All HSJ Local articles – Page 404
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Night discharges controversy down to the time data was entered, says Barnet and Chase Farm
PERFORMANCE: The north London hospital trust was asked, like every other acute trust, to assess the number of discharges at night, in light of a report in The Times.
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Barnet Hospital gets gold accreditation for transient ischaemic attacks
PERFORMANCE: Barnet Hospital’s transient ischaemic attack service, which deals with ‘mini-strokes’, has been awarded gold accreditation by the North Central London Cardiovascular and Stroke Network and commissioners.
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Kingston Hospital achieves caesarian target after renegotiating key performance indicator
PERFORMANCE: The south west London acute hospital trust has confirmed it will not face a penalty from commissioners on its C-section rate.
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Great Ormond Street tenders for renal support IT system
COMMERCIAL: The central London specialist trust has placed a tender for a system to manage information about children with chronic kidney disease.
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Kingston Hospital record financial risk rating of three for 2011-12
FINANCE: The south west London acute hospital trust recorded a financial risk rating of three on the metrics Monitor uses to assess a trust’s stability.
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North East CSS passes checkpoint 2
STRUCTURE: The single commissioning support service for the North East has been told it has only “medium to low issues” by the NHS Commissioning Board.
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Income up for Southampton trust as demand exceeds plan
FINANCE: University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust was paid £21.5m more than expected in 2011-12 as demand for services exceeded plan.
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Six ill health retirements cost NHS £800,000
WORKFORCE: There were six early retirements due to ill health at University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust in the last six months of 2011-12.
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Southampton trust misses A&E target
PERFORMANCE: University Hospital Southampton fell short of its accident and emergency waiting time target in March.
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Southampton trust turns corner on CIP after gaining FT status
FINANCE: University Hospital Southampton has beaten its cost improvement target in the six months since it has become a foundation trust, but still fell short of its target for 2011-12.
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Norfolk Community Health publishes estates plan
FINANCE: Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust has identified cost improvement plans in how it manages its estate as critical as it moves towards foundation trust status.
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Smoking target poses problem for Norfolk Community Health
PERFORMANCE: Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust expects to fall short of its planned number of smoking quitters in 2011-12.
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Norfolk trust takes over out-of-hours community nursing
SERVICES: A service aimed at keeping patients out of hospital is now being run by Norfolk Community health and Care Trust.
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East of England fails ambulance response target
PERFORMANCE: East of England Ambulance Service Trust narrowly missed the 19 minutes ambulance response target in 2011-12 but met the target for an emergency response within eight minutes.
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Helpdesk directs 850 patients each week
SERVICES: Around 850 patients a week are now being directed to local healthcare services or given advice by the East of England Ambulance Service Trust’s clinical support desk.
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West Suffolk struggles to meet stroke target
PERFORMANCE: West Suffolk Foundation Trust struggled to meet stroke targets in March with performance on some key indicators deteriorating.
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West Suffolk finishes year with £619k surplus
FINANCE: West Suffolk Foundation Trust finished the year with a surplus of £619,000 - below the planned surplus of £1m.
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Southend agrees contract for 2012-13
FINANCE: Southend University Hospital Foundation Trust has signed a ‘principles’ letter for 2012-13 with its main commissioner.
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Luton and Dunstable appoints medical director
WORKFORCE: Mark Patten has been appointed as medical director at Luton and Dunstable Hospital Foundation Trust.
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James Paget's performance slumps
PERFORMANCE: Performance against some important standards slumped at the James Paget University Hospitals Foundation Trust in the last quarter of the financial year.