All South Central articles – Page 51
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Oxford Health falls short of CIP target
FINANCE: Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust made efficiency savings of £5.5m in 2010-11, 89.1 per cent of its cost improvement plan target – however more than a third of that total came from non-recurrent savings.
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Royal Berkshire FT set to lose patients from Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to rival
STRUCTURE: The acute trust reported that it had complained to the strategic health authority NHS South Central about the designation of level three Neonatal Intensive Care Unit services, which would see it lose patients to the John Radcliffe Hospital.
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Buckinghamshire Healthcare over target on infections
PERFORMANCE: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust far exceeded its C Difficile and MRSA targets for April.
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NHS Buckinghamshire chair to continue in post
WORKFORCE: NHS Buckinghamshire has confirmed that Stewart George has been invited to serve a further term as its chair.
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Chair steps down at Milton Keynes
WORKFORCE: The chair of Milton Keynes primary care trust has stepped down after more than eight years in the role.
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Ward closures planned by Hampshire Partnership
STRUCTURE: Hampshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has been consulting on plans to close two wards providing mental health services for older people.
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South Central transition costs to top £80m this year
FINANCE: NHS organisations in the South Central area have agreed to financial plans setting out more than £80m of transitional costs.
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South Central consortia leads involved in QIPP and given budgets
STRUCTURE: Commissioning consortia leaders have been required to take on “significant” budgets from the beginning of 2011-12, and become involved in efficiency plans.
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South Central QIPP plans to be reviewed for possible technology improvements
PERFORMANCE: South Central strategic health authority has said that efficiency and operating plans will be reviewed to identify areas that could benefit from the use of technology.
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NHS Swindon misses radiotherapy target by 20 per cent
PERFORMANCE: NHS Swindon missed the target that 94 per cent of patients receiving radiotherapy after treatment should do so within 31 days, by almost 20 percentage points during 2010-11.
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Berkshire West misses C difficile target
PERFORMANCE: Berkshire West PCT exceeded its target on C difficile cases in 2010-11, and underperformed on immunisation, despite strong overall performance on key indicators.
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Berkshire West PCT reports rise in pressure ulcers
PERFORMANCE: Berkshire West primary care trust has reported an increase in serious untoward incidents (SUIs), including a rise in the number of recorded pressure ulcers during 2010-11.
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South Central Ambulance 'top performing' in England
STRUCTURE: The South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust has been described as the “top performing” ambulance trust in England in its tripartite formal agreement (TFA).
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Berkshire East misses surplus target after prescribing overspend
FINANCE: Berkshire East primary care trust fell £2m short of its surplus target for 2010-11 after overspending on its prescribing budget and encountering delays in the establishment of an urgent care centre.
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SHA steps in over quality issues at West Herts
NHS East of England has stepped in to arrange an “escalation meeting” at West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust to discuss quality issues.
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New patient record system for Stoke Mandeville
COMMERCIAL: The National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville hospital has installed a specialised electronic patient record system.
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NewsClusters to be given single operating model under DH plans
The Department of Health is set to impose a single operating model on primary care trust clusters in order to maintain a grip on NHS finances, HSJ can reveal.
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Southampton PCT plans stroke bid for previously top-sliced funds
FINANCE: Southampton City primary care trust is planning to bid for £1.5m of additional funding from NHS South Central, to invest in stroke care services.
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New 'health and wellbeing campus' for east Hampshire
STRUCTURE: Primary care services in east Hampshire are to be redesigned around a new “health and wellbeing campus” at Oak Park in Havant.
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Lansley opens new clinical research centre in Southampton
STRUCTURE: Health secretary Andrew Lansley has opened a new clinical research centre based at Southampton General Hospital.