All East of England articles – Page 88
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Princess Alexandra Hospital seeks help on length of stay
COMMERCIAL: The Essex district general hospital has tendered for consultants to improve its performance on length of stay.
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Nursing director follows chief exec and chair out of James Paget
WORKFORCE: Nursing director Carole Crocker is the latest senior manager to leave the troubled James Paget University Hospitals Foundation Trust in Great Yarmouth.
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New chair appointed for Basildon and Thurrock
WORKFORCE: A former Lord Mayor of London has been appointed chair of Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals.
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Suffolk hits year-end MRSA target
PERFORMANCE: NHS Suffolk had 13 cases of MRSA in its area by the end of February, against a year to date ceiling of 13.
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Basildon and Thurrock's performance slips
PERFORMANCE: Performance at Basildon and Thurrock Hospitals Foundation Trust slipped in February and the trust is now rating itself red against Monitor’s compliance framework.
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Mid Essex acute heading for year end deficit
FINANCE: Mid Essex Hospital Services Trust is heading for a deficit at year end after struggling to meet its cost improvement plans.
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Basildon and Thurrock chair raises cleaning concern
PERFORMANCE: The chairman of Basildon and Thurrock Hospitals Foundation Trust has taken the unusual step of raising concerns about the level of cleaning in the trust in his report to the March board.
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James Paget receives another CQC warning
PERFORMANCE: The troubled James Paget University Hospitals Trust in Great Yarmouth has been given another formal warning by the Care Quality Commission.
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CQC gives warning to independent treatment centre firm
PERFORMANCE: The owners of an independent treatment centre have been given a formal warning by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsSerco wins £120m deal to take over support partnership
One of the biggest shared services organisations in the NHS has effectively been taken over by Serco in a four-year £120m deal.
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Circle scraps Hinchingbrooke's parking fines
FINANCE: The NHS’s first hospital to be run by a private company has revamped its parking charges in an attempt to reduce users’ “anxiety”.
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Staff shortage forces closure of Herts community hospital beds
PERFORMANCE: Inpatient beds at a community hospital in Hertfordshire are to be closed from next week because of staffing problems.
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NHS Diabetes backs Ipswich foot screening test
RESEARCH: A simple screening tool can help nurses reduce the risk of diabetes patients developing hospital-acquired foot lesions and heel ulcers, according to its developers.
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Mental health shake-up in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
STRUCTURE: Mental health services are to undergo a major change in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough including the establishment of a 24/7 advice and referral centre to provide a single point of access.
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Competitive procurement for Peterborough's integrated urgent care service
STRUCTURE: NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough will go out to competitive procurement for an integrated urgent care service in Peterborough under its primary care and urgent care strategy.
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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG plans to provide commissioning support in-house
STRUCTURE: The proposed shadow Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG is planning to provide most of its support functions in-house - but may purchase some back office functions externally.
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Peterborough forecasts small surplus
FINANCE: NHS Peterborough was £200,000 in surplus at the end of February and was forecasting a £300,000 year end surplus.
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Cambridge and Hinchingbrooke fall below 95pc A&E threshold
PERFORMANCE: Both Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust and Hinchingbrooke Healthcare Trust fell below the 95 per cent standard for four hour waits in A&E in January.
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Norfolk and Norwich fails to hit four-hour standard
PERFORMANCE: The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Trust has failed to meet the four hour standard for A&E for January, February and March so far.
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Norfolk predicts £1m surplus
FINANCE: £20m of delayed investments will enable NHS Norfolk to return a £1m projected surplus this financial year.