All East Midlands articles – Page 54
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HSJ Local
Year long waits up at Northampton Hospital
PERFORMANCE: Northampton General Hospital has seen the number of patients waiting over a year for treatment quadruple from four in 2011 to 16 in 2012.
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HSJ Local
Derby FT sees number of year-long waiters increase
PERFORMANCE: Derby Hospitals Foundation Trust had 23 patients waiting over a year for treatment in August this year compared to none in August 2011.
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CommentIs choice a blight or a boon for patient care?
Will choice hit the vulnerable or drive up standards?
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HSJ Local
New vascular surgery service for Derbyshire
STRUCTURE: Two East Midlands foundation trusts have joined forces to provide an integrated vascular surgery service to the whole of Derbyshire.
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HSJ Local
New beds for Lincolnshire trauma patients
FINANCE: An East Midlands trust has spent more than £15,000 to purchase 15 new high-tech beds for trauma patients.
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HSJ Local
Nottingham Trust launches new basic care checks
PERFORMANCE: An East Midlands trust is rolling out a new version of hourly rounding on its in-patient wards to ensure basic care needs are met.
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HSJ Local
Derby Hospitals launches second resignation scheme
WORKFORCE: Derby Hospitals Foundation Trust has launched a second mutually agreed resignation scheme to help it deliver savings of £24m in 2012-13.
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NewsExclusive: patient deaths spark tuberculosis investigation
A decision to increase the number of patients being treated at a dialysis unit run by the University Hospitals of Leicester could have led to the death of a patient, it has emerged.
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HSJ Local
Chesterfield in hand hygiene drive
PERFORMANCE: Chesterfield Royal Hospital Foundation Trust is to launch a new hand hygiene campaign from next week.
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HSJ Local
Northampton asks for more time on FT bid
PERFORMANCE: Northampton General Hospital Trust has negotiated a delay in its application for foundation trust status.
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NewsMonitor and CQC take joint action at Sherwood Forest
Monitor has asked the Care Quality Commission to carry out a “deep dive” probe of patient care at the troubled Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust following the resignation of chair Tracey Doucet.
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HSJ Local
Butterfly scheme to aid peaceful care in A&E
PERFORMANCE: Staff at the University Hospitals of Leicester have embraced a new scheme to show extra respect to the families of those who are dying or have died in the emergency department.
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HSJ Local
Lincolnshire CCG accountable officers named
STRUCTURE: The designate accountable officers of the four clinical commissioning groups within Lincolnshire PCT have been announced.
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HSJ Local
United Lincolnshire chief executive resigns
WORKFORCE: United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust chief executive Andrew North has announced he will be leaving the role at the end of November for personal reasons.
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HSJ Local
Staff fears prompt nursing investment by FT
WORKFORCE: A Midlands hospital trust has announced plans to recruit dozens more nurses after staff voiced fears over ward shortages.
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HSJ Local
Nottingham publishes annual report
PERFORMANCE: Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has published its annual report and accounts for2011/12.
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HSJ Local
Work begins for Leicester urgent care centre
Work begins at the Loughborough Hospital next month ahead of a new urgent care centre due to open on the site in April 2013.
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NewsReorganisation to blame for Nottingham bed crisis
An investigation into what caused thousands of elective operations to be cancelled at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has blamed the hospitals’ own reorganisation of services.
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HSJ Local
Personal budgets pilot could be extended in Northants
FINANCE: A pilot project to offer personal health budgets to patients in Northamptonshire has been hailed a sucess and could be rolled out further.
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HSJ Local
Large teaching hospital trust appoints new chief executive
WORKFORCE: University Hospitals of Leicester Trust has appointed Sandwell and West Birmingham’s chief executive John Adler to their top job.