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Norovirus drives increase in C diff at South Devon

2012-09-24T09:50:00Z

PERFORMANCE: South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust has warned it is likely to exceed the limit for cases of Clostridium difficile in 2012-13.

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Mid Cheshire plans £6.9m cost reductions

2012-09-21T18:12:00Z

FINANCE: The £168m turnover foundation trust has planned for £6.9m of cost reductions this year and £0.7m of income growth, its latest three year plan shows.

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Leicester Trust to spend £2m to fill staff shortages

2012-09-21T18:10:00Z

WORKFORCE: The University Hospitals of Leicester Trust is to spend approximately £2m recruiting extra nursing staff after a review identified a shortage across the trust.

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Joint MD appointed to Cheshire and Merseyside CSUs

2012-09-21T18:08:00Z

WORKFORCE: Tim Andrews has been announced as managing director of the Merseyside Commissioning Support Unit.

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Portsmouth system plans integrated provider

2012-09-21T18:02:00Z

STRUCTURE: NHS leaders in Portsmouth have agreed in principle to set up an integrated care organisation to provide services for frail elderly patients across primary, community and acute care.

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Ambulance service revises controversial savings plan

2012-09-21T17:09:00Z

FINANCE: Controversial planned cost-saving changes to ambulance services in the East of England are being revised after an unexpected rise in demand.

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CQC orders Mid Yorks to stop using day unit for longer stays

2012-09-21T13:04:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has imposed an urgent legal restriction on the registration of Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, preventing it from using its Pinderfields Hospital day surgical unit for patient staying longer than 23 hours.

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Troubled Barnsley CCG set to get delegated powers

2012-09-21T13:03:00Z

STRUCTURE: The emerging single clinical commissioning group in Barnsley - which is significantly behind development in most of the country - looks set to be handed delegated budgets and responsibility.

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Serco admits staff falsified records

2012-09-21T09:55:00Z

COMMERCIAL: A private sector provider has admitted that staff working on its GP out-of-hours service in Cornwall altered performance data.

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North Bristol FD to take up job in Wales

2012-09-18T18:31:00Z

WORKFORCE: North Bristol Trust deputy chief executive and finance director Steve Webster is leaving the trust to become finance director at the Cwm Taf Health Board in South Wales.

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Vascular controversy spreads to Lancashire

2012-09-18T13:49:00Z

Discontent over the Cheshire and Merseyside vascular reconfiguration has spread across the North West

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Analysed: North West’s vascular controversy spreads to Lancashire and Cumbria

2012-09-18T11:22:00Z

Discontent over the Cheshire and Merseyside vascular reconfiguration has spread across the North West

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Cornish staff 'unconvinced' by strategic partnership plans

2012-09-17T18:51:00Z

WORKFORCE: Staff representatives at Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust are “unconvinced” by plans to work with other public sector organisations in the county to deliver back of house services.

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Royal Cornwall A&E performance back on track

2012-09-17T18:50:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust achieved the four-hour accident and emergency target for the first time in 2012-13 during July.

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Gloucestershire patients rate telehealth

2012-09-17T18:48:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Almost 90 per cent of patients receiving telehealth services in Gloucestershire would recommend the service to their friends and family, an anonymous survey by NHS Gloucestershire has found.

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AQP contract offered for Sussex hearing services

2012-09-17T18:47:00Z

COMMERCIAL: Commissioners in Sussex have issued a tender for the provision of adult hearing services, under the any qualified provider policy.

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Dementia strategy author joins Sussex Partnership

2012-09-17T18:47:00Z

WORKFORCE: A well-respected psychiatrist involved in improving the care of people with dementia is to take up a senior research post in Sussex.

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Pioneering gastro unit opens at Brighton and Sussex

2012-09-17T18:47:00Z

STRUCTURE: A pioneering investigation unit that will enhance gastro-intestinal services for children has been officially opened at the Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital.

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New nursing director confirmed at East Sussex Healthcare

2012-09-17T18:47:00Z

WORKFORCE: East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has appointed Alice Webster as its new director of nursing after a stint as interim.

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East Kent pilots improved training for trainee docs

2012-09-17T18:47:00Z

WORKFORCE: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust is one of 16 trusts that have received investment in pilot schemes to improve doctor training.