All HSJ Local articles – Page 333
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Provider giving NHS Bury daily updates on C difficile
PERFORMANCE: NHS Bury is now receiving daily notifications about incidences of Clostridium difficile from Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust, in a drive to tackle rates of infection in the area, clinical commissioners report.
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Cumbria and North East LAT hires nurse and medical director
WORKFORCE: The NHS Commissioning Board local area team for Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear has appointed a nursing and medical director.
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Large commissioning board LAT gets interim director
STRUCTURE: An interim director has been appointed to the Cumbria, Northumberland and Tyne and Wear local area team, pending a permanent appointment.
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Avon and Wiltshire appoints new chief executive
WORKFORCE: Avon and Wiltshire Partnership Trust has appointed current Devon Partnership Trust boss Iain Tulley as its new chief executive.
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Ruling in PCT's favour in Dorset AQP row
COMMERCIAL: The Independent Reconfiguration Panel has dismissed a complaint about NHS Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset’s handling of the any qualified provider process. However, providers remain concerned about the pricing of dermatology services.
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Chair of £19m deficit PCT lashes out over its budget 'mismatch'
FINANCE: The chair of financially troubled NHS North Yorkshire and York has publicly lashed out over what he sees as its unfairly low funding.
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Social enterprise successful in contract retender
A high profile social enterprise scheme has won a £113m contract to continue providing community services across Mid Surrey.
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Mid Staffs reopens wards after norovirus
PERFORMANCE: A hospital ward and acute stroke unit at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust have been re-opened following a norovirus outbreak.
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Complaints soar at James Paget
James Paget University Hospitals Foundation Trust has reported a 30 per cent increase in complaints year on year.
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Northern Devon launches service review
An integrated NHS trust which has twice delayed its foundation trust application has launched a service review that is likely to result in the closure of community hospital beds.
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NHS London earmarks £4.6m for hospital productivity programme
STRUCTURE: Documents revealed under the Freedom of Information Act show NHS London earmarking £4.6m for its “Productivity Support Programme” for non-foundation trust hospitals.
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Sherwood Forest board members step down
Three non-executive directors at troubled Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust have announced they will be stepping down.
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C-section action plan starting to show results in Hillingdon Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: A report to Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust’s board said the organisation was beginning to lower its Caesarian section rate.
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Barking, Havering and Redbridge sees year-on-year increase in DTOCs
PERFORMANCE: Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust has seen a year-on-year increase in delayed transfers of care, new figures reveal.
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NHS Harrow drives 13pc overplan performance at A&E attendances
PERFORMANCE: A report to the board of North West London Hospitals Trust said A&E attendance was 13 per cent above plan at the end of August because of the late opening of an urgent care centre.
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Ealing and NW London Hospitals merger proposed for next April
STRUCTURE: Ealing Hospital Trust and North West London Hospitals Trust are now due to merge in April 2013.
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One year waits eradicated at Leicester
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals of Leicester has eradicated the number of one year waiters from a total of 99 in August 2011.
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Year long waits up at Northampton Hospital
PERFORMANCE: Northampton General Hospital has seen the number of patients waiting over a year for treatment quadruple from four in 2011 to 16 in 2012.
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Staffordshire hospitals face 'extreme pressure'
PERFORMANCE: Hospitals in Staffordshire are under “extreme pressure” after a sudden surge in accident and emergency demand, according to the county’s PCT Cluster.
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Capacity problems hit Hampshire Hospitals diagnostics performance
PERFORMANCE: Capacity problems caused Hampshire Hospitals to miss its diagnostics waiting list target in June.