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Plymouth avoids being 'escalated' as it delays FT application

2012-09-07T17:43:00Z

STRUCTURE: Plymouth Hospitals Trust has pushed back its target date for applying to become a foundation trust.
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MPs: community hospitals are 'key to NHS'

2012-09-07T10:51:00Z

Community hospitals should be valued by the NHS as a key part of the NHS, the government has been told.
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Focus on falls at Lincolnshire Trust

2012-09-07T18:38:00Z

PERFORMANCE: United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust has launched a major push to prevent patients falling whilst in hospital.
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Estates arm of Guy's and St Thomas' identifies £6m in extra income

2012-09-07T18:37:00Z

COMMERCIAL: The estates and infrastructure arm of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust believes there is potentially an extra £6m in profit to be made for the trust on “higher margin traded services”.
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Guy's and St Thomas' estate services target work in Leeds

2012-09-07T18:21:00Z

COMMERCIAL: Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust is considering bidding to run the “energy performance contract” for Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust and the University of Leeds.
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Epsom and St Helier finance ahead of plan

2012-09-07T18:12:00Z

FINANCE: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust is ahead on its financial plan by £429,000, its July finance report reveals, but the trust is still predicting a year-end deficit of £19.4m.
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George Eliot death rates remain high

2012-09-07T18:00:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Latest death rate figures have highlighted ongoing problems at George Eliot Hospital Trust, and suggest that a spike in mortality rates elsewhere in Warwickshire earlier this year was short-lived.
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Quality improves at Heatherwood and Wexham Park on introduction of Safety Thermometer

2012-09-07T17:46:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust has reported a steady improvement on some quality indicators since the introduction of the NHS Safety Thermometer.
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Plymouth Community Healthcare mental health unit rated excellent

2012-09-07T17:43:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Plymouth Community Healthcare’s Glenbourne Unit has been assessed as excellent by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
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Yeovil FD leaves after 18 years

2012-09-07T17:42:00Z

WORKFORCE: Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust finance director Libby Walters is leaving the trust after 18 years.
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Patient records security worries MP

2012-09-07T10:56:00Z

The security of patients’ records is being put at risk by the decision of hospital trusts to outsource their administration to overseas’ companies, an MP claimed.
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Solent Trust on target for waits

2012-09-07T18:59:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Solent Trust was rated green on all but one of its waiting times targets in the first quarter of 2012-13.
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Interserve gains Leicestershire preferred bidder status

2012-09-07T17:57:00Z

COMMERCIAL: Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland cluster of PCTs have appointed Interserve as the preferred bidder for a major NHS estates contract.
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Peterborough and Stamford forecasts reduced deficit

2012-09-07T16:08:00Z

FINANCE: Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust is reducing its forecast deficit from over £54m to £52.5m - and has pushed back the date when it is likely to need external funding to December.
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Guy's and St Thomas' tightens procedure for 'ethical' donations

2012-09-07T18:14:00Z

STRUCTURE: Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust has drawn up a memorandum of understanding “regulating the types of contributions it was appropriate to accept or refuse on proper ethical grounds, as a result of fundraising across King’s Health Partners.”
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Epsom and St Helier misses emergency readmission target

2012-09-07T18:13:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust is breaching the emergency readmission to A&E target, with a rate of 7.3 per cent againt an organisational target of 5.8 per cent.
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Guy's and St Thomas' A&E software fails

2012-09-07T18:03:00Z

PEFORMANCE: Symphony, the IT system used in Guy’s and St Thomas’ A&E, stopped sending follow-up letters to GPs, board papers reveal.
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New finance director for St George's Healthcare Trust

2012-09-07T17:51:00Z

WORKFORCE: St George’s Healthcare Trust has appointed Steven Bolam as it new director of finance, performance and informatics.
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Patients rate Heatherwood higher than Wexham Park

2012-09-07T17:45:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Berkshire patients are more likely to recommend Heatherwood Hospital than Wexham Park, feedback from NHS Choices has shown.
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Public meeting over Worcestershire service review

2012-09-07T17:44:00Z

STRUCTURE: A public meeting has been held in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire over plans to reconfigure acute services in the county.