All West Midlands articles – Page 77
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Norovirus outbreak at Mid Staffordshire
PERFORMANCE: Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has closed one ward and its acute stroke unit to admissions, transfers and discharges to nursing homes after an outbreak of norovirus.
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Wolverhampton trust faces £6m pay-out
PERFORMANCE: The family of a disabled boy will receive a £6m pay out from the NHS after doctors and midwives at the Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust failed to recognise he was being starved of oxygen during his birth 11 years ago.
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Birmingham and Solihull MH chief retires
WORKFORCE: Sue Turner has announced she is to retire from Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust.
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Coventry and Warwickshire fears Monitor pipeline lag
STRUCTURE: Monitor’s foundation trust authorisation pipeline has been highlighted as a “red” risk by University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire Trust.
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Red finance rating for Coventry and Warwickshire Trust
FINANCE: University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire Trust have been given a “red” financial risk rating score of two for July and August, worse than the score of three given for April to June.
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NewsBorrowing limit challenge for Worcestershire acute trust
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust may need an increase in its borrowing limit to cover the costs of a major service reconfiguration, HSJ has learned.
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Coventry and Warwickshire trust must find another £2.9m
FINANCE: University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire will have to find an extra £2.9m of cost improvement savings in order to hit its year-end surplus target of £2.5m.
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DTOCs still over target at Coventry and Warwickshire
PERFORMANCE: Delayed transfers of care at University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire Trust fell for three months in a row during the summer, but are still significantly above target.
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Parking improvements at Worcestershire hospitals
PERFORMANCE: Plans to improve care parking at Kidderminster Hospital and Treatment Centre and the Worcester Royal Hospital have been approved.
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Mid Staffs appoints GP as non-executive director
WORKFORCE: Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust council of governors have approved the appointment of a new non-executive director, Dr Lynne Hulme.
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Warwickshire under delivers on QIPP amid 'paucity' of information
FINANCE: Warwickshire primary care trust has reported a £2.4m under-delivery on quality, innovation, productivity and prevention schemes in the first four months of 2012-13.
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Royal Wolverhampton charges disabled to park
FINANCE: Free parking for disabled people has been scrapped at a Midlands hospital with parking charges for short-stay visitors being doubled.
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Mortality rate falls at George Eliot
PERFORMANCE: Reported death rates at George Eliot Hospital have fallen after the “rebasing” of the Dr Foster mortality measure.
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George Eliot gets top marks on PEAT
PERFORMANCE: George Eliot Hospital Trust has scored top marks across the board in this year’s annual patient environmental action team (PEAT) scores.
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DTOCs soar at South Warwickshire
PERFORMANCE: Delayed discharges are far above target at South Warwickshire Foundation Trust.
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Patient leaflets help reduce PCT waiting times by half
PERFORMANCE: A pilot project between Wolverhampton City PCT and charity Arthritis Research UK has halved waiting times for physiotherapy appointments and improved patient satisfaction.
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Lack of management capacity hits Coventry QIPP
FINANCE: Coventry’s quality, innovation, productivity and prevention programme is forecast to under-achieve by £3.08m – in part due to a lack of project management capacity.
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'Extreme' risk George Eliot will be unable to agree CIP
FINANCE: George Eliot Hospital Trust has recorded an “extreme” risk that it will be unable to agree its cost improvement plan for the current financial year.
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Rising demand enables South Warwickshire to beat surplus target
FINANCE: South Warwickshire Foundation Trust is beating its surplus target thanks to high activity levels.
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George Eliot £2.5m in the red amid rising demand
FINANCE: George Eliot Hospital Trust was £2.5m in the red at the end of August, £2.2m worse than planned.