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Four overdue patient safety alerts for the Walton Centre

2012-10-12T18:05:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The trust had four overdue patient safety alerts in September, according to latest central alerting system data.
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BMA slams 'unfair' pension reforms

2012-10-12T09:59:00Z

Doctors’ leaders have launched a fresh attack on the government’s controversial pension reforms, labelling them “fundamentally unfair”.
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North Cumbria records savings of £3.6m to end of August

2012-10-12T18:43:00Z

FINANCE: The trust delivered savings of £3.6m in the months to the end of August, against a target for the full year 2012-13 of £16.9m, latest board papers state.
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Kernow CCG makes board appointments

2012-10-12T18:13:00Z

WORKFORCE: Kernow Clinical Commissioning Group has appointed two new executive directors as well as four non-executive directors.
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Less than 10 per cent of Avon and Wiltshire staff respond to safety survey

2012-10-12T16:34:00Z

WORKFORCE: Just 204 out of more than 3,000 employees at Avon and Wiltshire Partnership Trust responded to a survey on patient safety.
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Royal United Hospital Bath behind on QIPP plan

2012-10-12T18:59:00Z

FINANCE: Royal United Hospital Bath has achieved 69 per cent of planned quality, innovation, productivity and prevention savings at the end of August.
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New specialist rehabilitation hospital announced for in Tees

2012-10-12T18:01:00Z

COMMERCIAL: The Cambian Group, an independent provider of specialist mental health services to the NHS, has announced the opening of a 26 bed rehabilitation hospital for women with enduring mental illness in Durham.
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Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital achieves waiting time targets

2012-10-12T18:56:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust has achieved its 18-week referral to treatment times targets for July and August.
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Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust behind on savings

2012-10-12T18:53:00Z

FINANCE: The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust
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Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital spends £2.5m on 'external clinical support'

2012-10-12T18:50:00Z

FINANCE: The Royal National Orthopeadic Hospital Trust is spending £2.5m on “clinical support services provided by other organisations”.
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Increased agency use drives overspend at Avon and Wiltshire

2012-10-12T18:04:00Z

FINANCE: Avon and Wiltshire Partnership Trust was £1.5m overspent on pay at the end of August due to an increase in temporary staffing costs.
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New NED at Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospitals

2012-10-12T17:36:00Z

STRUCTURE: An businesswoman has been appointed a Non-Executive Director of Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital offers new national blood cancer service

2012-10-12T16:33:00Z

CLINICAL RESEARCH: The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust has launched the new service to patients suffering from a blood cancer that affects the spine.
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Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust appoints new nursing director

2012-10-12T16:32:00Z

WORKFORCE: Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust has appointed a part-time interim nursing director.
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Cumbria Partnership launches research into disorders

2012-10-12T19:11:00Z

Cumbria Partnership Foundation Trust is looking for people who have been diagnosed with bipolar affective disorder, schizophrenia or alcoholism to take part in a research project into the genetics behind these disorders.
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Liverpool Community Health pilots electronic 'secure mailbox'

2012-10-12T18:56:00Z

COMMERCIAL: Liverpool Community Health Trust is piloting a new electronic “secure mailbox” that it believes will speed up the process for screening babies under the Healthy Child Programme by two to five days.
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Increase in mortality rate at Royal United Hospital Bath

2012-10-12T18:46:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Royal United Hospital Bath saw a slight increase in its hospital standardised mortality ratio during 2011-12.
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Nottingham Trust launches new basic care checks

2012-10-12T18:32:00Z

PERFORMANCE: An East Midlands trust is rolling out a new version of hourly rounding on its in-patient wards to ensure basic care needs are met.
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Derby Hospitals launches second resignation scheme

2012-10-12T18:12:00Z

WORKFORCE: Derby Hospitals Foundation Trust has launched a second mutually agreed resignation scheme to help it deliver savings of £24m in 2012-13.
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NHS 111 launched in Hertfordshire

2012-10-12T18:04:00Z

Hertfordshire residents will now be able to call NHS 111, NHS Hertfordshire has announced.