All HSJ Local articles – Page 387
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Patient safety concerns closes mental health unit
STRUCTURE: All admissions to a mental health unit in Grantham have been stopped on patient safety grounds by Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust.
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Sandwell meets infection targets
PERFORMANCE: Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospital Trust has met its annual target for both MRSA and C difficile infections.
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£20m income and savings target for Kettering
FINANCE: Kettering General Hospital aims to deliver savings and extra income to the value of £20m by the end of this year.
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Durham CCG publishes five year 'Clear and Credible Plan'
FINANCE: Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield (DDES) Clinical Commissioning Group has published what it describes as its “Clear and Credible Plan” for health services in the next five years.
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Wiltshire CCG appoints accountable officer
WORKFORCE: Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group has appointed a former primary care trust director as its interim accountable officer.
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SHIP needs non-sustainable savings to hit target
FINANCE: The Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth primary care trust cluster relied on one-off savings to hit its cost reduction target for 2011-12, with emergency demand singled out as a cause for concern.
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SHIP PCTs miss C difficile targets
PERFORMANCE: All four primary care trusts in the Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth cluster missed their targets for C difficile infections.
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Concern over A&E demand in Portsmouth and Southampton
PERFORMANCE: Emergency department waiting times have been identified as a “key performance concern” by the Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth primary care trust cluster.
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Case note review of over 200 deaths in hospital
PERFORMANCE: A case note review of more than 200 patient deaths at Northampton General Hospital has identified 16 patients who could have survived if care had been better.
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Durham and Darlington FT invests £800k for ward leadership
WORKFORCE: County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust is investing £800,000 to enable ward sisters and community nurse team leaders to spend more time managing, leading and supervising staff and patient care, it has announced.
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West Mercia PCTs meet cash targets
FINANCE: The four PCTs making up the West Mercia Cluster are on track to deliver against their financial targets to break even and hit the control total surplus agreed with NHS Midlands and the East strategic health authority cluster.
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NW ambulance service blames 'protracted' contract negotiations for performance dip
PERFORMANCE: Protracted negotiations with commissioners were the overriding cause of the North West Ambulance Service’s failure to hit its key response times target for the initial months of 2011-12, its draft annual report states.
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Cash problems scupper Wye Valley FT bid
FINANCE: Wye Valley Trust has paused its application for foundation trust status amid growing financial problems it has emerged.
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St George's appoints new clinical director
WORKFORCE: The south London acute trust has appointed Heather Jarman to the role of clinical director for major trauma.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: dealing with the legacy of Mid Staffs
HSJ Local Briefing is our new in-depth analysis of key issues facing some of the major NHS health economies. This week we examine the problems facing Staffordshire as it deals with the legacy of Mid Staffs, reconfiguration and financial drought.
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HSJ LocalMid Staffs could merge with neighbour
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust could merge with University Hospital of North Staffordshire Trust, HSJ understands.
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Worthing Hospital hit by flooding
PERFORMANCE: Work is continuing to clear basement areas of Worthing Hospital affected by flooding during heavy rain on Sunday 10 June, Western Sussex Hospitals Trust said in a statement.
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PCT cluster joins lung cancer campaign
PERFORMANCE: NHS Surrey is pushing a national campaign highlighting that a persistent cough can be a symptom of lung cancer.
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Sussex FT joins programme to improve services for gay patients
PERFORMANCE: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has joined Stonewall’s “Health Champions” programme.
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Sussex Partnership signs new catering deal
COMMERCIAL: Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust has announced the winning tender for a café at one of its main sites in Brighton.