All East Midlands articles – Page 70
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Leicestershire care homes vary in quality
PERFORMANCE: Assessments of care homes in Leicestershire have found wide variation in the quality of services on offer.
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Norovirus shuts ward at Chesterfield Royal Hospital
PERFORMANCE: The Chesterfield Royal Hospital has closed a ward due to an outbreak of norovirus.
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Sherwood Forest Hospitals opens new nurse education centre
WORKFORCE: A new state-of-the art school for nurses, midwives and physiotherapists has opened new premises at the trust’s King’s Mill Hospital.
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GPs in Derbyshire County to pilot CQC registration
PERFORMANCE: The primary care trust has been named as the only area in the country to pilot the extension of the Care Quality Commission’s registration system to general practices.
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Leicestershire and Rutland top for breast screening
PERFORMANCE: Leicestershire County and Rutland Primary Care Trust is England’s top performing PCT for breast screening, the county’s PCT cluster has found.
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Chesterfield hospital begins thrombosis drive
PERFORMANCE: The Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is to launch an awareness week to highlight the danger of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.
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CommentMaking room for meddling in the East
While strategic health authorities wind down to their abolition – now slightly delayed – clustering has begun to meddle with the map.
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NewsJoint pathology venture fairly awarded, CCP decides
A foundation trust did not breach competition principles in selecting a public/private partnership for its pathology services, the NHS market regulator has found.
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NHS Nottingham City calls on patients to join ‘citizen’s panel’
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust is seeking views from people in its area on how the local NHS could be developed and improved.
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Derbyshire PCTs to pilot productivity scheme for general practice
PERFORMANCE: A new GP scheme aiming to increase efficiency is being trialled in Derbyshire.
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Consultation supports RDaSH reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust has welcomed the outcome of a consultation generally supporting planned changes to inpatient services.
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Milton Keynes PCT moves to East Midlands SHA
STRUCTURE: NHS Milton Keynes has moved from the South Central strategic health authority area to the East Midlands, as it forms a cluster with neighbouring NHS Northamptonshire.
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Chesterfield Royal Hospital FT retains BFI standard
PERFORMANCE: Chesterfield Royal Hospital has once again passed all required standards set by the Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI), it has announced
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Lincs PCT chosen to pilot PbR for drug and alcohol treatment
FINANCE: The area has been chosen as a pilot scheme for introducing payment by results for drug and alcohol services.
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Consortia managers appointed in Nottinghamshire
WORKFORCE: Each of the five commissioning consortia in Nottinghamshire has now appointed a chief operating officer.
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NHS Bassetlaw identifies £5.7m of disinvestments
NHS Bassetlaw has identified £5.7m of “disinvestment opportunities” but says these will require £3.7m of one-off costs, including money for a GP incentive scheme.
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Kettering General chief exec stands down after five months
WORKFORCE: Kettering General’s chief executive Derek Bray has stepped down from his role after only five months in the job.
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NHS Northamptonshire switches out of hours providers
COMMERCIAL: Provision of out of hours services in Northamptonshire has been transferred from Nenedoc to South East Health Ltd.
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Derby care home training initiative aims to head off emergency admissions
WORKFORCE: Care home nurses in Derbyshire are to receive specialist training in helping older patients in care homes with feeding or swallowing difficulties.
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NHS Derby City details TCS transfer
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust has detailed where its provider arm services were transferred to on 1 April, under the transforming community services programme.