All HSJ Local articles – Page 471
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Chesterfield Royal counts cost of fire
FINANCE: The final cost of the fire that devastated parts of Chesterfield Royal Hospital will come in at £1.77m, according to board papers.
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AWP criticised over patient homicides
PERFORMANCE: Avon and Wiltshire Partnership Trust has been criticised for failing in the care of two patients from Swindon who went on to kill people within months of each other.
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Admission 'surge' caused hike in mixed sex breaches at East Sussex
PERFORMANCE: East Sussex Healthcare Trust’s performance on mixed sex breaches collapsed to the second worst in the country in October due to a “surge in severely ill patients requiring admission”.
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Buckinghamshire plans reconfiguration programme
STRUCTURE: Commissioners and clinicians in Buckinghamshire are planning to redesign services to develop centres of excellence for specialist care, ensure acute hospitals are sustainable and move more services into the community.
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Bucks trust struggles on C diff
PERFORMANCE: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is well above its cumulative infection control target for 2011-12.
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Rise in child TB across Greater Manchester
PERFORMANCE: A rise in child TB cases has led to a renewed emphasis on the disease by Greater Manchester PCTs.
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Just two Greater Manchester PCTs fall behind financial plans
FINANCE: PCTs across Greater Manchester are making reasonable progress towards their year-end financial targets with just two areas - NHS Bolton and NHS Oldham - behind plan.
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HSJ LocalLeading teaching hospital may have to outsource long-waiters
PERFORMANCE: One of London’s biggest teaching hospitals has called in the Department of Health’s intensive support team after experiencing significant problems hitting the 18-week wait for elective procedures target.
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Manchester acute trusts fall behind on performance
PERFORMANCE: Acute trusts across Greater Manchester are failing on performance targets and in some areas things have got worse recently, the PCT cluster board heard.
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AQP areas announced in Manchester
FINANCE: Greater Manchester PCTs have identified podiatry and diagnostics as priorities for introducing any qualified provider.
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Greater Manchester lacks capacity to cope with disease outbreak
PERFORMANCE: Infection control teams in Greater Manchester PCTs would struggle to cope with disease outbreaks over the winter months, the area’s cluster board heard.
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Manchester PCTs poised to award home oxygen contract
FINANCE: PCTs across the North West are being recommended to approve a contract for Air Liquide (Homecare) Ltd to provide home oxygen services across the region.
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Chair of Norfolk mental health trust reappointed
WORKFORCE: Maggie Wheeler has been reappointed chair of Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust after accepting an extension to continue her role.
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Parking restrictions eased for community nurses in Lambeth
WORKFORCE: Lambeth Council has agreed new parking arrangements for nurses and other health professionals who visit patients at home.
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CCG to fund diabetes diet service in East Sussex
STRUCTURE: A clinical commissioning group in East Sussex is to fund a two year pilot of a community dietetic service for diabetes patients.
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Contraception clinics expanded in Medway
STRUCTURE: NHS Medway has announced that contraception services will be held in four new clinics, while services will cease at an “outdated” site.
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Concern over HPV vaccine uptake in Eastern and Coastal Kent
PERFORMANCE: NHS Kent and Medway immunisation teams raised concerns in October about the numbers of parents that had failed to return consent forms for their daughters to have the HPV vaccine.
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First summary care record goes live in Surrey
PERFORMANCE: Surrey’s first summary care records were successfully created at a GP practice this month.
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New chair for North Staffs mental health trust
WORKFORCE: Ken Jarrold CBE has been appointed as chair of the North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust.
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Integrated Care Service failing to realise savings
FINANCE: NHS Outer North East London plan to reduce emergency admissions by 255 against 2010-11’s total of 2,718 is failing to do so, a report says.