All HSJ Local articles – Page 409
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Northumbria Healthcare appoints new lead chaplain
WORKFORCE: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has appointed a new lead chaplain.
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London acute joins UCL Partners academic health science centre
RESEARCH: The board of Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust has agreed to become part of a north London academic health science centre.
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Second hospital abandons staff sickness policy
WORKFORCE: A second hospital trust in the North West has ripped up a sickness absence policy under which nurses had pay increments withheld.
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Kettering warning on 62-day target
Kettering General Hospital Foundation Trust has warned it is at risk of not delivering on its target for 62 day wait for treatment for urgent GP referrals.
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Safety checks ordered for UK air ambulances
Urgent safety checks are to be carried out on helicopters used by air ambulance providers across England after a crack was found in a rotar hub.
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South Western Ambulance reports "significant" activity increases
PERFORMANCE: South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has warned Monitor it may not achieve the A8 target during the final quarter of 2011-12.
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Regulator puts Bolton FT in 'significant breach' over waiting times
PERFORMANCE: Monitor today found the Royal Bolton FT in significant breach of its terms of authorisation, following repeated failures by the trust to hit waiting time targets.
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Ongoing problems for Sussex acutes in race for foundation status
STRUCTURE: Four out of the five acute trusts serving the Sussex health economy are yet to achieve foundation status and continue to face difficulties in doing so, with the government’s deadline now less than two years away.
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Trust apology over cancelled operations
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has issued an apology to patients after cancelling 532 operations on the day they were supposed to take place since the start of the year.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: the foundation trust pipeline in Sussex
HSJ Local Briefing is our new in-depth analysis of the key issues facing the NHS’s major health economies. This week: the challenges facing provider organisations in Sussex as they progress along the foundation trust pipeline.
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Chief exec confirms he is leaving in May
WORKFORCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust chief executive Duncan Selbie is to leave the organisation at the end of next month.
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Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells sells old hospital site
COMMERCIAL: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust has sold off its old Kent and Sussex Hospital site to a property developer.
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Timeline extended for Dartford and Gravesham merger
STRUCTURE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust has put back the date it expects to merge with Medway Foundation Trust, but remains confident the link up will go ahead despite increased scrutiny of its proposals by the Cooperation and Competition Panel.
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Gloucestershire builds £7.7m radiotherapy unit
FINANCE: Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust has approved plans for a £7.7m satellite radiotherapy unit to be built on the site of Hereford Hospital.
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New patient group to be launched at East Kent Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust is to launch a new patient involvement initiative.
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SASH announces intention to become standalone FT
STRUCTURE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust has agreed a two year plan intended to allow it to become a standalone foundation trust without merging with another organisation.
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Recruitment drive at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals to address nursing shortages
WORKFORCE: The trust’s unscheduled medical care division has acknowledged it will need to recruit up to eight nurses and healthcare assistants a month to prevent a repeat of the staff shortages it experienced in 2011.
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Yorkshire research highlights variations in type 1 diabetes care
RESEARCH: Research undertaken by Leeds Metropolitan University, with several Yorkshire and Humber NHS provider trusts and funded by NHS Diabetes, has highlighted discrepancies between type 1 diabetes services.
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Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals installs £170k robot pharmacy system
COMMERCIAL: Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has installed a £170,000 robotic drug dispensary system at Castle Hill Hospital, and a second system is due to be installed in the dispensary at Hull Royal Infirmary in July.
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East Sussex DPH given national role
WORKFORCE: Diana Grice, director of public health for East Sussex, has been appointed vice president of the Association of the Directors of Public Health.