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Gloucestershire could set up CFT
STRUCTURE: NHS Gloucestershire will be allowed to consider setting up a community foundation trust to house its provider arm, after being granted special permission from the Department of Health.
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Data breach trust fined £90,000
A health trust plans to appeal after being fined £90,000 because details of almost 60 patients were sent to the wrong person, the information watchdog said.
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Derbyshire chief executive seconded to push FT pipeline in North
WORKFORCE: Derbyshire Healthcare Foundation Trust chief executive Mike Shewan has been seconded to become director of provider development for the North of England.
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GMB members overwhelmingly reject pension deal
Thousands of NHS workers in the GMB union have voted to reject the government’s “final” pension deal by a majority of 96.5 per cent.
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Morecambe Bay 'not sustainable' without reconfiguration, says new chief
Troubled foundation trust University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay “can’t work” in the future without the reconfiguration of key services, its new chief executive has told HSJ.
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Unpaid work experience scheme to be extended to more hospitals
A scheme that gives unpaid job seekers the chance to provide patient care in the wards of a hospital is set to be extended, it has emerged.
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Shropshire Healthwatch consultation
STRUCTURE: Shropshire Council has launched a consultation on plans to set up its local Healthwatch.
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Hike in mixed sex breaches at Western Sussex
PERFORMANCE: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust has experienced a significant increase in its breaches of the Department of Health’s rules on mixed sex accommodation.
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Patient discharged with cannula
PERFORMANCE: Burton Hospitals Foundation Trust has reported a never event incident to its board involving a patient who was discharged with a cannula still in place.
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South Tees FT chief executive steps down to 'develop next stage of my career'
WORKFORCE: South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust chief executive Simon Pleydell is stepping down after nine years at the trust.
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Pension reform deterring would-be doctors - BMA
Junior doctors have been urged to fight for their pensions amid fears government reforms could dissuade talented students from studying medicine.
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Information Centre to focus on cost of over-60s hospital care
Patients aged 60 and over account for more than half of the income hospitals receive under the payment-by-results tariff, the Health and Social Care Information Centre has reported.
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Dartford and Gravesham records five mixed sex breaches
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust has seen a slight increase in breaches of the Department of Health’s rules on mixed sex accommodation.
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CQC finds minor concern at Littlebrook Hospital
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has warned Kent and Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust that it has found cause for minor concern at one of its sites.
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Bid for Birmingham 'medical quarter'
COMMERCIAL: Property developers and a leading healthcare technology firm have joined forced to try and create a ‘medical quarter’ in Birmingham.
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South Devon Healthcare goes almost two years without MRSA
PERFORMANCE: South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust ended almost two years without a case or MRSA when a patient contracted the superbug last month.
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Slight fall in mixed sex breaches at Medway FT
PERFORMANCE: Medway NHS Foundation Trust has recorded a slight decrease in breaches of the Department of Health’s rules on mixed sex accommodation.
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Diarrhoea and vomiting at Western Sussex
PERFORMANCE: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust has been hit by norovirus this month.
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Frimley Park FT meets infection control targets
PERFORMANCE: Frimley Park NHS Foundation Trust met its targets for MRSA and C. difficile last year but admits this year will be “challenging”.
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Surplus target for Frimley Park FT
FINANCE: Frimley Park NHS Foundation Trust has set out its financial target for the end of the financial year 2012-13.