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Birmingham trust introduces new skin cancer drug
Two patients at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham were among the first in the country to start receiving a new anti-cancer drug within days of it being granted a licence.
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Northumbria Healthcare named top hospital trust
PERFORMANCE: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has won an award for top hospital trusts.
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Oxford trust plans to invest in neo natal unit
STRUCTURE: University Hospitals Oxford Trust is planning to spend more than £3m extending its intensive care unit for newborn babies, to provide space for an extra 12 cots.
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NewsMixed-sex breaches rise across the NHS
The number of breaches of rules on mixed-sex NHS wards rose by 98 last month, according to new figures.
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George Eliot falls short on surplus
FINANCE: George Eliot Trust reported a £35,000 surplus for the final month of 2011-12, bringing its total for the year up to £45,000.
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George Eliot amber-green for governance
PERFORMANCE: George Eliot Hospital Trust awarded itself an amber-green risk rating for governance in quarter four after achieving all but two of its performance standards.
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Southampton surgeons pioneer new knee surgery technique
RESEARCH: Surgeons in Southampton have pioneered an operation to repair damaged knees without the need for a total replacement – halving recovery times.
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Governor elections for Mid Staffs
STRUCTURE: Elections will be held to fill six public vacancies on the council of governors at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust and candidates are being urged to come forward to represent their areas.
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Barnsley Hospital planning annual 'innovation day'
RESEARCH: Barnsley Hospital Foundation Trust is planning to hold an annual “innovation day”.
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NHS North Yorkshire & York just breaks even for 2011-12
FINANCE: NHS North Yorkshire and York narrowly finished 2011-12 in financial balance, but has been risk-rated red by NHS North of England for the year.
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Kingston Hospital achieves caesarian target after renegotiating key performance indicator
PERFORMANCE: The south west London acute hospital trust has confirmed it will not face a penalty from commissioners on its C-section rate.
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St George's breast cancer service wins award
PERFORMANCE: The breast cancer service team at the south west London acute won an NHS Improvement award for reducing the amount of time that patients spend in hospital following surgery.
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London mental health clinicians win places on fellowship programme
WORKFORCE: Two staff from South West London and St George’s Mental Health Trust have won places on the Clinical Leadership Fellowship Programme run by the NHS National Leadership Academy.
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NewsGovernment announces extra mental health funding for veterans
War veterans and their families are to be offered greater help with their mental wellbeing, it has been announced.
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Great Ormond Street tenders for renal support IT system
COMMERCIAL: The central London specialist trust has placed a tender for a system to manage information about children with chronic kidney disease.
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Kingston Hospital record financial risk rating of three for 2011-12
FINANCE: The south west London acute hospital trust recorded a financial risk rating of three on the metrics Monitor uses to assess a trust’s stability.
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Nottingham draws up death advice for children
PERFORMANCE: Parents are being given help and advice on how to talk to their children about death and serious illness by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.
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Oxford trust plans to move cancer services to new centre
STRUCTURE: Oxford University Hospitals Trust is planning to move its head and neck cancer services from John Radcliffe Hospital to nearby Churchill Hospital as part of plans to develop a major cancer centre on the site.
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NewsSenior NHS figures shun 'poisoned chalice' CQC job
The head of the General Social Care Council and a Department of Health director general are among those believed to have applied to become chief executive of the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsLansley confirms NICE will no longer take funding decisions
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence will no longer directly decide whether the NHS funds a drug under the proposed new pricing system, health secretary Andrew Lansley has confirmed.