All Yorkshire and the Humber articles – Page 66
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Sheffield PCT identifies risk to forecast position
FINANCE: Sheffield PCT has identified significant risk to delivering its planned end of year position of a £500,000 surplus.
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Barnsley chief exec seconded to DH
WORKFORCE: Barnsley PCT chief executive Ailsa Claire, who had been working as regional director of commissioning, is now on secondment to the Department of Health.
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GP commissioners extending new ENT service in Sheffield
STRUCTURE: A community ear, nose and throat service, which is being developed by Central Sheffield GP Consortium, is to be extended to practices across the city.
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Acting chief exec named for Bradford Teaching Hospitals
WORKFORCE: Bryan Millar has been named Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust’s acting chief executive.
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CCP examines York and Scarborough merger
COMMERCIAL: The Cooperation and Competition panel has announced an investigation of the proposed merger between Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Healthcare Trust and York Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust.
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Doncaster nurse prescribers slash alcohol addiction treatment times
PERFORMANCE: Nurses at a Yorkshire trust are pioneering a prescribing initiative for alcohol addiction patients that has helped slash treatment times.
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NHS North of England appoints non-executive directors
WORKFORCE: The newly formed cluster of strategic health authorities has announced the non-executive directors appointed to its board.
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York Teaching Hospital submits evidence rejecting 'predatory pricing' accusations
COMMERCIAL: York Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust has submitted its case to the Co-operation and Competition Panel rejecting claims that it engaged in “predatory pricing” to win a contract for musculoskeletal services.
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Surgery in Yorkshire goes it alone on procedures decision
Haxby and Wiggington Health Centre, a GP surgery just north of York, has helped Yorkshire to make its mark on the latest round of NHS reform.
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FT will provide mental health and learning disability services in Leeds and York
STRUCTURE: Leeds Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust is to take on mental health and community services in York and other parts of Yorkshire.
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Accolade for cancer nurses at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole FT
WORKFORCE: Four nurses who provide vital tailor-made packages of care for breast cancer patients have been “adopted” by Macmillan Cancer Support.
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Sheffield PCT notes revalidation assessment risk
STRUCTURE: Sheffield PCT has identified a “governance risk” to its “organisational readiness self assessment” process - a key process in the revalidation of doctors.
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Work begins improving Hull A&E
STRUCTURE: Work has begun on a £7m extension to the Hull Royal Infirmary accident and emergency department, part of Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust.
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Sheffield awarded ‘centre of excellence’ status in rheumatology
PERFORMANCE: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been granted the title of Centre of Excellence in Rheumatology by a leading European health organisation.
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Doncaster and Bassetlaw FT to outsource laundry
COMMERCIAL: The board of Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has decided to outsource its laundry and linen service to a preferred provider in order to avoid a £2.2m investment.
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Mid Yorkshire Hospitals 'underperforming' says DH
PERFORMANCE: Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been listed as “underperforming” by the Department of Health for “overall quality of services” in the first quarter 2011-12.
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Yorkshire PCT has 'significant concerns' about GP minor surgery letter
FINANCE: NHS North Yorkshire and York has said it has “significant concerns” about a letter sent by a GP practice to patients it believed wanted minor surgery, in which the practice offered to carry out procedures it said were no longer funded by the primary care trust for a fee.
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York GPs tell patients they can pay for NHS-limited procedures
FINANCE: A GP surgery has written to patients who it believed wanted minor surgery which is no longer funded by its primary care trust, offering to carry out the procedures for a fee, it has emerged.
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Sheffield workforce plans 'clearly not yet aligned' to activity
WORKFORCE: The workforce plans of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust and Sheffield Children’s Foundation Trust “clearly are not yet aligned to commissioners’ intentions”, according to the NHS Yorkshire and the Humber Integrated Plan 2011-15.
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Doubt over Mid Yorks Hospitals FT readiness
STRUCTURE: “System recovery plans are being developed” to address Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust’s finance problems, to try to prepare it for foundation status, according to the NHS Yorkshire and the Humber integrated plan 2011-2015, published last week.