All West Midlands articles – Page 107

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Sandwell developing three commissioning consortia

2011-03-01T17:04:00Z

STRUCTURE: Most GP practices within Sandwell PCT are members of three emerging commissioning consortia.

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Heart of Birmingham GPs joining five consortia

2011-03-01T17:03:00Z

STRUCTURE: There are five commissioning consortia emerging in Heart of Birmingham Teaching primary care trust.

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Single Telford and Wrekin consortium

2011-03-01T16:27:00Z

STRUCTURE: A single commissioning consortium is emerging in Telford and Wrekin, and is likely to become a sub committee of the primary care trust board from April.

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Single consortium emerging for Shropshire County

2011-03-01T16:18:00Z

STRUCTURE: A single commissioning consortium is emerging in Shropshire County, with all practices signed up except one in Bridgnorth.

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North Staffs PCT on course for surplus despite provider overspend

2011-02-28T17:10:00Z

FINANCE: NHS North Staffordshire has said it is “on track” to achieve a small surplus at the end of the year.

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Funding fears for teenage pregnancy services in South Birmingham amid PCT "red risk"

2011-02-25T18:13:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Young people in south Birmingham are not being referred to services aimed at reducing teenage pregnancy, even though conception rates are running at 41 per cent above target.

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NHS South Staffordshire claws back money from SHA

2011-02-25T18:07:00Z

FINANCE: NHS South Staffordshire said it had improved its deficit during December and its position would be further strengthened by the agreed return of reserves by its strategic health authority.

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NHS South Birmingham sees jump in private sector spending

2011-02-25T18:04:00Z

FINANCE: Non-contracted elective spending on private providers is predicted to jump from £300,000 to £1.5m this year at NHS South Birmingham.

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Sandwell and West Birmingham in 'difficult' contract talks

2011-02-25T18:02:00Z

COMMERCIAL: Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust is struggling to reach an agreement on its 2011-12 contract with its lead commissioner.

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North Staffs acute trust seeks more efficiency plans to remain ‘viable’

2011-02-25T16:26:00Z

FINANCE: University Hospital of North Staffordshire is likely to need more cost cutting plans in order to remain “financially viable” next year.

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Halved surplus will impact on North Staffs capital programme

2011-02-25T12:26:00Z

FINANCE: University Hospital of North Staffordshire is predicting an end of year surplus of £4.1m but had achieved less than £1m in surplus by December.

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NHS Stoke on Trent signs concordat with council

2011-02-25T12:15:00Z

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

2011-02-25T12:12:00Z

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

2011-02-25T12:08:00Z

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

2011-02-25T12:06:00Z

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

2011-02-24T18:55:00Z

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

2011-02-23T14:10:00Z

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

2011-02-23T13:47:00Z

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

2011-02-23T13:46:00Z

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

2011-02-23T13:41:00Z

FINANCE: North Staffordshire is forecasting a year-end deficit of £1.89m.