All HSJ Local articles – Page 432
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NHS Blackpool prepares for consultation on major reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: Commissioners across Blackpool and Lancashire will next month begin public consultation on a major reconfiguration of community inpatient services across the Fylde coast.
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Epsom merger with Ashford and St Peter’s to continue
STRUCTURE: Plans to de-merge Epsom Hospital from Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust and merge it with Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals Foundation Trust are to continue.
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Worcestershire Royal closes a third of beds due to norovirus
PERFORMANCE: Around one third of Worcestershire Royal Hospital’s 600 beds are closed to admissions due to increased cases of diarrhoea and vomiting.
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Norovirus situation improving at Epsom and St Helier
PERFORMANCE: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust has reported a “significant improvement” with its current outbreak of norovirus.
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Pennine Acute waiting targets performance falls again in November
PERFORMANCE: Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust’s performance on “referral to treatment” waiting targets declined again in November, its latest performance report states.
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NHS Worcs considers tendering for rehab beds
COMMERCIAL: NHS Worcestershire is conducting a market assessment of interest in providing admission prevention and rehabilitation beds.
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Southampton FT activity outstrips plan has demand management fails
FINANCE: University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust is reporting much higher than expected activity levels, after reporting “little activity management” has been successfully delivered.
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Somerset Partnership has addressed CQC concerns
PERFORMANCE: Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust’s governance risk rating from Monitor has returned to green, less than two months after it was downgraded due to concerns about patient care.
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Sickness and absence rates among forensic staff in Nottinghamshire reach peak
WORKFORCE: Sickness and absence rates among forensic services staff at Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust are at their highest levels for 18 months.
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Nottinghamshire Healthcare's delayed transfers amongst highest in country
PERFORMANCE: Nottinghamshire Healthcare has “one of the highest levels of delayed transfers of care in the country”, its board papers say.
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Three clusters advertise for commissioning support MD
STRUCTURE: An NHS commissioning support service has advertised for a managing director “with commercial experience” and the “necessary commercial acumen to effectively grow the business”.
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East Cheshire misses surplus target, despite below-plan paybill spend
FINANCE: East Cheshire Trust’s bottom line was still hovering just above breakeven at the end of December, against plans to have delivered a surplus of £658,000 by that point.
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QVH remains on course for surplus, despite challenges
FINANCE: Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s financial performance remains on course for a planned surplus.
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NHS Midlands and East launches 'real time' monitoring of patient experience
PERFORMANCE: A system for ranking NHS trusts by patient satisfaction will be introduced across a quarter of England’s hospitals in 2012-13, with part of their funding dependant on league table performance.
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Yorkshire trust appoints new chief exec with council background
WORKFORCE: A new chief executive has been appointed at Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust.
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New MD for Surrey social enterprise
WORKFORCE: The newly formed social enterprise in east Surrey, First Community Health and Care, has appointed Philip Greenhill as its new managing director.
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Western Sussex having trouble generating interest in spare hospital block
COMMERCIAL: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS has extended a deadline for organisations to express an interest in taking over the Harness Block at Southlands Hospital.
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East Kent Hospitals launches ‘passport’ for LD patients
PERFORMANCE: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust has developed and launched a “healthcare passport” for patients with learning disabilities.
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East Kent Hospitals set to introduce new patient monitoring system
STRUCTURE: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust is investing in a new deteriorating patient monitoring system.
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Norovirus warning at Royal Surrey County Hospital
PERFORMANCE: Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has asked outpatients to stay away if they have had diarrhoea or vomiting in the last 48 hours.