All HSJ Local articles – Page 245
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Dorset County Hospital 'crowdsources' improvements
SERVICE DESIGN: Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is using the ideas of its front line staff to try and help reduce patients’ feeling of isolation.
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Devon Partnership psychiatrist to lead regional mental health network
STRUCTURE: A consultant psychiatrist at Devon Partnership Trust’s Langdon Hospital, in Dawlish, has been appointed by NHS England as the inaugural chair of a new mental health network.
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Richmond CCG uses reserves to plug overspend
FINANCE: RIchmond CCG has used reserves and underspends in primary care commissioning and “corporate and public health costs” to offset overspends elsewhere.
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Husband and wife take over at troubled £1bn hospital trust
STRUCTURE: A husband-and-wife team of former primary care trust leaders have been appointed as interim chief executive and turnaround director of the huge and troubled Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust.
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Barts Health predicts breakeven but will miss savings target, says board
FINANCE: Barts Health Trust has downgraded its year-end surplus forecast but still plans to break even, a board report reveals.
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Avon and Wiltshire moves from 'punitive to supportive' culture
PERFORMANCE: A mental health trust that was described as having “centralist, top down and target driven” culture less than a year ago has moved from “punitive to supportive”, a report has found.
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East Cheshire Trust plans for £16m income fall
FINANCE: East Cheshire Trust is planning for a £16m fall in income in 2013-14, board papers show.
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Three risk summits held in south west
PERFORMANCE: Risk summits have been held about three south west NHS organisations between October 2012 and 1 May this year.
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Mersey Care hires director of corporate governance and comms
STRUCTURE: Elaine Darbyshire has been appointed as the new executive director of corporate governance and communications at Mersey Care NHS Trust.
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New non-exec at Mersey Care Trust
STRUCTURE: Professor Brenda Roe has been appointed as a new non-executive director at Mersey Care NHS Trust.
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Royal Free London on track to hit A&E target
PERFORMANCE: The Royal Free London Foundation Trust is on track to hit the 95 per cent A&E target for the full year 2012-13, board papers reveal.
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Radiotherapy fund award to Clatterbridge Cancer Centre
FINANCE: Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded £680,000 from the Government’s £15m Cancer Radiotherapy Innovation Fund.
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Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust appoints new medical director
WORKFORCE: Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust has appointed a new associate medical director.
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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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North Hampshire reports improvements for COPD patients
PERFORMANCE: North Hampshire clinical commissioning group has reported a fall in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients going to hospital after it changed its working methods.
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Pennine Acute opens community vascular clinics
STRUCTURE: Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust has opened community vascular clinics within the community setting for Tameside and north Manchester residents.
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Bolton interim chair made permanent
STRUCTURE: David Wakefield has been appointed as substantive chairman of Bolton NHS Foundation Trust.
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Central Manchester University Hospitals launches Genomic centre
RESEARCH: Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has launched the Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine.
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Portsmouth system slips on A&E
PERFORMANCE: High demand for emergency acute care at evenings and weekends led to the Portsmouth health system missing the national target on accident and emergency care.
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Portsmouth CCG delivers surplus despite acute overspend
FINANCE: Portsmouth clinical commissioning group delivered a surplus in 2012-13 despite a £6m overspend on acute care.