All PENNINE ACUTE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST articles – Page 12
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Pennine Acute’s in-month HSMR at 106.2 in January
PERFORMANCE: Latest figures from healthcare intelligence firm Dr Foster show that Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust’s hospital standardised mortality ratio rose in January, board papers state.
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New NED at Pennine Acute
STRUCTURE: Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has appointed Shauna Dixon to sit on the trust board as a non-executive director.
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Pennine Acute fails to reduce bullying cases
WORKFORCE: Figures to the end of January show the trust was failing against its target of reducing its number of reported bullying or harassment cases by 10 per cent in 2012-13.
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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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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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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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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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Pennine Acute hit waiting times targets for July, figures suggest
PERFORMANCE: “Unvalidated figures” show that Pennine Acute achieved all national standards for referral-to-treatment waiting times in July, commissioner board papers state.
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Pennine Acute misses surplus target by £1.9m
FINANCE: Pennine Acute Hospitals missed their surplus target for the first four months of 2012-13 by £1.9m, latest strategic health authority board papers state.
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NewsMuslim man in right-to-die challenge
The family of a Muslim man from Greater Manchester who is in a persistent vegetative state are fighting in the High Court for him to receive - against medical advice - life-saving treatment if his condition deteriorates.
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NewsCourt to hear medical treatment case
The courts are being asked to rule in a dispute over whether it is in “the best interests” of a man in a vegetative state to receive life-saving treatment if his condition deteriorates.
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Pennine Acute reports ‘excellent progress’ despite ‘never event’
PERFORMANCE: Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust has reported that it is on course to meet 38 of the 43 performance indicators in its 2012-13 business plan, but has failed in its objective to have zero “never events” in the year.
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Breaches of antibiotic policy leave trust struggling to combat C diff
PERFORMANCE: Failures in antibiotic prescribing have left Pennine Acute Trust struggling to hit targets for reducing C difficile infections, trust board papers show.
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Pennine Acute misses three RTT waiting targets in April
PERFORMANCE: The trust failed to meet three of the five national targets for referral-to-treatment waiting times in April, its latest performance report shows.
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East Lancashire eyes ‘new market’ as result of Manchester maternity reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: The reconfiguration of maternity services across Greater Manchester may open up a “new market” for East Lancashire’s Burnley General Hospital, trust board papers state.
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Work on new women and children’s unit ahead of schedule
STRUCTURE: Building work on a new £44m women and children’s unit at the Royal Oldham Hospital is ahead of schedule, say managers.
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Independent probe underway of Pennine Acute FT bid
PERFORMANCE: An independent review has been commissioned of the trust’s progress towards foundation status, the NHS North of England finance director reported.