All West Midlands articles – Page 106
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NHS Stoke on Trent signs concordat with council
STRUCTURE: NHS Stoke on Trent has signed a concordat on future health planning with its local authority.
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Staffordshire PCTs appoint chair of combined provider arm
WORKFORCE: Three primary care trusts in Staffordshire have announced that a vice president of AstraZeneca has been appointed as the interim chair for its provider arm.
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University Hospital of North Staffs opens infectious disease unit
STRUCTURE: the University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust has opened a £2.26m infectious disease unit.
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North Staffs trust confident of surplus after property value advice
FINANCE: The mental health trust in North Staffordshire is now able to forecast a small surplus, contrary to previous months.
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£1m from private mental health underspend funding acute overspends at NHS Dudley
FINANCE: NHS Dudley is using a £1m underspend on its private sector mental health services to offset a £2.9m acute overspend.
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South Birmingham PCT delegating to three consortia
STRUCTURE: South Birmigham primary care trust is in the process of delegating functions to three emerging commissioning consortia.
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Mid Staffs faces ‘worst case scenario’ of cash deficit
FINANCE: The foundation trust was reporting a deficit of £5.8m in November against a planned deficit of £4.3m, representing a negative variance of £1.5m.
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Mid Staffs making ‘significant progress’ on nurse recruitment
WORKFORCE: The foundation has continued to increase its workforce, particularly for nursing staff, despite media coverage of the ongoing public inquiry into previous failures at the organisation.
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North Staffordshire forecasting retained £1.9m deficit
FINANCE: North Staffordshire is forecasting a year-end deficit of £1.89m.
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North Staffs mental health trust way behind on staff appraisals
WORKFORCE: The mental health trust has fallen significantly behind on its target for staff performance development reviews.
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South Staffs and Shropshire FT on course for surplus
FINANCE: The mental health foundation trust is forecasting a year-end surplus – though slightly smaller than originally planned.
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Staffs and Shropshire FT comms team drives down costs
FINANCE: The mental health FT’s communications team has slashed the cost of producing its annual report over the last three years.
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Stoke-on-Trent delegates to city wide consortium
STRUCTURE: Stoke-on-Trent has delegated most of its commissioning powers to a single city-wide consortium.
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Agency staff driving nursing cost overspend at Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership
WORKFORCE: Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust is reporting an overspend on nursing staff due to agency staff costs.
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Two commissioning consortia emerging in Wolverhampton
STRUCTURE: Two commissioning consortia are emerging within Wolverhampton City PCT.
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Midlands 'yet to be won over by GP commissioning'
Some providers and commissioners in the Midlands are yet to be won over by the managerial talents of local GPs, it seems.
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NHS South Staffordshire confirms appointment of community chief exe
WORKFORCE: The primary care trust has announced that a chief executive has been appointed to lead its community health provider arm, ahead of its split from the PCT.
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NHS North Staffordshire confirms appointment of community chief exec
WORKFORCE: A chief executive has been appointed to lead the primary care trust’s community health provider arm, ahead of its split from the PCT.
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Breast cancer referral times flagged as red risk by NHS Wolverhampton City
PERFORMANCE: NHS Wolverhampton City has highlighted breast cancer referral times as a red risk in its performance report.
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Overperformance fuels 'strong' surplus at Birmingham Children's Hospital Foundation Trust
FINANCE: Birmingham Children’s Hospital Foundation Trust is predicting a year end surplus of between £8m and £9m.