All South Central articles – Page 36
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Data difficulties hit SHIP QIPP plans
FINANCE: Efficiency savings in the Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth primary care trust cluster are reported as being on plan, despite local data problems.
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West Hants CCG chosen to trial year of care tariff
STRUCTURE: West Hampshire clinical commissioning group has been confirmed as an “early implementer” site to trial a year of care tariff for patients with long term conditions.
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SHIP underspending on staff
WORKFORCE: The Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth primary care trust cluster is currently spending £500,000 less than planned on workforce.
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Southern Health appoints COO
WORKFORCE: Southern Health Foundation Trust has appointed Dr Helen McCormack as chief medical officer.
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HSJ Local
Vacancy rate of 11.7 per cent at Southern Health
WORKFORCE: Southern Health is running at a staff vacancy rate of 11.7 per cent in the year to date, more than double the rate planned.
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Southern Health meets CIP with non-recurrent savings
FINANCE: Southern Health Foundation Trust achieved 83 per cent of its cost improvement plan in the first two months of 2012-13.
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HSJ Local
Southern Health breaks governance rules
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has imposed an amber-red governance rating on Southern Health Foundation Trust after it broke rules on governor terms of office.
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Acute demand pushes Bucks Healthcare into the red
FINANCE: Higher than planned levels of activity forced Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust into a deficit of nearly £1m in June.
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HSJ Local
RBH governors request right to attend board meetings
STRUCTURE: Governors at the Royal Berkshire Hospital Foundation Trust have requested to be allowed to attend board meetings, as part of a wider move towards better communication with trust executives.
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Bucks trust appoints new NED
WORKFORCE: David Sines has been appointed to the board of Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust as an associate non-executive director.
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Trust looks to Portugal for new nursing recruits
WORKFORCE: Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust is planning to recruit nurses from Portugal amid staffing shortages and an over-reliance on temporary staff.
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Hampshire CCGs appoint PCT man as accountable officer
WORKFORCE: Two Hampshire clinical commissioning groups have announced they will be sharing a chief officer.
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RBH savings plans exceed CIP target
FINANCE: The Royal Berkshire Hospital Foundation Trust is facing a cost improvement plan target of £12.5m for 2012-13, and has developed plans to save £13.6m.
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NHS Sussex to establish funding reserve for CCGs
FINANCE: NHS Sussex is set to establish an official reserve to transfer funds between clinical commissioning groups and help implement a two-year plan to get finances back on track.
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HSJ Local
High activity levels put SCAS under strain
PERFORMANCE: High levels of emergency demand have caused the South Central Ambulance Service to miss a key response time indicator.
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HSJ Local
Southampton will keep children's heart surgery
STRUCTURE: Children’s heart surgery services will be kept at the University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust after a national reconfiguration programme recommended three other units in England lose their services.
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HSJ Local
Bucks PCT in surplus despite overspends
FINANCE: Buckinghamshire primary care trust finished 2011-12 with a year-end surplus higher than planned, despite over-spending on all its providers.
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Bucks PCT misses out on £2m PbR savings
FINANCE: Buckinghamshire commissioners will have to find £2m to plug a gap in its savings plan after providers refused to accept changes to payment by results.
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Oxfordshire PCT misses QIPP savings due to DTOCs
FINANCE: Oxfordshire primary care trust is predicting a £1.48m shortfall in efficiency savings due to delayed transfers of care.
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HSJ LocalSolent and Southampton trusts explore joint working
STRUCTURE: Acute and community providers in Southampton are exploring new joint working arrangements in a bid to cut demand for emergency services, HSJ can reveal.