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NHS London approves £150k+ severance payment to very senior manager

2012-07-10T12:03:00Z

WORKFORCE: The minutes of the strategic health authority’s remuneration committee said it had reviewed “one severance case [worth more than £150k] and approved it since the last report to the board [in March].”

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Staff shortage closes children's ward to admissions

2012-07-10T10:14:00Z

A children’s ward has stopped admitting patients for three weeks due to a staff shortage.

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Hospital and paramedic staff suspended after A&E death

2012-07-09T16:32:00Z

WORKFORCE: Eleven NHS staff have been suspended by a Midlands hospital and West Midlands Ambulance service after an A&E patient collapsed and died.

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Central Manchester CCG plans £4.6m QIPP savings

2012-07-07T00:56:00Z

FINANCE: The clinical commissioning group has developed quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) plans for savings totalling £4.6m in 2012-13.

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Kent prisons adopt new rehab service

2012-07-07T00:55:00Z

COMMERCIAL: Kent has backed a new drug and alcohol treatment model to stop addiction and re-offending.

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Anti smoking push in Sussex schools

2012-07-07T00:55:00Z

STRUCTURE: Sussex Community NHS Trust stop smoking service has launched a stop smoking education resource for teachers delivering personal, social and health education lessons to year 8-11.

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Nominations open for Western Sussex’s first governor elections

2012-07-06T18:25:00Z

STRUCTURE: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust is asking its 7,500 public members to stand for election to its first Council of Governors.

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East Cheshire A&E introduces electronic clinical information system for GPs

2012-07-06T18:18:00Z

COMMERCIAL: East Cheshire NHS Trust’s A&E Department can now collate and send clinical patient information to GPs electronically for all patients that attend the department.

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Bowel campaign scuppers attempts to cut diagnostic waits

2012-07-06T18:18:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Long diagnostic waits in Birmingham and Solihull have been blamed on the Heart of England Foundation Trust and a national bowel screening drive.

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Birmingham and Solihull faces £16.9m QIPP shortfall

2012-07-06T18:17:00Z

FINANCE: Commissioners in Birmingham and Solihull have reported a £16.9m gap in their efficiency savings plans, accounting for 29 per cent of the total for this year.

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Ambulance handovers miss target in Birmingham and Solihull

2012-07-06T18:07:00Z

PERFORMANCE: All providers serving the Birmingham and Solihull primary care trust cluster failed to hit the required standard for ambulance handover times.

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North Yorkshire and York seeks consultants to help cut deficit

2012-07-06T14:05:00Z

FINANCE: NHS North Yorkshire and York is tendering for consultants to review services and propose cost improvements.

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Doncaster physios sent to Olympics

2012-07-06T14:05:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Two senior physiotherapists at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals Foundation Trust have been chosen from hundreds of applicants to provide high-level sports-specific rehabilitation and advice to British and international athletes during the 2012 Olympic Games.

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Calderdale CCG sumbits authorisation application

2012-07-06T14:04:00Z

STRUCTURE: Calderdale CCG, which covers the area of Calderdale PCT, has submitted its authorisation application.

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DH raises mortality concerns with Hull and East Yorks

2012-07-06T14:04:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The Department of Health has raised concerns about mortality and finance with Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust.

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Authorisation begins for East Riding CCG

2012-07-06T14:03:00Z

STRUCTURE: East Riding CCG, which covers the area of East Riding of Yorkshire PCT, has submitted its authorisation application.

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Calderdale CCG gets authorisation process underway

2012-07-06T14:03:00Z

STRUCTURE: NHS Rotherham CCG, which covers the area of Rotherham PCT, has submitted its authorisation application.

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Southampton will keep children's heart surgery

2012-07-06T14:02:00Z

STRUCTURE: Children’s heart surgery services will be kept at the University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust after a national reconfiguration programme recommended three other units in England lose their services.

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Bradford Hospitals retains amber-red governance rating

2012-07-06T14:01:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust remains rated “amber-red” by Monitor for governance.

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Monitor maintains amber-red rating for Northern Lincolnshire and Goole

2012-07-06T14:01:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals Foundation Trust remains rated “amber-red” by Monitor for governance.