All HSJ Local articles – Page 412
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Vomiting bug blamed as Royal Berkshire misses stroke target
PERFORMANCE: The Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust has blamed a downturn in stroke performance this year on an outbreak of norovirus.
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Workforce director appointed at Plymouth
WORKFORCE: Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust’s deputy director of human resources is to join Plymouth Hospitals Trust as director of workforce.
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Trust loses out on cash as patients 'readmitted' for just 10 minutes
PERFORMANCE: Patients are being classified as readmissions at Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust despite spending less than 90 minutes in the hospital, an analysis has found.
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Buckinghamshire trust FT bid delayed six months
STRUCTURE: Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust has put back its application for foundation status by six months.
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£500k spike in Bolton Health Consortium prescribing overspend
FINANCE: Bolton Health Consortium’s forecast overspend on its prescribing budget went up by £496,000 in February, to £861,000.
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Leeds Infirmary wins major trauma centre
STRUCTURE: Leeds General Infirmary, part of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, has been named as one of 22 major trauma centres nationally.
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Southampton doctor makes blood pressure breakthrough
RESEARCH: University of Southampton researchers are reporting they have discovered a new process that controls the ability of arteries to regulate blood pressure.
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Buckinghamshire Trust misses C diff target throughout 2011-12
PERFORMANCE: Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust missed its target for C difficile infections in each month of 2011-12 to February.
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Inconsistencies found between ambulance and trust handover reporting
PERFORMANCE: A report to the north central London cluster of PCTs said the number of reported delays of more than a hour in ambulance handovers to acute trusts was inconsistent between the London Ambulance Service and hospitals.
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Hull and East Yorkshire named as major trauma centre
STRUCTURE: Hull Royal Infirmary, part of Hull and East Yorkshire Trust, has been named as one of 22 major trauma centres nationally.
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Takeover of Trafford Healthcare Trust completed
STRUCTURE: The takeover of the Trafford Healthcare Trust by Central Manchester University Hospitals is now complete, the foundation has announced.
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Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals rated red on FT progress
STRUCTURE: Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been red-rated on its progress towards becoming a foundation trust.
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Major trauma centre confirmed at Newcastle FT
STRUCTURE: The Royal Victoria Infirmary, part of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has been named as one of 22 major trauma centres nationally.
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Derbyshire Healthcare spells out mandatory standards of care
PERFORMANCE: A mental health trust has unveiled a set of compulsory standards of care all its patients can expect to receive and posted them on a public website.
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Dementia professor to be appointed
WORKFORCE: Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust is to appoint a professor of dementia for the first time.
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New private hospital construction to get underway
STRUCTURE: A new private tertiary care hospital that will be part owned by doctors is to be built in Kent, it has been announced.
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Plymouth Community Healthcare has C difficile free year
PERFORMANCE: Plymouth Community Healthcare has had no cases clostridium difficile in the past 12 months.
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PCT backtracks on GP move after lease agreement
COMMERCIAL: NHS Surrey has sent an “urgent communication” that a GP practice is to stay in its current location just days before it was planned to move elsewhere.
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Academic link up for Surrey and Sussex
STRUCTURE: One of Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust’s has gained “associated university” status.
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GP practice closes in Surrey
STRUCTURE: A GP practice has shut after unsuccessful contract negotiations, NHS Surrey has announced.