All HSJ Local articles – Page 264
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Queen Victoria patients treated with dignity
PERFORMANCE: Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was picked out by the Care Quality Commission as performing above average in the inpatient survey for treating people with dignity and respect.
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Patients know how to complain at Queen Vic trust
PERFORMANCE: Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was picked out by the Care Quality Commission as performing above average in the inpatient survey for explaining how to complain about care.
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North Somerset A&E patients face long waits
PERFORMANCE: More than a quarter of north somerset patients who attended a local accident and emergency department in March faced waits of longer than four hours.
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Emergency care problems linked to poor relationships, finds south of England review
PERFORMANCE: A review of urgent and emergency care failures in the south of England has blamed in part an over-emphasis on incentives and contracts, at the expense of relationships.
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Solent Trust cuts staff
WORKFORCE: Solent Trust cut staff by 5.6 full time equivalents in February.
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Guy's and St Thomas' considers starting its own mental health nurse bank
WORKFORCE: Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust is considering starting its own mental health nurse bank, according to board papers.
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Bristol CCG to tender £30m mental health services
COMMERCIAL: Bristol Clinical Commissioning Group has voted to put the city’s mental health services out to tender in a deal worth £30m.
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Docs treat patients with dignity at Queen Victoria FT
PERFORMANCE: Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was picked out by the Care Quality Commission as performing above average in the inpatient survey for the way doctors acted around them.
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Ashford and St Peter’s scores poorly on discharge notification
PERFORMANCE: Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was picked out by the Care Quality Commission as performing below average in the inpatient survey for giving patients notice of discharge.
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Queen Victoria FT keeps patients in the loop after ops
PERFORMANCE: Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was picked out by the Care Quality Commission as performing above average in the inpatient survey for explaining how successful a procedure has been.
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Western Sussex patients question clarity of medic letters
PERFORMANCE: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust was picked out by the Care Quality Commission as performing below average in the inpatient survey for whether patients could understand correspondence sent between their GP and their consultant.
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Royal Surrey discusses equipment needs with patients
PERFORMANCE: Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was picked out by the Care Quality Commission as performing above average in the inpatient survey for discussing with patients whether they needed special equipment at home following discharge.
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Virgin wins fifth prison healthcare contract
COMMERCIAL: Virgin Care has won a contract to manage comprehensive primary care services for prisoners at HMP Bullingdon, in a deal worth £6.6m to the private provider over three years.
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Crane hits hospital wall on West Cumberland redevelopment site
STRUCTURE: Developers have ceased work on the redevelopment of West Cumberland Hospital, North Cumbria, after a crane hit a hospital wall smashing a window.
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Patients confident in doctors at Queen Victoria FT
PERFORMANCE: Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was picked out by the Care Quality Commission as performing above average in the inpatient survey for levels of confidence in medics.
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Poor delayed discharge score for Medway
PERFORMANCE: Medway NHS Foundation Trust was picked out by the Care Quality Commission as performing below average in the inpatient survey for delayed discharge.
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Privacy highly rated at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare
PERFORMANCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust was picked out by the Care Quality Commission as performing above average in the inpatient survey for levels of privacy during examinations.
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New chief executive for Peninsula
WORKFORCE: Peninsula Community Health, which provides community health services in Cornwall, has appointed a new chief executive.
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Croydon appoints new chief operating officer
WORKFORCE: Croydon Health Services Trust has appointed a new chief operating officer.
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New special administrator for South London Healthcare Trust
WORKFORCE: Caroline Taylor has been appointed new trust special administrator for South London Healthcare Trust, replacing Matthew Kerhsaw who has taken up the top post at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals.