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Bradford commissioners launch guide on access for disabled patients
PERFORMANCE: NHS Airedale, Bradford and Leeds has sent a guide to its GP practices, dentists, opticians and pharmacists about how to make their premises and services easier for disabled people to access.
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Rise in fracture clinic complaints at Western Sussex
PERFORMANCE: Western Sussex Hospitals Trust said it had recently had problems with call handling in its fracture clinic.
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Sirona seeks new business
COMMERCIAL: Sirona Care and Health has won £1.8m of new business, board papers reveal.
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NHS Haringey demands improved 'talking therapies' performance
PERFORMANCE: NHS Haringey has asked its Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) provider for an action plan to improve performance.
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St George's has higher staff turnover rate than other teaching hospitals
WORKFORCE: St George’s Healthcare Trust has a staff turnover rate 4 per cent higher than the London teaching hospital average, a report said.
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Non-executive appointed at Sussex Community
WORKFORCE: Martin Sambrook has been appointed as a new non-executive director on the Sussex Community NHS Trust board.
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NHS Haringey misses stop smoking target for quarter one
PERFORMANCE: NHS Haringey missed its target for getting smokers to quit for quarter one, achieving 300 against a target of 427.
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NHS Camden misses cervical cancer screening target
PERFORMANCE: NHS Camden has missed its target for cervical screening, achieving 66.9 per cent coverage against a national threshold of 80 per cent.
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Cluster calls meeting with Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust
PERFORMANCE: The North Central London primary care trust cluster called a meeting with the north London mental health organisation because “numbers of patients entering treatment are not in line with increased investment for 2012-13.”
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NHS Enfield misses stop smoking target for quarter one
PERFORMANCE: NHS Enfield missed its target for getting smokers to quit for quarter one, achieving 281 against a target of 300.
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St George's to join King's Health Partners
STRUCTURE: St George’s Healthcare Trust is to join the King’s Health Partners Academic Health Science Network.
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NHS Enfield 'risks £7.6m year-end deficit'
FINANCE: NHS Enfield will end 2012-13 with a £7.6m deficit on current projections if “further actions” are not taken.
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NHS Barnet 'risks £8m year-end deficit'
FINANCE: NHS Barnet will end 2012-13 with an £8m deficit on current projections if “further actions” are not taken.
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NHS Haringey 'risks £8.3m year-end deficit'
FINANCE: NHS Haringey will end 2012-13 with an £8.3m deficit on current projections if “further actions” are not taken.
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NHS Camden stop-smoking rates below target
PERFORMANCE; NHS Camden was one of three boroughs in the North Central London primary care trust cluster to miss its stop smoking target in the first quarter of 2012-13.
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NewsCircle planned cut of 20pc of staff at Hinchingbrooke
Circle’s original business plan for its running of Hinchingbrooke Healthcare Trust outlined a cut in the hospital’s workforce of 20 per cent, a document shared with HSJ reveals.
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NewsCQC staff survey shows morale still low
Just 16 per cent of staff at the Care Quality Commission think morale is good while less than a fifth think changes are effectively implemented, the organisation’s latest staff survey reveals.
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NewsCash for end-of-life hospitals
Eighty-five per cent of trusts have adopted a controversial end-of-life care regime which can involve withholding food and drink from terminally-ill patients, figures suggest.
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NewsMonitor vows to improve 'not fit for purpose' pricing system
Monitor has vowed to improve the NHS treatment pricing system after a King’s Fund report said the payment by results system was “not fit for purpose”.