All HSJ Local articles – Page 242
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Keogh tells Basildon take 'urgent action' on staffing and complaints
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust has been told to take “urgent action” on clinical staffing levels following Sir Bruce Keogh’s mortality rates review.
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Keogh finds disconnects at United Lincs
The Keogh review has identified “lack of escalation procedures, inadequate staffing levels and disconnected leadership” as some of the key areas of concern at the United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust.
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Keogh review: Inadequate staffing and governance failures at North Cumbria
PERFORMANCE: A probe of trusts with high death rates found inadequate staffing and sustained failures to ensure adequate maintenance of estates and medical equipment at North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust.
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Sheffield FT chair awarded OBE
WORKFORCE: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s Chairman, Tony Pedder, has been awarded an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
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Hospital had 'suboptimal standards'
Tameside General Hospital is set to be heavily criticised in a series of reports by NHS England medical director Professor Sir Bruce Keogh.
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Cambridgeshire Community Services wins temporary reprieve
STRUCTURE Cambridgeshire Community Services Trust has won a stay of execution of at least three months after a programme to tender out up to £1bn worth of services it provides was delayed, HSJ has learned.
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New focus on 'doing things well' consistently at Brighton
PERFORMANCE: The chief executive of Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has signalled to the organisation’s staff that they need to improve their standards consistently.
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Darent Valley introduces ‘virtual operator’
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust introduced voice recognition technology on 3 June.
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Darent Valley welcomes last tranche of Portuguese nurses
WORKFORCE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust this month welcomed the final batch of nurses from a group of 50 recently recruited from Portugal.
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Dorking community hospital temporarily shut to inpatients
STRUCTURE: There was a “temporary relocation” of all 12 inpatient beds from Dorking hospital last month, due to early indicators of care standards being at risk of falling.
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NW Surrey CCG sets out prospectus
FINANCE: North West Surrey Clinical Commissioning Group has published a “prospectus” outlining its likely areas for funding.
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North East London behind on IAPT target after funding cut
PERFORMANCE: North East London Foundation Trust is behind on its Increasing Access to Psychological Therapies target after a funding cut, board papers reveal.
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Nottingham plans £45m savings in 2013-14
FINANCE: Nottingham University Hospitals Trust aims to make cost improvement programme savings of £45m in 2013-14.
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George Eliot Hospital Trust boss announces Manchester move
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of George Eliot Hospital Trust is to leave the West Midlands for a post leading a hospital in Manchester.
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North East London FT on track to hit Monitor performance metrics
STRUCTURE: North East London Foundation Trust is on-track to meet its Monitor metrics, board papers reveal.
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Surrey PCT data breach fine will pass to NHS England
PERFORMANCE: The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued NHS Surrey with a £200,000 penalty after more than 3,000 patient records were found on a second hand computer bought through an online auction site.
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Berkshire CCGs apologise for Continuing Health Care hold-ups
PERFORMANCE: Slough Clinical Commissioning Group has written to Continuing Health Care claimants to apologise for delays to the assessment process.
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Capacity problems hit stroke care at Heatherwood FT
PERFORMANCE: Capacity pressures at Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust have been blamed for poor performance on stroke care.
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CCG yet to publish a finance report
FINANCE: A clinical commissioning group is yet to publish a finance report, choosing to focus resources elsewhere in the immediate aftermath of the transition to the new NHS structure.
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Berkshire reconfiguration places CCG's reputation at risk
STRUCTURE: There is an “extreme” risk that the failure to reconfigure acute services in East Berkshire could harm the reputation of Bracknell and Ascot Clinical Commissioning Group, board papers say.