All East of England articles – Page 94
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Basildon and Thurrock chief steps down
The chief executive of much-criticised Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust is to step down.
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Cambridgeshire wants to delay Monitor application
STRUCTURE: Cambridgeshire Community Services Trust wants to move back its groundbreaking application for foundation trust status - but is meeting opposition from the Department of Health.
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Mental health trusts merge
STRUCTURE: Two mental health trusts in East Anglia merged at the beginning of the month to form Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust.
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Three directors quit Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
STRUCTURE: Three directors have resigned at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust, the December board of governors meeting heard.
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Forty-seven complain about healthcare in Suffolk's prisons
PERFORMANCE: Prisoners unable to get their teeth fixed were behind some of the 47 complaints in just two months about prison healthcare in Suffolk.
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Peterborough and Stamford in significant breach for ‘foreseeable future’ – Monitor
FINANCE: A November meeting of Monitor’s compliance board concluded that the regulator expected Peterborough and Stamford FT to remain in significant breach of its terms of authorisation for “the foreseeable future”.
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Basildon FT looks at 5 per cent cost cut
FINANCE: A tough year is in prospect at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust, which is planning for reductions in divisional costs of 5 per cent.
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Basildon unlikely to hit 98 per cent A&E target
PERFORMANCE: A&E performance against the four hour target stands at 97.8 per cent in the year to date and is unlikely to reach 98 per cent by the end of the year, Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust’s board has been told.
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Stroke concern at Cambs PCT cluster
PERFORMANCE: Performance on stroke targets is causing concern at NHS Peterborough and NHS Cambridgeshire.
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Pressure building on Peterborough finances
FINANCE: NHS Peterborough faces significant risks as it battles to break even this financial year, a board meeting heard.
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Welwyn hospital A&E services to be reduced from this month
STRUCTURE: Accident and emergency services at the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Welwyn are to be reduced overnight as East and North Hertfordshire Trust continues with a major reconfiguration.
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Six staff disciplined over care standards at James Paget
PERFORMANCE: Six members of staff have been disciplined over incidents relating “to poor practice regarding care” of older patients at James Paget University Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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Gong for CUH estates director
WORKFORCE: Richard Howe, former executive director of estates and facilities at Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust, has been awarded an OBE for services to the NHS.
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Cambs move to one CCG and several 'local commissioning groups'
STRUCTURE: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough PCTs have merged their previous two GP committees, to form a single “shadow clinical commissioning group governing body” covering the two PCT areas.
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'Race split' Milton Keynes CCGs agree to merge
STRUCTURE: Two emerging clinical commissioning groups in Milton Keynes - one of which was dominated by doctors with an Asian background - have agreed to merge.
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James Paget FT chief executive resigns after care quality row
WORKFORCE: James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust chief executive Wendy Slaney has resigned, weeks after its chair resigned over questions over care quality.
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Nurse dementia ‘champions’ appointed at Peterborough and Stamford
WORKFORCE: Peterborough and Stamford Hospital Foundation Trust has appointed 30 specially trained nurses to help enhance the understanding of dementia and its care for patients and carers at Peterborough’s City Hospital.
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Waiting times a concern in Norfolk
PERFORMANCE: Patients waiting a long time for treatments or diagnostic tests are a concern for NHS Norfolk and Waveney.
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C diff concerns for Norfolk
PERFORMANCE: Healthcare associated infections are causing concern across the NHS Norfolk and Waveney cluster, with some providers already approaching their full year targets for Clostridiun difficile.
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Surplus forecast for Great Yarmouth despite pressures
FINANCE: Primary care trusts in Norfolk and Great Yarmouth and Waveney are forecasting a full year surplus of £2m, despite financial pressures in the acute sector and continuing care.