All HSJ Local articles – Page 402
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Devon cluster meets 6 week target
PERFORMANCE: The Devon, Plymouth and Torbay cluster met the six week target for diagnostic tests for the first time in 2011-12 during February.
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Chesterfield Royal units get upgrade
STRUCTURE: Work is due to begin next month on a major upgrade to the Women’s Health Unit and a maternity ward at the Chesterfield Royal Hospital.
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Mid Staffs A&E re-opening pushed back again
STRUCTURE: Clinicians have pushed back the re-opening of Mid Staffs A&E department to October amid concerns recent improvements may not be sustainable.
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Report urges radical NHS centralisation
STRUCTURE: Health bodies in Wales need to centralise swathes of their services if they are to avoid collapse, according to an industry expert.
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Ombudsman criticises care at Sherwood Forest Trust
PERFORMANCE: A patient’s life might have been saved if care at the Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust had not been so poor, according to the Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman.
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Northumbria FT wins grant to help Tanzania health services
FINANCE: Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust has won a government grant which will see some of its health professionals train staff in Tanzania.
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Devon CCGs confirm authorisation plans
STRUCTURE: South Devon and Torbay Clinical Commissioning Group is hoping to be among the first wave of CCGs to be authorised, while North East and West (NEW) Devon CCG is aiming for wave three.
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Sandwell trust beats surplus target
FINANCE: Sandwell and West Birmingham Trust has beaten its surplus target for 2011-12.
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Harmoni wins £8m out-of-hours and NHS 111 contract
COMMERCIAL: Private provider Harmoni has won an £8m out-of-hours and NHS 111 contract in south London.
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Sheffield Hospitals to run pioneering stem cell collection centre
COMMERCIAL: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is to become the first regional stem cell collection centre in the UK outside London.
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Harmoni wins Suffolk 111 contract
COMMERCIAL: Harmoni has been named as preferred bidder for the NHS 111 service in Suffolk.
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Study to assess nursing staff levels
WORKFORCE: Aintree University Hospitals FT has launched a month-long study to assess nursing staff levels.
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St Helens and Knowsley gets top marks for patient safety
PERFORMANCE: St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals Trust has scored top marks in its latest patient safety assessment.
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£300m contract out for Midlands pathology services
STRUCTURE: Community pathology services across the Midlands could undergo a major reorganisation, the publication of a £300m tender document has revealed.
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Monitor directs foundation trust to tackle A&E performance
PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust regulator has stepped in at Gloucestershire Hospitals in a bid to redress its “persistent failures” to tackle long waits for accident and emergency treatment.
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Elective activity soars as emergency care drops at Sandwell trust
PERFORMANCE: Elective activity is more than 10 per cent over its planned level at Sandwell and West Birmingham Trust.
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'Ward matrons' to manage care 24/7 at Sandwell trust
WORKFORCE: Sandwell and West Birmingham Trust is planning to create “ward matrons” in a bid to balance budgets and improve care quality.
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South of England region reports 'dramatic improvement' in stroke services
PERFORMANCE: The South of England strategic health authority cluster is reporting “dramatic improvement” in the number of patients receiving specialist stroke care in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Hampshire.
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TCS procurement could trouble Torbay's FT ambitions
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust cluster responsible for commissioning services from Torbay and Southern Devon Health and Care Trust has warned there is a “likely” and “severe” risk the organisation could struggle to achieve foundation trust status.
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Cornwall ordered to pay £70,000 CHC costs
FINANCE: NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly has been found liable for almost £70,000 of Continuing Healthcare Funding for care of a patient dating back to 2006.