All HSJ Local articles – Page 483
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Oxford Radcliffe to review 'significantly higher than expected' death rate
PERFORMANCE: Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust is to begin formally reviewing around 800 deaths a year after finding it has an unusually high mortality rate and was unable to identify what proportion of deaths were avoidable.
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Cases of C difficile fall at Gloucestershire's community hospitals
PERFORMANCE: Cases of clostridium difficile in NHS Gloucestershire’s community hospitals fell by 25 per cent in 2010-11 compared to the previous year.
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BANES rejects GPs claim for responsibility payment
FINANCE: NHS Bath and North East Somerset has agreed to pay GPs on the local clinical commissioning group a higher rate of backfill than neighbouring PCTs but has rejected requests for an additional “responsibility payment”.
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London mental health trusts 'unfairly targeted' for savings
FINANCE: London’s mental health services are seeing a relative disinvestment while the acute sector “overheats”, according to a leaked report.
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Heatherwood blamed for 'failing' local system
PERFORMANCE: The health system in Berkshire East has been judged to be “failing”, due in large part to performance at Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust.
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Timetable for improvements at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare
STRUCTURE: The chief executive of Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has set out a timetable for refurbishments at East Surrey Hospital in Redhill.
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Kent and Medway refutes food cost figure
FINANCE: Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust has refuted suggestions that it spends significantly more on food than other NHS organisations.
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Combined heat and power plant for East and North Hertfordshire
FINANCE: East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust’s board has approved a £2.7m full business case for a combined heat and power plant at Lister Hospital.
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GP surgery move in NE Essex
STRUCTURE: NHS North East Essex has announced that Colchester practice with 12,000 patients will move to a new surgery with a range of new services being planned.
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FT will provide mental health and learning disability services in Leeds and York
STRUCTURE: Leeds Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust is to take on mental health and community services in York and other parts of Yorkshire.
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Royal Surrey County Hospital sets out surplus plans
FINANCE: Royal Surrey County Hospital FT plans to make surpluses of just under £4m over the next three years.
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New charity cancer centre to open in Nottingham
STRUCTURE: A Maggie’s cancer centre is to officially open in Nottingham on 2 November.
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New assistant maternity role at Chesterfield Royal Hospital
WORKFORCE: The Chesterfield Royal Hospital has introduced a new type of maternity services staff.
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Accolade for cancer nurses at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole FT
WORKFORCE: Four nurses who provide vital tailor-made packages of care for breast cancer patients have been “adopted” by Macmillan Cancer Support.
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Weston confirms it is not viable
STRUCTURE: Weston Area Health Trust has declared it is not viable in its current form in its tripartite formal agreement setting out how it plans to achieve foundation trust status.
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Heatherwood and Wexham Park appoints new chief executive
WORKFORCE: Philippa Slinger has been appointed interim chief executive at Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, on a secondment from local community and mental health services provider Berkshire Healthcare.
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The Christie consults on potential increase in private patient work
COMMERCIAL: The foundation has launched a consultation asking the public whether it should do more private patient work to help fund its NHS services.
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University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay withdraws bid to take over neighbouring trust
STRUCTURE: University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust has pulled out of the competition to take over a neighbouring trust, after Monitor declared it in “significant breach” of its authorisation.
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Monitor sanctions mental health merger
STRUCTURE: Monitor will allow a mental health trust in the East of England to be taken over despite a Cooperation and Competition Panel ruling against the acquisition.
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Staff shortages force admissions halt at new CIC
WORKFORCE: Peninsula Community Health has suspended new admissions to one of its community hospitals due to staff shortages.