All STOCKPORT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST articles – Page 8
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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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‘Micro management’ deployed to tackle Stockport’s A&E performance
PERFORMANCE: Stockport Foundation Trust has missed the national four-hour waiting target for accident and emergency services for the first two quarters of 2012-13, NHS Greater Manchester’s latest board papers state.
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Stockport A&E performance 'volatile and fragile'
PERFORMANCE: The trust’s performance against the national target of 95 per cent of accident and emergency patients seen within four hours remains “volatile and fragile”, commissioners have reported.
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New chairman for Stockport FT
WORKFORCE: Stockport Foundation Trust has appointed a new chair, it announced today.
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Stockport FT in surplus despite underlying debts of £1.5m
FINANCE: Stockport FT had a surplus of £251,000 at the end of June, £29,000 ahead of its planned surplus, but reported an underlying deficit of nearly £1.5m.
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Stepping Hill has 'excellent' patient environment
PERFORMANCE: Stepping Hill Hospital has scored the highest possible rating for its patient environment in an independent inspection.
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Stockport FT records 'underlying' deficit of £1.5m
FINANCE: The foundation trust’s “underlying” financial performance for the first three months of 2012-13 was a deficit of £1.5m, although one-off benefits from the previous year allowed it to report a surplus for the quarter, its latest finance report shows.
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Steep fall in long-waiters at Stockport
PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust has achieved a steep fall in the number of its patients that have been waiting more than a year for treatment, commissioner board papers show.
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Stockport and East Cheshire trusts consider pooled breast surgery service
STRUCTURE: The foundation trust is reviewing its clinical services with East Cheshire Trust to identify specialties that could be provided jointly across the two acute providers.
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NewsParking fees raised by 28pc of trusts
More than a quarter of hospital trusts have increased car parking charges for patients and visitors, according to new data.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: the reconfiguration plan for Greater Manchester's hospitals
HSJ Local Briefing is our new in-depth analysis of the key issues facing the NHS’s major health economies. This week: acute reconfiguration in Greater Manchester.
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NewsMurder suspect nurse released on bail
A 46-year-old male nurse suspected of murdering three hospital patients at Stepping Hill Hospital has been released on police bail.
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CECH forecasts £600,000 overspend on East Cheshire contract
FINANCE: NHS Central and Eastern Cheshire was forecasting a full-year overspend on its contract with East Cheshire trust of £628,000 at the end of August, its latest finance report shows.
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Stockport FT’s finances fall into red following Stepping Hill investigation
FINANCE: The fallout from the alleged sabotage of saline solution at Stepping Hill Hospital has driven the finances of Stockport Foundation Trust into the red, its latest finance report shows.
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NewsStepping Hill poisoning cases hit seventeen
Seventeen patients at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport were affected by saline poisoning, police have revealed.
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NewsMonitor threatens collective punishment for Greater Manchester over cancer
Monitor has threatened to downgrade the governance ratings of nine foundation trusts in Greater Manchester if waiting times at the Christie Foundation Trust do not improve in the next six months.
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NewsRebecca Leighton returned to nursing register but with restrictions
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has issued Stepping Hill nurse Rebecca Leighton with an interim order allowing her to work as a nurse but restricting her practice while it carries out a full investigation into the theft of drugs.
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Waiting times at Central Manchester FT ‘more challenging’ than other trusts
PERFORMANCE: Efforts to improve waiting times in Greater Manchester are proving “more challenging” at the foundation than at the city’s other underperforming providers, commissioners have reported.