development Authority
WORKFORCE: Nicky O’Connor, programme director in the North of England SHA Cluster provider development team, has been appointed to the role of portfolio director in the NHS Trust Development Authority.
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Chief executive steps down at north-west trust
WORKFORCE: Stockport Foundation Trust’s chief executive Chris Burke has announced his retirement, after 12 years in post.
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NewsNorth West hospital cash incentives 'cut A&E deaths'
Financial incentives could improve hospital mortality rates, according to a study.
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University Hospital of South Manchester one of 12 awarded podiatry contract
COMMERCIAL: University Hospital of South Manchester Foundation Trust is one of 12 NHS and private sector providers that have been awarded “any qualified provider” status to provide podiatry services across Greater Manchester.
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Providers awarded contracts for Greater Manchester hearing services
COMMERCIAL: Sixteen NHS and private sector providers have been awarded “any qualified provider” contracts to provide adult hearing services across Greater Manchester.
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C difficile rate higher than planned for NHS Bury
PERFORMANCE: NHS Bury’s rate of C difficile infection was higher than planned in the first four months of 2012-13, latest NHS Greater Manchester board papers state.
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Ashton, Leigh and Wigan exceeds C difficile threshold
PERFORMANCE: NHS Ashton, Leigh and Wigan’s rate of C difficile infection was higher than planned in the first four months of 2012-13, latest NHS Greater Manchester board papers state.
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Greater Manchester awards 'any qualified provider' diagnostics contracts
COMMERCIAL: Twenty three NHS and private sector providers have been awarded “any qualified provider” contracts to offer direct access diagnostics across Greater Manchester.
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C difficile rate above plan for NHS Bolton
PERFORMANCE: NHS Bolton had 34 cases of C difficile infection in the first four months of 2012-13, against a year-to-date plan of no more than 13, NHS Greater Manchester has reported.
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South Manchester CCG expects to miss QIPP target
FINANCE: The South Manchester Clinical Commissioning Group is expecting to miss its quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) savings target by £300,000, its latest finance report states.
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WORKFORCE: Lesley Doherty, chief executive of troubled Bolton Foundation Trust, has announced that she will take early retirement.
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‘Micro management’ deployed to tackle Stockport’s A&E performance
PERFORMANCE: Stockport Foundation Trust has missed the national four-hour waiting target for accident and emergency services for the first two quarters of 2012-13, NHS Greater Manchester’s latest board papers state.
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North Cumbria launches recruitment drive after agency costs spike
WORKFORCE: North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust has launched a recruitment drive after seeing its bill for agency staff go up by 57 per cent in the first half of 2012-13 compared with the same period last year.
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Provider giving NHS Bury daily updates on C difficile
PERFORMANCE: NHS Bury is now receiving daily notifications about incidences of Clostridium difficile from Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust, in a drive to tackle rates of infection in the area, clinical commissioners report.
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Four directors appointed for Merseyside LAT
WORKFORCE: The NHS Commissioning Board has appointed four directors for its Merseyside Local Area Team.
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Director announced for Cheshire, Warrington and Wirral LAT
WORKFORCE: The NHS Commissioning Board has announced the local area director for its Cheshire, Warrington and Wirral local area team.
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Health visitor recruitment drive for Bridgewater
WORKFORCE: The trust is hosting a health visiting careers fair on Thursday 25 October, with the intention of filling 50 vacancies.
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Cumbria Partnership launches research into disorders
Cumbria Partnership Foundation Trust is looking for people who have been diagnosed with bipolar affective disorder, schizophrenia or alcoholism to take part in a research project into the genetics behind these disorders.
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Liverpool Community Health pilots electronic 'secure mailbox'
COMMERCIAL: Liverpool Community Health Trust is piloting a new electronic “secure mailbox” that it believes will speed up the process for screening babies under the Healthy Child Programme by two to five days.