All South Central articles – Page 30
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Buckinghamshire Healthcare FT application delayed three months amid mortality concerns
STRUCTURE: Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust’s bid for foundation status has been put back three months after it was identified as an outlier on mortality rates.
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Monitor supports Heatherwood and Wexham Park takeover talks
STRUCTURE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust may be put into special administration if talks which would see it merged with another NHS organisation fail.
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Oxford doctor takes national role
WORKFORCE: A doctor from Oxford University Hospitals Trust has been appointed a national clinical director by the NHS Commissioning Board.
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Portsmouth CCG makes new GP appointment
WORKFORCE: Portsmouth clinical commissioning group has appointed Dr Linda Collie to its governing body.
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Hampshire bodies collaborate on integrated care schemes
STRUCTURE: NHS bodies in Hampshire are working with the county council on integrated care projects, including a national pilot for the year of care tariff.
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Southern Health's governance rating improves after lapse
PERFORMANCE: Southern Health Foundation Trust has had its governance risk rating restored to amber-green, following a temporary breach of its own governance rules last year.
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Southern Health CIP is 29 per cent non-recurrent
FINANCE: Southern Health Foundation Trust is on target to hit its planned surplus for the year, even though more than a quarter of its efficiency savings for the year have been made non-recurrently.
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Erratic performance on 111 services in Oxfordshire
PERFORMANCE: Performance of NHS 111 services in Oxfordshire have been “variable” over the winter due to issues around staffing availability and call distribution.
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Aylesbury Vale CCG heading for deficit
FINANCE: Aylesbury Vale clinical commissioning group is forecasting a £1m deficit for 2012-13, driven largely by demand for unscheduled care services.
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Buckinghamshire QIPP plan to fall short by a third
FINANCE: Buckinghamshire’s attempts to reduce activity were off target due to quality, innovation, productivity and prevention plan slippages.
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Portsmouth trust launches investigation into five hour trolley wait
PERFORMANCE: Portsmouth Hospitals Trust has launched an investigation after a 90-year-old dementia patient was left for nearly five hours on a trolley in a corridor awaiting treatment.
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Hampshire Hospitals on track to beat surplus target
FINANCE: Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust achieved a surplus of £4.6m in the year to October, £1.3m ahead of plan.
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Southampton clinicians research hip replacement
CLINICAL RESEARCH: Surgeons at Southampton’s university hospitals have pioneered an “orthopaedic profiling” system which aims to fit patients with the most effective hip or knee replacement.
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Temporary wards for Wexham Park amid surging demand
FINANCE: Two temporary wards are being built at Wexham Park Hospital to increase capacity amid rising demand for accident and emergency services.
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Trust sets up private patient unit
STRUCTURE: Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust has started a project to establish an on-site private patient unit.
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Frimley Park in talks to take over Heatherwood and Wexham Park
STRUCTURE: Frimley Park Hospital Foundation Trust is considering taking over Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals Foundation Trust, it was announced today.
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Liverpool care pathway take-up plummets at Hampshire Hospitals FT
PERFORMANCE: The percentage of patients who were on the Liverpool Care Pathway at their time of death has fallen sharply at Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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Hampshire Hospitals miss A&E target amid rising demand
PERFORMANCE: Hampshire Hospitals have narrowly missed their accident and emergency performance target amid rising demand for services.
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Southampton over plan on infections
PERFORMANCE: NHS Southampton has significantly exceeded its year to date limit for C difficile infections, and went over the full-year limit for MRSA just seven months into the year.
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SHIP cluster on target for surplus despite QIPP shortfall
FINANCE: The Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth primary care trust cluster is expecting to hit its £16.3m surplus target, despite a £10.9m shortfall in efficiency schemes.