East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust – Page 18
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HSJ Local
QIPP failure driving contract overspend at East Kent Hospitals
FINANCE: East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust was overspent on its contract with NHS Kent and Medway by £3.5m in January, largely driven by a failure to make savings in urgent care and an unplanned growth in activity.
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HSJ Local
East Kent Hospitals set to introduce new patient monitoring system
STRUCTURE: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust is investing in a new deteriorating patient monitoring system.
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HSJ Local
East Kent Hospitals launches ‘passport’ for LD patients
PERFORMANCE: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust has developed and launched a “healthcare passport” for patients with learning disabilities.
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HSJ Local
Surrey and Kent CCGs 'non viable'
STRUCTURE: Two clinical commissioning groups in the South East Coast region have declared themselves non-viable.
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HSJ Knowledge
The quest for best practice: discovering and implementing new ideas in the NHS
Putting good ideas into practice in the NHS has been made easier by adapting the format of a successful TV programme. Alison Moore ventures into the dragons’ den to find out how.
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HSJ Local
East Kent Hospitals records no mixed sex breaches in September
PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust this month again recorded no breaches of the Department of Health’s guidelines on mixed sex accommodation.
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HSJ Local
East Kent plans withdrawal from use of private sector for trauma work
COMMERCIAL: East Kent Hospitals has indicated it plans to end the use of the private sector for trauma and orthopaedics work by the end of the current financial year.
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HSJ Local
East Kent Hospitals plans £50m workforce saving
WORKFORCE: East Kent Hospitals plans to make savings from its workforce totalling £54m over the next three years.
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HSJ Local
East Kent Hospitals aims to break £10m surplus barrier
FINANCE: East Kent Hospitals aims to make a surplus in excess of £10m in the financial year 2012-2013.
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HSJ Local
No mixed sex breaches once again at East Kent Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: The trust this month again recorded no breaches of the Department of Health’s guidelines on mixed sex accommodation.
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HSJ Local
East Kent Hospitals continues to meet mixed sex target
PERFORMANCE: The trust this month recorded no breaches of the Department of Health’s guidelines on mixed sex accommodation.
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HSJ Local
QEQM passes dignity and nutrition checks
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission found the trust was meeting standards relating to dignity and nutrition during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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HSJ Local
East Kent Hospitals University signs Mencap charter
PERFORMANCE: The trust has signed up to Mencap’s ‘getting it right’ charter, which sets out how hospital staff should ensure that patients with a learning disability experience a high standard of care that meets their needs.
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HSJ Local
Seventeen South East Coast provider contracts signed off late
COMMERCIAL: A total of 17 providers in the South East Coast strategic health authority area did not have their 2011-12 provider/commissioner contracts signed off at the beginning of the year.
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HSJ Local
Three trauma units proposed for Medway
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust has published an outline business case to support the development of major trauma services across the Kent and Medway area.
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HSJ Local
East Kent Hospitals FT opens head and neck unit
STRUCTURE: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust has announced that its £5m head and neck centre is due to open its doors in May.
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HSJ Local
East Kent Hospitals University FT likely to seek £8m surplus next year
FINANCE: East Kent Hospitals University FT is considering whether to set an £8m surplus target for the next financial year.
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HSJ Local
Eastern and Coastal Kent providers to increase access to 4x4 vehicles
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY: NHS providers in eastern and coastal Kent have signalled they are to increase their 4x4 vehicle capacity after finding themselves reliant on other organisations during the pre-Christmas period of bad weather.
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HSJ Local
East Kent FT experiencing rise in mixed sex incidents
PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust is experiencing “slightly” deteriorating performance on mixed sex accommodation.
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News
Trusts putting patients' lives at risk, claims AvMA
NHS hospitals are putting lives at risk by failing to comply with key alerts on patient safety, a report has said.