All East Midlands articles – Page 50
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Complaints about children labelled 'overweight'
PERFORMANCE: The Patient Advice and Liasion Service (PALS) for Nottingham and Rushcliffe has received a flurry of complaints about letters sent out to parents about their child’s weight, recent CCG board papers show.
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NUH had five never events last year
PERFORMANCE: Nottingham University Hospitals Trust reported five “never events”, iincluding once case of wrong site surgery, in 2012/13, commissioner board papers show.
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Concern over suicide figures
PEFORMANCE: There were 35 suicide-related patient safety incidents at Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust last year, according to figures in commissioner board papers.
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IAPT performance highlighted in Milton Keynes
PERFORMANCE: The number of people receiving mental health treatement under the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies scheme is off target in Milton Keynes.
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East Leicestershire and Rutland delays 111
STRUCTURE: The roll out of NHS 111 across Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland has been further delayed.
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Derbyshire Community Health to increase beds following quality concern
PERFORMANCE: A board paper for North Derbyshire CCG shows that Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Trust will “significantly” increase bed numbers at Bolsover Hospital because of concerns that the “consistently high bed occupancy during the last 3 months appears to have impacted on the quality of care”.
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Hospital payout after leg amputation
PERFORMANCE: A 13 hour delay in treatment caused a former police officer to have to undergo an avoidable leg amputation it has emerged.
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Sherwood Forest Trust struggles with long waiting time target
PERFORMANCE: Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust is failing to hit the Department of Health target that no patient should wait 52 weeks on an incomplete referral to treatment pathway.
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Nottinghamshire GPs absent at child protection meetings
PERFORMANCE: Nottinghamshire GPs are failing to attend crucial child protection meetings, reveals a report to Rushcliffe CCG.
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Nottingham chairman to stand down
WORKFORCE: Dr Peter Barrett, chair of Nottingham University Hospitals Trust, is to step down on 1 July after seven years.
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East Mids Ambulance fails on performance
PERFORMANCE The latest performance board papers for Hardwick CCG show that East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust failed to deliver the Category A 8 minute or 19 minute standards last year with performance of 73.7% and 93.5%.
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Nene faces overspend
The latest finance board papers for Nene CCG show that the organisation “continued to face substantial financial pressures on its budgets” last year.
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Changes to podiatry services expected in East Midlands
SERVICE DESIGN Nene and Corby clinical commissioning groups are consulting over proposals to change community podiatry services.
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AHSN set up in East Midlands
RESEARCH NHS England has confirmed the East Midlands as one of 15 new Academic Health Science Networks.
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Nottingham consultant given key national organ role
APPOINTMENT A hospital consultant at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has been appointed to the role of deputy national clinical lead for organ donation.
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Lyons becomes chair at Sherwood Forest
APPOINTMENTS Sean Lyons has been appointed as the new chairman of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
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New surgical day unit at United Lincs
SERVICE DESIGN Patients will soon benefit from a new surgical day unit and longer theatre opening times at Lincoln County Hospital part of United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust.
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Hindle leaves Leicester to take up AHSN role
APPOINTMENTS The chair of University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust is set to step down to lead East Midlands Academic Health Science Network after seven years at the trust.
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Erewash overspends on secondary care
FINANCERecent finance board papers for Erewash CCG reveal that its financial forecast on NHS commissioned services has worsened by £290,000 which it attributes to three “key secondary care providers”.
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Leicester hospitals underperform against cancer target
PERFORMANCE Recent performance board papers for West Leicestershire CCG reveal that University Hospitals of Leicestershire NHS Trust under-performed against the its 62 day cancer referral to treatment time target for 2012/2013.