All HSJ Local articles – Page 549
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Former West Kent chief exec leaves SHA role for Qatar
WORKFORCE: NHS South East Coast regional director of provider development Steve Phoenix is to leave the strategic health authority in September.
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New chief exec for Walton Centre Foundation Trust
WORKFORCE: The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust on Merseyside has appointed an HR specialist as its new chief executive.
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Darlington PCT overspent on non-NHS provider
FINANCE: Darlington PCT was due to meet its overall surplus plan for 2010-11, despite recording significant over-performance on its contracts with independent sector treatment centres.
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SLAM to work with Microsoft on patient record plan
COMMERCIAL: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has announced it is working with Microsoft to develop and personal online health record for mental health patients.
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Derbyshire PCTs told to be less 'controlling'
PERFORMANCE: The Derbyshire cluster has been told it needs to be less “controlling” and should be putting more effort into developing consortia.
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Bassetlaw cluster appointments made
WORKFORCE: A number of appointments have been made to the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw cluster.
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Epsom and St Helier launches plans to save £18.7m this year
WORKFORCE: Epsom and St Helier has announced it needs to save £18.7m by March 2012 to help close the gap between income and expenditure.
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Ealing Hospital chief exec defends maternity services from attack by the Mail on Sunday
WORKFORCE: In his report to May meeting of the board acting chief executive Dr William Lynn said: “The article discussed the ethnicity of mothers giving birth at EHT and implied that the maternity care provided at the trust was poor because we deal with a diverse population.”
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Torbay looks to make changes to hospital management
STRUCTURE: Torbay Care Trust is planning to implement new management structures for its community hospitals in a bid to ensure the delivery of “safe, effective and high quality care”.
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Torbay Care Trust closes NHS Devon hospital
PERFORMANCE: A community hospital had to be closed by its new management days after its transfer to Torbay Care Trust under the transforming community services programme.
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Private provider opens specialist rehab hospital in Southwark
STRUCTURE: The Cambian Group has announced the opening of a new hospital in the Southwark area to rehabilitate men with mental health problems.
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Lancs FT paid £169,000 in severance over past two years
WORKFORCE: The foundation trust has made severance pay outs of £169,467 to departing employees over the past two years, figures released by the Public Accounts Committee show.
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Interim chair appointed at Western Sussex Hospitals Trust
WORKFORCE: The Appointments Commission has confirmed the appointment of Mike Viggers as interim chair of Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust.
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Western Sussex ploughs £250k into hospital lift refurbishment
COMMERCIAL: The trust is to spend £250,000 this year on refurbishing unreliable lifts at its sites, according to board papers.
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Infection control targets met by Western Sussex Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: The trust met its targets for reported cases of MRSA and Clostridium difficile last year, according to its latest board report on infection control and cleanliness.
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Productive ward success for Western Sussex Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: The trust has adopted the Productive Ward progamme across all its wards and been commended by regulators for its work on the initiative, according to board papers.
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SHA approves Western Sussex bid for FT status
STRUCTURE: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust’s trust application for foundation status was approved at the end of last month by its strategic health authority.
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Trafford CEO heads to Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals
WORKFORCE: Ron Calvert has been appointed chief executive of Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
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Newcastle Hospitals creates community services division
STRUCTURE: Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust has taken on most of its local primary care trusts’ community services, and housing them in a new division.
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Winchester and Eastleigh staff sickness levels reflects vacancy rate
WORKFORCE: Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust has attributed a high sickness rate among clinical and diagnostics services (CADS) staff to a high level of vacancies.