East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust – Page 10
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Higher death rate NHS trusts named
Seven NHS trusts have higher than expected death rates for patients who die in hospital or within 30 days of discharge, according to new data.
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Ipswich Hospital Trust pays ‘more than £5m’ compensation to disabled boy
Ipswich Hospital Trust has paid “more than £5m” in compensation to a seven-year-old boy who was left severely disabled after the hospital was judged to have mismanaged his birth.
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Trusts continue to employ leaders 'off payroll'
Some trusts are struggling to comply with new regulations that require them to directly employ senior interim managers and to seek assurance about the tax arrangements of “off-payroll” workers.
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Concerns raised about Ipswich Hospital’s finances
FINANCE Ipswich Hospital Trust has labelled its finances an area of “high risk” after auditors raised concerns about its savings plans.
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Trust by trust: the Keogh review lays down verdict
HSJ’s news team summarises Sir Bruce’s findings
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Colchester failed to fully respond to staff's patient safey concerns
Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust managers potentially put patients at risk by their “apparent lack of response to escalated patient safety concerns”, Sir Bruce Keogh’s mortality rates review said.
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Eleven trusts put in 'special measures' following Keogh review
Eleven of the 14 hospital providers investigated because of high mortality ratios have been placed in “special measures”, the health secretary has announced.
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Suffolk commissioners begin stroke review
A special project team will examine how to reconfigure stroke services in Suffolk and feed into the region’s wider review on the subject, commissioners have announced.
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Colchester Hospital University FT invites 12,000 women for breast cancer screening
PERFORMANCE: Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust has invited more than 12,000 women for breast screening.
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Ipswich takes sweetened Lorenzo deal
COMMERCIAL: Ipswich Hospital Trust has approved plans to implement the Lorenzo electronic patients record system, the trust has announced.
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East of England pathology shake-up details emerge
Trusts involved in a controversial pathology services reconfiguration are to consult staff on the changes later this month, amid union claims that major logistical issues surrounding the project remain unresolved.
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Ipswich appoints finance director
WORKFORCE: East of England Ambulance Trust finance director Paul Scott is leaving to take up a post at Ipswich Hospital Trust.
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Concerns over A&E waiting times at Ipswich
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners said a contract query issued to Ipswich hospital regarding long waits “remains in place”.
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Trauma and orthopaedics drive Ipswich waiting list failure
PERFORMANCE: Ipswich Hospital failed the 18 week referral to treatment target for elective in patients in February with performance at 88.3 per cent overall, largely due to trauma and orthopaedics only delivering at 75.9 per cent.
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Ipswich trust forecasts breakeven
FINANCE: Ipswich Hospital is predicting a breakeven position for 2012-13 after making a surplus of £1.4m in February.
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Colchester complains about delay in receiving mortality review information
PERFORMANCE: One of the 14 trusts being investigated because of concern triggered by mortality indicators has complained about the delay in it receiving formal information about the investigation process.
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Ipswich trust enters partnership to cut carbon
COMMERCIAL Ipswich Hospital has become the first hospital in the UK to enter into a partnership to install a biofuel electricity generator.
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Ipswich trust buys low beds to cut falls risk
PERFORMANCE: Ipswich Hospital has invested in special low beds to reduce the risk of falls among vulnerable patients.
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Exclusive: Details emerge of controversial IT funding deals
Details of how controversial deals under which the Department of Health is expected to fund IT systems for NHS trusts have been identified by HSJ, with one trust seeking around £10m, HSJ has learned.