All Winter pressures articles – Page 26
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Norovirus restricts capacity at Norfolk and Norwich UHFT
PERFORMANCE: Norfolk and Norwich UHFT has had to restrict bed capacity due to a norovirus outbreak, according to the local primary care trust.
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Bradford plans to protect productivity next winter
PERFORMANCE: Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust is developing a “12 month demand management capacity plan” with the intention of avoiding having to cancel elective surgery next winter.
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A&E pressures at Ashford and St Peter’s
PERFORMANCE: Ashford and St Peter’s experienced significant capacity pressure in accident and emergency during February as a result of winter weather.
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NW Ambulance service recovers response times, but remains unlikely to hit 2010-11 target
PERFORMANCE: The trust’s response times for “Category A” calls improved in January, after they plummeted under major pressures over Christmas and New Year, but it remained unhopeful it could meet its target for the year.
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Cambridgeshire Community Services hit by workforce problems
WORKFORCE: Cambridgeshire Community Services has reported problems with staff appraisals, mandatory training and staff sickness levels.
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Sheffield Hospitals experiences winter income dent
FINANCE: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust’s income was dented by lower than expected elective activity during the winter, according to its main commissioner.
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NHS Sheffield seeking £5m savings in year
FINANCE: The Sheffield primary care trust needs to find a further £5m savings to break even in 2010-11, despite a slowing in elective activity at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust during the winter.
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Eastern and Coastal Kent providers to increase access to 4x4 vehicles
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY: NHS providers in eastern and coastal Kent have signalled they are to increase their 4x4 vehicle capacity after finding themselves reliant on other organisations during the pre-Christmas period of bad weather.
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NewsMinister 'cannot justify 999 times'
Welsh Assembly health minister Edwina Hart has said she “cannot justify” some of the problems with ambulance waiting times.
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Blackpool Teaching FT overperforms by £3.8m on NHS Blackpool contract
FINANCE: By the end of December the foundation had over-performed against its contract with primary care trust NHS Blackpool by £3,794,458.
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NewsSwine flu vaccine bill cost department £239m
The government spent £239m on the swine flu vaccine, official figures reveal.
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Sick days rise at Lancashire Care in December
WORKFORCE: The foundation lost £580,156 to sick days in December as its sickness abscence rate rose to 7 per cent.
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Warrington & Halton Hospitals forced to divert patients to other emergency departments
PERFORMANCE: Warrrington & Halton Hospitals FT has been forced to divert patients to other A&E departments on four occasions over the winter period, Department of Health data shows.
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Ambulances lose 231 hours of emergency response resource through slow turnaround at Aintree
PERFORMANCE: Ambulance turnaround times at the hospital over Christmas and New Year were among the worst in the North West, the ambulance service reported.
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North West Ambulance Service battered by 999 calls surge, snow, and slow hospitals
PERFORMANCE: An unprecedented surge of emergency calls over Christmas and New Year has left the trust with huge challenges in meeting its Category A response times target for 2010/11.
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Tough winter period for Colchester University FT
PERFORMANCE: Colchester Hospital University FT has reported it had a “difficult period” with ambulance call outs increasing and contingency beds called into use.
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South Tyneside FT overperforming on A&E target
PERFORMANCE: South Tyneside Foundation Trust saw 99.2 per cent of A&E patients within four hours during November, despite winter pressures.
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Hillingdon Hospital Trust was first in London to declare 'Critcon 2' in face of winter pressures
PERFORMANCE: The north west London trust had to declare the standard after deciding the situation met the criteria of “unprecedented pressure on critical care and the trust beginning to require external aid for ITU patients”.
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NewsFlory tells PCTs to give providers leeway over winter pressures
Commissioners have been urged to adjust their payments to hospital trusts struggling to deal with winter pressures on emergency care.
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CommentNoel Plumridge: SHAs need to decide their priorities, and soon
One of the more dramatic parts of the 2011-12 operating framework is the withholding, by strategic health authorities, of 2 per cent of primary care trust funding.