All HSJ Local articles – Page 601
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Plymouth Hospitals Trust reports health infection rates
PERFORMANCE: Plymouth Hospitals Trust has reported low rates of healthcare associated infections against its accepted quota.
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Liverpool Women's FT to gain in-patient and day case gynaecology activity from Aintree FT
STRUCTURE: Liverpool Women’s Foundation Trust stands to increase its activity under its local primary care trust’s plans to move inpatient and some day case gynaecology activity from Aintree Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to the women’s hospital.
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Pennine care on the cusp of taking over Oldham community services
STRUCTURE: The foundation has completed its due diligence review of Oldham Community Health Services and brought the organisation under its auspices ‘in shadow form’ on 10 January.
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NHS West Sussex required to act on safeguarding
PERFORMANCE: A review has concluded safeguarding services in West Sussex are inadequate.
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SHA seeks assurances from West Hertfordshire Hospitals over quality concerns
PERFORMANCE: East of England SHA’s provider development board is seeking assurance from West Hertfordshire Hospitals over serious incidents, never events and rising mortality rates.
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Yeovil searches for new chair
WORKFORCE: Angela Dupont MBE is to retire as chairman of Yeovil District Hospital FT at the end of May after 14 years.
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East Sussex Hospitals starts to ‘turn corner’ on £6m deficit
FINANCE: East Sussex has maintained its year-to-date deficit of £6m since the previous month
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QEII birthing unit plans rejected
STRUCTURE: An independent review of plans for a midewife-led birthing unit at the Queen Elizebeth II Hospital has found that it is not feasible.
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Cumbria Partnership seeks to repatriate high-cost patients to local services
FINANCE: The mental health foundation trust is working with NHS Cumbria to find ways of ‘repatriating’ high-cost patients to local providers.
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East Sussex Hospitals has no ‘further flexibility’ on MRSA
PERFORMANCE: East Sussex has matched its annual limit for MRSA cases, with three months of the financial year still left to get through.
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Hertfordshire joint commissioning board to be dissolved
STRUCTURE: Hertfordshire mental health FT has dissolved a board for joint commissioning with the local authority in light of the Liberating the NHS white paper
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New chief exec starts at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough PCTs
WORKFORCE: Sushil Jathanna has begun work as chief executive of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough primary care trusts, replacing Paul Zollinger-Read.
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Bassetlaw Hospital children services unsustainable
STRUCTURE: A review carried out for NHS Bassetlaw has found that current services for children at Bassetlaw Hospital are safe, but are not sustainable in their current form into the future.
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NHS Cornwall teams up to re-procure services using any willing provider
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY: NHS Cornwall is planning to work with neighbouring primary care trusts to re-procure elective services under the “any willing provider” model.
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Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre to start work on new research facility
STRUCTURE: Work on Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre’s new research facility is on course to start mid March.
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NHS Cornwall meets standards for young people friendly services
PERFORMANCE: The primary care trust said 25 of its services have now met the highest standards of care for young people, as judged by the patients themselves.
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NHS South Birmingham warns of £9.5m Continuing Healthcare overspend across city
FINANCE: Birmingham’s three PCTs are predicting a worse case scenario of overspending on Continuing Healthcare by £9.5m.
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NHS Leicestershire County and Rutland GPs to take over minor injuries
STRUCTURE: Minor injury services at Market Harborough and District, Melton Mowbray and Rutland Memorial hospitals will be managed by local GP practices from 1 April 2011.
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NHS Plymouth teams up to re-procure services using any willing provider
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY: NHS Plymouth is planning to work with neighbouring primary care trusts to re-procure elective services under the “any willing provider” model.
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Overperformance fuels 'strong' surplus at Birmingham Children's Hospital Foundation Trust
FINANCE: Birmingham Children’s Hospital Foundation Trust is predicting a year end surplus of between £8m and £9m.