All NORTHUMBRIA HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST articles – Page 12
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Northumbria Healthcare income boost
FINANCE: Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust has reported a “substantial” over-performance to November 2012 with an extra £5.4m on its NHS North of Tyne contracts, £3.25m of which is within Northumberland care trust.
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Northumbria Healthcare creates iPhone app for GPs
STRUCTURE: Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust has launched an iPhone app to help North East GPs access real time information about its clinics, consultants and specialist services.
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Northumbria appoints GP clinical director
WORKFORCE: A GP clinical director has been appointed at Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust to help create seamless pathways for patients moving between hospital and community healthcare services in North Tyneside.
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Northumbria nurse given Queen's award
WORKFORCE: A community nurse in Northumberland and North Tyneside has been given the Queen’s Nurse title after being nominated by a patient.
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Northumbria Healthcare launches care home medication project
PERFORMANCE: Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust has launched a team to review use of medication in case homes.
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Merger delay means North Cumbria will need fresh loans, trust reports
FINANCE: Delays to the trust’s planned takeover by Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust mean North Cumbria will need to apply for further strategic health authority loans, its latest finance report states.
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Northumbria appoints two emergency consultants
WORKFORCE: Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust has appointed a consultant intensivist and a consultant anaesthetist, which it says is part of preparations for its planned new specialist emergency hospital.
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CommentWhy wait for the Francis report? Here are 10 things to do now
The key points from an alternative report
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Northumberland health centre to get £1.3m investment
COMMERCIAL: Guidepost Health Centre in Northumberland is to receive a £1.3m overhaul, improving facilities.
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HSJ LocalVascular controversy spreads to Lancashire
Discontent over the Cheshire and Merseyside vascular reconfiguration has spread across the North West
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: North West’s vascular controversy spreads to Lancashire and Cumbria
Discontent over the Cheshire and Merseyside vascular reconfiguration has spread across the North West
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HSJ LocalNorth Cumbria takeover deadline pushed back to 2013-14
STRUCTURE: The deadline for Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust’s planned acquisition of North Cumbria University Hospital has been pushed back by four months, into the next financial year.
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Neil Goodwin steps down as North Cumbria interim chief executive
WORKFORCE: Neil Goodwin has stepped down as interim chief executive of North Cumbria University Hospitals ahead of the planned arrival of a replacement from neighbouring Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust.
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NewsRegulator grants conditional approval for ground-breaking PFI buyout
An NHS foundation trust has been given conditional approval for a “novel and contentious” plan to buy out its private finance initiative contracts with a £120m loan from a local authority.
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Northumbria invests £700k in elderly care nurses
WORKFORCE: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has announced it will recruit 30 registered nurses to work with elderly patients in hospitals and the community.
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NewsPension funds to bankroll £298m hospital in finance first
Two pension funds have offered to finance a foundation trust’s new hospital in what could emerge as an alternative to conventional sources of private capital.
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Treasury scrutinises Northumbria PFI buyout plan
FINANCE: The Treasury is expected to issue advice to regulator Monitor “shortly” on the first ever attempt by a foundation trust to use local authority borrowing to refinance its private finance initiative contracts.
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CCP begins review of Northumbria-North Cumbria merger
STRUCTURE: The NHS Cooperation and Competition Panel has begun its investigation of the proposed takeover of the trust by Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust.
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Northumbria Healthcare named top hospital trust
PERFORMANCE: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has won an award for top hospital trusts.
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Northumbria FT wins grant to help Tanzania health services
FINANCE: Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust has won a government grant which will see some of its health professionals train staff in Tanzania.