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Herts acute services overspent last year
FINANCE: Spending on acute services in Hertfordshire was overspent by £20.9m in 2011-12, board papers reveal.
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Boards with more doctors help deliver better care
Patient satisfaction and morbidity rates could be improved if more clinicians were appointed to NHS trust boards, new research indicates.
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Coventry and Warwickshire gets FT support from SHA
PERFORMANCE: The Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust has told HSJ it has secured the backing of the Midlands SHA to go through to the next step of its bid to become a foundation trust.
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Suffolk health centre closure brought forward
STRUCTURE: A health centre in Haverhill is to close in July - earlier than expected.
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Hunt goes on for new ambulance service director
WORKFORCE: East of England Ambulance Service Trust failed to appoint a new director of service development after interviews in March.
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Minor concerns found at Linden Centre
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has raised minor concerns over the Linden Centre in Chelmsford, run by the North Essex Partnership Foundation Trust.
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New ECG service in Norfolk
STRUCTURE: Patients in West Norfolk are to benefit from a new 24 hour electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring service.
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New targets for EoE ambulance trust
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners are asking the East of England Ambulance Service Trust to hit new targets next year.
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Watchdog claims doctors are failing cardiac arrest patients
Cardiac arrests in hospitals could be prevented if doctors recognise and act on early warning signs more quickly, a health watchdog has said.
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Exclusive: commissioning board offices 'to match old SHAs'
There are set to be 27 local arms of the NHS Commissioning Board, it has been confirmed.
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Lawyers warn largest foundation trust it could face German tax bill
Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust has been advised it could face a significant tax-bill from the German authorities.
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Trust approves £1m consultant rota to cut death rates
WORKFORCE: Consultants working at Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust are to be expected to work a seven-day rota in a drive to cut the number of weekend deaths.
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NHS 111 commissioners told to protect staff or lose funding
NHS deputy chief executive David Flory has written to commissioners of the new NHS 111 non-emergency telephone number to remind them of their responsibilities regarding NHS Direct staff.
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Exclusive: top foundation forms million-pound advertising agency
A leading foundation trust has set up a joint venture with a private company to sell advertising in NHS hospitals and on trust websites.
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Reconfiguration high on Monitor's agenda after FT breach
STRUCTURE: Monitor’s response to financial problems at a struggling foundation trust has offered the first example of the watchdog’s new readiness to push for reconfiguration of services.
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Foundation trust pipeline agency studies franchise and risk-share routes
The agency responsible for pushing trusts through the foundation authorisation pipeline will look at private sector management franchises and “risk-sharing agreements” for NHS hospitals.
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Beverley joins Ipswich Hospital as interim chief
WORKFORCE: Nigel Beverley has joined Ipswich Hospital Trust as interim chief executive. Mr Beverley has worked in the NHS at senior management level for over 25 years.
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Sussex FT makes plea to CCGs to boost mental health funding
FINANCE: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has warned that current primary care trust funding for mental health is below the level of need in many parts of Sussex.
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Several CCGs to be larger than outgoing PCTs
Three parts of the country will have clinical commissioning groups larger than the primary care trusts they will replace.
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Trust investigation after death of baby delivered on floor
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals of Leicester Trust is investigating the death of a baby after his mother was forced to give birth on a day room floor because midwives were too busy to see her.