All ACUTE LIST articles – Page 21
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NewsNineteen trusts will have less than a year to become FTs
The NHS Trust Development Authority has conceded that more than a third of the organisations which intend to become standalone foundation trusts will not have submitted their applications to it by April.
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NewsHunt: Unsafe staffing 'totally unacceptable'
It is “totally unacceptable” for hospitals to have unsafe staffing levels, health secretary Jeremy Hunt insisted yesterday.
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NewsHospital chief executive role for Matthew Kershaw
Matthew Kershaw, who has lead the failure regime process at South London Healthcare Trust, is to take up a chief executive post at a large teaching hospital in the Spring.
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NewsTrust found to have altered waiting times figures
A large hospital trust has been caught altering waiting time figures to avoid breaches of the four-hour accident and emergency target.
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NewsEpsom hospital pulled into A&E reconfiguration programme
Another hospital has been added to the list of those on the south west London and Surrey borders that could lose their accident and emergency and maternity facilities, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ Local
Ipswich A&E gets thumbs up
Ipswich Hospital Trust’s accident and emergency department has been rated eight out of 10, according to patients responding to the Care Quality Commission’s national satisfaction survey.
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NewsChief executives not confident on out-of-hours safety
Chief executives have significant doubts their hospitals are as safe at weekends as they are in the week, the latest HSJ/Capsticks survey reveals.
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HSJ LocalSecond trust given permission to tender for a private management franchise
COMMERCIAL: George Eliot Hospital Trust has been given permission to go to market to seek a “strategic partner” to secure its long-term future.
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HSJ Local
Oxford trust falls behind on cancer target
PERFORMANCE: Oxford University Hospitals Trust fell well behind its cancer waiting times target in the early part of 2012-13 due to “internal capacity versus demand issues”.
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NewsFT wins Ministry of Defence contract to serve British troops
England’s largest foundation trust has won a £365m contract to continue providing healthcare services to the British army in Germany.
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News‘Urgent action’ needed in Peterborough, says NAO
Urgent action must be taken by regulators, ministers and local managers if Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust is to avoid going bust, according to the National Audit Office (NAO).
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NewsLatest scores spark fresh doubt over 'friends and family test'
Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust has recorded the lowest score yet by any organisation on the friends and family test, according to the latest data from the pilot of the fledging patient satisfaction survey.
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HSJ Local
Coventry and Warwickshire 'consistently' underachieves on delayed transfers
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire has “consistently underachieved” on delayed transfers since October 2011, primary care trust cluster board papers show.
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HSJ Local
George Eliot death rate drops
PERFORMANCE: George Eliot Hospital Trust’s mortality rate has dropped, latest figures show, although it remains “higher than expected”.
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HSJ Local
Delayed transfers remain a 'major concern' in Oxford
PERFORMANCE: Delayed transfers of care have again been identified as a “major cause of concern” at Oxford University Hospitals Trust.
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HSJ Local
Oxford trust hits overall waiting time standard
PERFORMANCE: Oxford University Hospitals Trust hit its trust-wide referral to treatment standard, although neurosurgery, ear nose and throat and general surgery under-performed.
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HSJ Local
Rising bed occupancy causes £2.3m savings risk at Oxford trust
WORKFORCE: Staff costs due to a “high levels of bed occupancy” at Oxford University Hospitals Trust could lead to a £2.3m shortfall in the organisation’s savings target.
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HSJ Local
Oxford trust's commissioning income £7.6m over plan
FINANCE: Oxford University Hospitals Trust described its financial position as “broadly on plan”, despite commissioning income being £7.6m more than expected.
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HSJ Local
Chipping Norton maternity unit closed over 'working practices' concerns
PERFORMANCE Oxford University Hospitals Trust has suspended births at its Cotswold Maternity Unit in Chipping Norton amid concerns about “working practices” at the unit.
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HSJ Local
Oxford trust opens £13m acute vascular imaging centre
STRUCTURE: Oxford University Hospitals Trust has opened an acute vascular imaging centre worth £13m.