Steve Clarke on the Peterborough NHS Overspend

The Director of NHS East of England Steve Clarke talks to the BBC’s Paul Stainton about how the changes planned in the NHS will affect Peterborough’s repayment of its budget deficit. Broadcast at 07:10 on Wednesday 14th July 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.

The Director of NHS East of England Steve Clarke talks to the BBC’s Paul Stainton about how the changes planned in the NHS will affect Peterborough’s repayment of its budget deficit. Broadcast at 07:10 on Wednesday 14th July 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.
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Peterborough News 14th July 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Wednesday 14th July 2010. News travel weather and interviews.

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Wednesday 14th July 2010. News travel weather and interviews.

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NHS Peterborough will hand the responsibilities of the Primary Care Trust over to a GP Consortium within four years, but it is expected that the £13 million deficit will have to be repaid within three years. Any debt unpaid would be inherited by the GPs.
The free JLS tickets for councillors have been allocated, but five of the seven winners are expected to give their tickets to deserving causes. John Peach as the prime mover in bringing JLS to Peterborough will attend the concert. One other unknown recipient has yet to come forward.
A city centre hairdessers has been awarded a full alcohol licence.
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Peterborough Recruits More Midwives

Following a critical report from the Care Quality Commission on their use of temporary and agency midwives and to cope with a rising demand for the service NHS Peterborough has embarked on a recruitment campaign to employ more permanent midwifery staff. Chris Wilkinson Director of Nursing at NHS Peterborough talks to the BBC’s Paul Stainton at 07:35 on Tuesday 13th July 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.

Following a critical report from the Care Quality Commission on their use of temporary and agency midwives and to cope with a rising demand for the service NHS Peterborough has embarked on a recruitment campaign to employ more permanent midwifery staff. Chris Wilkinson Director of Nursing at NHS Peterborough talks to the BBC’s Paul Stainton at 07:35 on Tuesday 13th July 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.
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Cambridgeshire News 13th July 2010

A summary of the Cambridgeshire Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Tuesday 13th July 2010. News travel weather and interviews.

A summary of the Cambridgeshire Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Tuesday 13th July 2010. News travel weather and interviews.

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Despite budget cuts, all parties are reasonably confident that a £622,000 project for a new library in Ramsey on the site of the old Grand Cinema will go ahead.
A Cambridge student with depression is on hunger strike claiming that promised benefits are six months overdue.
A BAFTA nominated filmmaker and an Addenbrookes professsor talk about a documentary film following three seriously injured Addenbrookes patients. Between Life and Death is on BBC One at 2235 BST on Tuesday 13 July 2010.
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John Peach on Thurston House

As Council prepares to reconsider their decision to allow Accent Nene to demolish the historic Thurston House on Lincoln Road to make way for affordable housing Councillor John Peach recalls the historic significance of Thurston House and makes some practical suggestions for the best way forward. Broadcast at 07:22 on Tuesday 13th July 2010 in the Paul Stainton Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Peterborough.

As Council prepares to reconsider their decision to allow Accent Nene to demolish the historic Thurston House on Lincoln Road to make way for affordable housing Councillor John Peach recalls the historic significance of Thurston House and makes some practical suggestions for the best way forward. Broadcast at 07:22 on Tuesday 13th July 2010 in the Paul Stainton Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Peterborough.
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Peterborough News 13th July 2010

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Tuesday 13th July 2010. News travel weather and interviews.

A summary of the Peterborough Breakfast Show from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire broadcast from 07:00 to 09:00 on Tuesday 13th July 2010. News travel weather and interviews.

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Following a critical report by the Care Quality Commission Peterborough NHS has set about recruiting permanent midwives to replace temporary and agency staff.
The decision to approve plans by Accent Nene to demolish the historic Thurston House in Lincoln Road to make way for affordable housing has been called in to Full Council for tomorrow night Wednesday 14th June 2010.
Concerns are expressed over the practical aspects of Government plans to devolve responsibilities from Primary Care Trusts and Strategic Health Authorities down to GPs. The fate of NHS Peterborough’s £13 million deficit is unknown.
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CAMRA Welcomes More Pubs

A spokesman for the Campaign for Real Ale welcomes the news that several public houses in Peterborough are re-opening, or are about to re-open, with speculation that this could indicate the start of a trend, and signal the beginning of the end of the decline in public houses. Broadcast at 07:10 on Monday 12th July 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show hosted by Paul Stainton on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.

A spokesman for the Campaign for Real Ale welcomes the news that several public houses in Peterborough are re-opening, or are about to re-open, with speculation that this could indicate the start of a trend, and signal the beginning of the end of the decline in public houses. Broadcast at 07:10 on Monday 12th July 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show hosted by Paul Stainton on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.
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