All West Midlands articles – Page 86

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Mid Staffs managers offer healthcare to Ghana

2012-05-21T18:34:00Z

WORKFORCE: Two managers from the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust are to fly out to Ghana to offer healthcare to communities there.

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Patient discharged with cannula

2012-05-21T18:34:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Burton Hospitals Foundation Trust has reported a never event incident to its board involving a patient who was discharged with a cannula still in place.

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Bid for Birmingham 'medical quarter'

2012-05-21T18:32:00Z

COMMERCIAL: Property developers and a leading healthcare technology firm have joined forced to try and create a ‘medical quarter’ in Birmingham.

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Governor elections for Mid Staffs

2012-05-18T18:24:00Z

STRUCTURE: Elections will be held to fill six public vacancies on the council of governors at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust and candidates are being urged to come forward to represent their areas.

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Birmingham trust introduces new skin cancer drug

2012-05-18T18:23:00Z

Two patients at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham were among the first in the country to start receiving a new anti-cancer drug within days of it being granted a licence.

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George Eliot falls short on surplus

2012-05-18T09:56:00Z

FINANCE: George Eliot Trust reported a £35,000 surplus for the final month of 2011-12, bringing its total for the year up to £45,000.

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Birmingham community trust penalised over CQUIN

2012-05-16T14:30:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Birmingham Community Healthcare received a £56,000 penalty for non-compliance with a Commissioning for Quality and Innovation target.

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Birmingham community trust overspends on temporary staff

2012-05-16T14:29:00Z

WORKFORCE: Birmingham Community Healthcare Trust has reported that 7.9 per cent of its pay bill was going on temporary staff in March, against a target of 5 per cent.

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Increased income at Birmingham trust exceeds overspend

2012-05-11T17:44:00Z

FINANCE: Clinical divisions at University Hospitals Birmingham reported a £1.5m favourable variance in divisional income against expenditure for 2011-12, due to healthcare income £13.3m more than expected.

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Consultation on new GP centre

2012-05-11T12:41:00Z

STRUCTURE: NHS North Staffordshire has launched a public consultation to ask the local community to help design a new primary care centre.

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Patients to 'self check-in' at Robert Jones

2012-05-11T11:34:00Z

SERVICES: Patients at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation Trust will be able to ‘self check-in’ at a new £2.7m hospital entrance.

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Waiting times risk rating worsens at Shropshire's orthopaedic trust

2012-05-11T10:23:00Z

More than a third of admitted patients at Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital FT had to wait longer than 18 weeks to be treated.

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Birmingham FT £1.8m behind on CIP

2012-05-11T10:12:00Z

FINANCE: University Hospital Birmingham Foundation Trust achieved 91 per cent of its £18.8m cost improvement plan savings in 2011-12.

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Contingency funds secure surplus at Birmingham and Solihull MH trust

2012-05-11T09:58:00Z

FINANCE: Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust achieved a £400,000 surplus in 2011-12, but only after releasing £2.2m of contingency funding.

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Mid Staffs A&E re-opening pushed back again

2012-05-10T17:07:00Z

STRUCTURE: Clinicians have pushed back the re-opening of Mid Staffs A&E department to October amid concerns recent improvements may not be sustainable.

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Sandwell trust beats surplus target

2012-05-09T17:26:00Z

FINANCE: Sandwell and West Birmingham Trust has beaten its surplus target for 2011-12.

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£300m contract out for Midlands pathology services

2012-05-09T12:31:00Z

STRUCTURE: Community pathology services across the Midlands could undergo a major reorganisation, the publication of a £300m tender document has revealed.

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Elective activity soars as emergency care drops at Sandwell trust

2012-05-08T18:29:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Elective activity is more than 10 per cent over its planned level at Sandwell and West Birmingham Trust.

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Lessons learned from war injuries

2012-05-04T16:12:00Z

RESEARCH: Lessons learned by doctors and surgeons treating injured soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan in the past decade have been set out in a new report.

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Midlands trust helps jobseekers find work

2012-05-04T16:09:00Z

WORKFORCE: A Midlands hospital is helping to get people back into work after teaming up with the Jobcentre Plus.