All Community services articles – Page 109
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NHS Plymouth announces chair for new social enterprise
WORKFORCE: A chartered accountant with a background in the media industry has been appointed chair designate of Plymouth Community Healthcare.
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Monitor holds up TCS transfer at NHS Wiltshire
STRUCTURE: The transfer of NHS Wiltshire’s provider arm to Great Western Hospitals Foundation Trust has been held up as the regulator Monitor cannot meet the April 1 deadline.
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Bradford FT concern about community service savings
STRUCTURE: Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust has expressed concern that not enough savings are being made in the community services that it is due to take over.
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NewsBad habits in young people falling, study suggests
The number of youngsters in Scotland drinking alcohol at least once a week has fallen by more than a third over the last decade, according to a study.
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Success for eating disorder service at Sussex Partnership FT
PERFORMANCE: A community eating disorder service has reduced admissions and facilitated early discharge in West Sussex.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe unique advantages of advanced paramedic practitioners
The full benefits of advanced practitioners are yet to be seen. But they range from saving costs to reducing admissions. Lucy Brown and colleagues in the North West report on the difference these roles are making in the region.
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Review backs closure of A&E at North Tees and Hartlepool FT
STRUCTURE: The accident and emergency department at University Hospital of Hartlepool should close on safety grounds, an independent review has concluded.
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New Worcestershire provider hires chief executive
WORKFORCE: The new community provider organisation in Worcestershire has hired a chief executive from Dudley PCT.
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NewsGP appointment frustrations revealed
Hundreds of thousands of people cannot book GP appointments because none are available, or struggle to get through to their surgery on the phone, according to a new survey.
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CommentMergers making their mark on the South East Coast
Merger is the name of the game in Kent at the moment.
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NewsDozens of consortia match PCT area
Nearly half of primary care trusts are expecting a single commissioning consortium to span the same geographical area that they currently cover.
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Community nurses aligned with GP practices
STRUCTURE: A major re-organisation of community nursing in East Kent has seen district nursing teams aligned with GP practices.
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East Kent Community Services Trust to apply for FT status in 2012
STRUCTURE: East Kent Community Services NHS Trust will submit an application for foundation status to the Department of Health in October 2012, according to its strategic health authority.
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NHS Nottingham City's TCS plans revealed
STRUCTURE: NHS Nottingham City’s plans to separate its community provision from its commissioning functions have been put to board members of NHS East Midlands.
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Final proposals for NHS Bassetlaw's provider services set out
STRUCTURE: NHS Bassetlaw’s final proposals for divesting its provider arm have been set out by NHS East Midlands.
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NHS Surrey will not fully divest its community services by April
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust will have made “substantial progress” towards divesting its provider arm by the transforming community services deadline of April 2011, its strategic health authority has said.
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NHS West Kent on course to hit deadline for divesting community service
STRUCTURE: NHS West Kent is on course to fully divest its provider arm by the transforming community services deadline of April 2011, its strategic health authority has said.
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NHS East Sussex due to split from provider by April deadline
NHS East Sussex is on course to fully divest its provider arm by the transforming community services deadline of April 2011, its strategic health authority has said.
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NHS Medway on course to meet TCS deadline
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust is on course to fully divest its provider arm by the transforming community services deadline of April 2011, its strategic health authority has said.
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Monitor holds up Dorset community services transfer
STRUCTURE: The transfer of community heathcare services to Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust is likely to be delayed beyond the Department of Health’s April 1 deadline due to a lack of capacity at the foundation trust regulator Monitor.