All HSJ Local articles – Page 254
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East Lancs develops memory screening service
STRUCTURE: East Lancashire Hospitals Trust has developed a memory screening service across adult health services to help identify problems like dementia more quickly and ensure the right support.
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Clock starts again on Dorset FT merger
STRUCTURE: The Competition Commission has “started the clock” again on the merger between two of Dorset’s foundation trusts.
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Stephen Twigg MP opens new facilities at Broadgreen hospital
STRUCTURE: A range of services have moved into new purpose-built premises at Broadgreen Hospital, including a state-of-the-art audiology and Ear Nose and Throat service.
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East Cheshire back on track on emergency waiting times
PERFORMANCE: East Cheshire is back on track after failing to hit A&E waiting time targets in the last quarter of the financial year.
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New outpatient department for children in Wigan and Leigh
STRUCTURE: A colourful new outpatient department has opened its doors to children in Wigan and Leigh.
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£90,000 underspend at Southport and Formby CCG
FINANCE: Commissioners in Southport and Formby had a £90,000 underspend at the end of the financial year with an overall underspend of £261,000 if contingency funds were taken into account, according to the organisation’s latest finance report.
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Hospital trust launches 'come dine with me' scheme
WORKFORCE: Southport and Ormskirk Hospital Trust is recruiting volunteers to act as “dining companions” for patients.
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Royal Liverpool consults on plans for new hospital
STRUCTURE: Plans for a brand new hospital to replace the Royal Liverpool will be displayed to the public this month.
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New service encourages more homebirths in Sussex
STRUCTURE: A new 24-hour community midwives service dedicated to home births has been introduced by Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust.
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Brighton and Sussex turns to electronic whiteboards
PERFORMANCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust has rolled out interactive electronic whiteboards to improve efficiency on wards.
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Sussex Community Trust starts FT consultation
STRUCTURE: Sussex Community NHS Trust has launched a foundation trust consultation launches at its Bognor Regis War Memorial Hospital.
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Greater Manchester CCGs look to pool topslice
FINANCE: The commissioning groups across Greater Manchester may pool more than half of the 2 per cent of their allocations that must be held back for non-recurrent expenditure, North Manchester CCG board papers state.
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Thanet CCG sets out vision for future
PERFORMANCE: NHS Thanet Clinical Commissioning Group has set out its plans to tackle the priority areas of tobacco-related disease, obesity and dementia.
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Southport and Ormskirk sees 'unprecedented' challenge to urgent care
PERFORMANCE: Southport and Ormskirk saw “considerable deterioration” in its accident and emergency waiting times in January as a result of “unprecedented” challenges to managing its urgent care system, a performance report states.
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Hospital payout after leg amputation
PERFORMANCE: A 13 hour delay in treatment caused a former police officer to have to undergo an avoidable leg amputation it has emerged.
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Deputy finance director leaves Whittington Health Trust
FINANCE: The deputy director of finance at Whittington Health Trust has left to take up a post at Wirral University Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust.
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Whittington awarded £750,000 for maternity upgrade
STRUCTURE: Whittington Health Trust was awarded £750,000 by the Department of Health to upgrade its maternity facilities.
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Norfolk and Suffolk FT issued compulsory redundancy notices
WORKFORCE: Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust has announced plans to make 41 members of staff compulsorily redundant.
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Sherwood Forest Trust struggles with long waiting time target
PERFORMANCE: Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust is failing to hit the Department of Health target that no patient should wait 52 weeks on an incomplete referral to treatment pathway.
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Thousands of Bristol patients take part in clinical trials
CLINICAL RESEARCH: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust has received almost £3m income from the National Institute for Health Research through involving patients in clinical trials.