All WRIGHTINGTON, WIGAN AND LEIGH NHS TRUST articles – Page 10
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HSJ LocalVascular controversy spreads to Lancashire
Discontent over the Cheshire and Merseyside vascular reconfiguration has spread across the North West
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: North West’s vascular controversy spreads to Lancashire and Cumbria
Discontent over the Cheshire and Merseyside vascular reconfiguration has spread across the North West
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NewsAccuracy of tariff improved, Audit Commission finds
The accuracy of a key component of the payment by results system has improved since 2007-08, according to a report from the Audit Commission.
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HSJ Local
WWL reports £200,000 deficit for June
FINANCE: The foundation trust reported a deficit of £200,000 for June 2012, against a planned surplus of £100,000 for the month, its latest finance report shows.
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HSJ Local
WWL clears backlog of patients waiting more than a year
PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust had cleared its backlog of patients waiting more than a year for treatment by mid-June, latest commissioner board papers show.
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HSJ Local
WWL misses 90 per cent waiting target in April
PERFORMANCE: The trust was one of just seven across the North of England to miss the national waiting target for admitted patients in April, latest strategic health authority board papers show.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: the reconfiguration plan for Greater Manchester's hospitals
HSJ Local Briefing is our new in-depth analysis of the key issues facing the NHS’s major health economies. This week: acute reconfiguration in Greater Manchester.
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News30th annual HSJ Awards winners revealed
The 30th HSJ Awards took place at the Grosvenor House Hotel in central London, recognising trusts and organisations for outstanding excellence in healthcare service and innovation across 18 key health categories.
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HSJ Local
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh extends outsourced testing contract
COMMERCIAL: The foundation trust has extended its contract with Bespoke Healthcare for outsourced neurophysiology tests, the private firm announced this week.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow a holistic approach to healthcare drives better value
Services are often fragmented across systems and even within organisations, causing waste. True value in healthcare, says Kate Hall, comes from smoothing patient pathways.
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NewsMonitor threatens collective punishment for Greater Manchester over cancer
Monitor has threatened to downgrade the governance ratings of nine foundation trusts in Greater Manchester if waiting times at the Christie Foundation Trust do not improve in the next six months.
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HSJ Local
10.5 per cent drop in GP referrals to Wrightington Wigan and Leigh FT
PERFORMANCE: GP referrals to the Wrightington Wigan and Leigh Foundation Trust were down 10.5 per cent in the first three months of 2011-12 compared with the same period the previous year, the primary care trust NHS Ashton Wigan and Leigh has reported.
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Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh ‘on target’ to make emergency admissions savings
FINANCE: NHS Ashton, Leigh and Wigan’s main acute provider, Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh FT, is on track to make planned savings through reductions in emergency and alcohol related admissions, its latest quality, innovation, productivity and prevention report states.
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HSJ Local
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh plans 486 post reduction
WORKFORCE: The foundation trust plans to reduce posts by 486 whole time equivalents by 2013-14, its three year plan shows.
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Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh FT records deficit for Q1 of 2011-12
FINANCE: The foundation recorded a deficit of £47,000 for the first quarter of 2011-12, against a plan to have made a surplus of £497,000 by that point, board papers state.
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NewsTrusts face annual CQC inspections under tougher regime
The Care Quality Commission is planning to inspect each NHS trust at least once a year, in a significant shift away from “risk based” regulation.
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HSJ Local
Calderdale FT finance director joins East Lancs as chief executive
WORKFORCE: Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust finance director Mark Brearley has joined East Lancashire Hospital Trust as chief executive.
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HSJ Local
Commissioners put £166.4m contract offer on table for Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh FT
FINANCE: In March NHS Ashton, Wigan and Leigh was assuming it would spend £166.4m with the foundation in 2011-12, board papers show.
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HSJ Local
NHS Ashton, Leigh and Wigan outlines £13.4m savings plans for 2011-12
FINANCE: The primary care trust has identified £13.4m of “firm savings” it can make to bridge its 2011-12 “funding gap”, board papers show.
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Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh FT plans whistleblowing hotline
WORKFORCE: Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh foundation trust will this month launch a whistleblowers’ hotline, after a 2010 review found a “culture of bullying” left some staff scared to raise safety concerns.