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Lancashire's health and wellbeing board launches draft plan
PERFORMANCE: Improving services for new mothers and young children will be among the top priorities for Lancashire’s new health and wellbeing board, draft plans show.
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Friarage recommendations due in September
STRUCTURE: Final recommendations on controversial plans to reconfigure children’s and maternity services at Friarage Hospital are due to be announced in September.
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Review team meets with Worcestershire campaigners
STRUCTURE: Senior doctors and managers leading a review of acute services in Worcestershire have met with campaigners from the Save the Alex group.
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Work begins on new theatres at QVH
STRUCTURE: Work to replace six operating theatres at East Grinstead’s Queen Victoria Hospital began at the end of June.
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Bucks trust appoints new NED
WORKFORCE: David Sines has been appointed to the board of Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust as an associate non-executive director.
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Top PEAT scores for Western Sussex
PERFORMANCE: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust has been awarded the highest possible ratings in the latest annual Patient Experience Action Team (PEAT) scores.
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MSSA case reported at QVH
PERFORMANCE: The Queen Victoria Hospital Foundation Trust reported one case of MSSA infection during the first quarter of the year, according to board papers.
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Upgrade for independent Worcestershire MRI scanner
PERFORMANCE: The Worcestershire Imaging Centre, based in Droitwich Spa, has successfully completed a £500,000 upgrade of its MRI scanner.
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Barts tenders for performance management system
COMMERCIAL: Barts Health Trust has advertised for a supplier to provide it with “clinical benchmarking data and a performance management system that is based on inpatient and outpatient data sets”.
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Lincs consultants made responsible for patient flow
FINANCE: Consultants at Pilgrim Hospital in Lincolnshire will be given control over the discharge and admission of patients in an effort to save more than £1million.
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Lack of nursing staff at Royal Cornwall, says CQC
PERFORMANCE: Royal Cornwall Hospital has been told to address a shortage of nurses on some wards after a review of care found staff “struggling” to meet the needs of patients.
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NewsNew clinical roles announced at top of Health Education England
Two new senior clinical posts have been created at Health Education England in a bid to link quality of care with future education and training.
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NewsScottish mental health readmission rate attacked
There were more than 1,300 cases where people were readmitted to Scottish mental health hospitals within 28 days of being discharged last year, figures have shown.
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Lancashire Teaching Hospitals still in debt
FINANCE: Lancashire Teaching Hospitals FT is still “significantly” off target on financial plans, board papers show.
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Cornwall plans energy savings
Energy minister Ed Davey is launching a scheme designed to negotiate cheaper fuel bills in one of the country’s poorest areas which is being backed by local NHS trusts.
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HSJ LocalCQC gives Mid Staffs clean bill of health
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has now lifted all of its concerns around Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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NewsCommissioning board: our mandate is too detailed
NHS Commissioning Board directors have criticised the draft “mandate” they have been set by government for being confused, too detailed and over-reaching its main purpose.
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Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust appoints replacement non executive directors
WORKFORCE: Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust has appointed three non executive directors to replace the four who stood down at the beginning of the month.
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PCT requests explanation of 'disproportionate' referrals from Barnet and Enfield GPs
PERFORMANCE: NHS North Central London requested a report on the high number of Individual Funding Requests made by GPs in Enfield, compared with their peers in other boroughs.
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NHS Sussex to establish funding reserve for CCGs
FINANCE: NHS Sussex is set to establish an official reserve to transfer funds between clinical commissioning groups and help implement a two-year plan to get finances back on track.