All HSJ Local articles – Page 415
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Ex-BT man joins East and North Herts
WORKFORCE: Former BT director Ian Morfett is to become chairman of East and North Hertfordshire Trust in April.
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Norfolk and Norwich's director of nursing retires
WORKFORCE: Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Foundation Trust director of nursing Nick Coveney is to retire.
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North Essex's surplus is £0.5m ahead of plan
FINANCE: North Essex Partnership Foundation Trust was £1.64m in surplus at the end of January - £529,000 ahead of plan.
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Building work starts to accommodate Princess Alexandra's second scanner
PERFORMANCE: Building work to accommodate a second CT scanner and change ways of working is underway at the Princess Alexandra Hospital.
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Queen Elizabeth's record keeping criticised by CQC
PERFORMANCE: The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn has been criticised by the Care Quality Commission over its record keeping.
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Two community hospitals face closure in Hertfordshire
SERVICE REORGANISATION: Two community hospitals in Hertfordshire could close as early as June - with patients requiring intermediate care supported in their own homes or in care homes.
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Assura win Coventry community services contract
STRUCTURE: Assura Coventry have won a contract to provide the last remaining primary care trust-run community service centres in the Arden cluster area.
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Patient confidentiality breaches at Herts Community Trust
PERFORMANCE: Seven breaches of patient confidentiality occurred in Hertfordshire Community Trust in the first nine months of the financial year - six of them in children’s services.
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Deficit reduces at Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust
FINANCE: Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust’s financial position improved slightly in January with a surplus of £857,000 for the month reducing the deficit for the year to date to £288,000.
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MP calls for probe into regulator following Morecambe Bay scandal
PERFORMANCE: An MP has called for an inquiry into foundation trust regulator Monitor after its chairman admitted it was “very likely” there were deeper problems present at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay when it was granted FT status.
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Norfolk Community Health and Care approaches C diff maximum
PERFORMANCE: Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust had one case of Clostridium difficile in January, bringing its total in the year so far to eight.
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Royal Free authorised as Foundation Trust
STRUCTURE: The north London acute was today authorised as a foundation trust by Monitor.
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SHIP fails to cut emergency demand
PERFORMANCE: Hampshire primary care trusts are continuing to buck a national trend with rising demand for non-elective services.
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Oxfordshire NHS and academic bodies form partnership
STRUCTURE: NHS and academic bodies have agreed to establish an “Oxford Academic Health Partnership”.
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Mid Staffs medical director announces resignation
WORKFORCE: The medical director of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has announced he is to resign, less than six months before the end of his contract.
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Isle of Wight prepares to split commissioner and provider functions
STRUCTURE: The purchaser-provider split is set to be implemented on the Isle of Wight after the secretary of state approved plans to break up the existing primary care trust.
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Community hospitals consultation will be more than 12 months overdue
STRUCTURE: A long-awaited public consultation on the future of community hospitals on the Fylde Coast has been put back again, until “at least the summer” - a year after it was due to take place.
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Leicester study leads to anti heart disease drive for women
CLINICAL: Women diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease, according to a study by University Hospitals of Leicester Trust and Leicester University.
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SHIP CSS to take more than 350 staff from PCT cluster
WORKFORCE: Commissioning Support South, the commissioning support organisation for the Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth cluster, is expected to inherit 363 staff members from primary care trusts.
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Ealing could save 40 per cent on its nursing bill, report says
WORKFORCE: The west London acute trust could save £13m on its £34m nursing cost if it matched the most efficient trusts in its class, an NHS London report said.