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NewsUnion leaders attack regional pay proposals
Changing the pay rates of public sector workers, including NHS staff, to reflect regional differences would be an “unworkable, divisive nightmare”, union leaders have warned.
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C difficile success for Western Sussex
PERFORMANCE: Western Sussex Hospitals Trust finished last year below its threshold for cases of C difficile but faces a tougher infection control task over the coming 12 months.
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Mid Essex acute heading for year end deficit
FINANCE: Mid Essex Hospital Services Trust is heading for a deficit at year end after struggling to meet its cost improvement plans.
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Central and North West London Foundation Trust launches recovery college
PERFORMANCE: The mental health and community services provider has launched an educational service for people with mental health issues and those in receipt of addictions and learning disabilities services.
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Cornwall and Isles of Scilly appoints new medical director
WORKFORCE: Shelagh McCormick has been appointed medical director at NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly.
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Dartford and Gravesham busts C difficile target
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham Trust looked set to miss its yearly target for C difficile by nearly 50 per cent, according to latest board papers.
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NewsPublic health leader quitting NHS for Canada role
One of the country’s leading public health directors will be leaving the NHS for Canada next month, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsHealth board seeks legal advice over torchlit surgery
A health board is taking legal advice after a surgeon had to finish an operation by torchlight when maintenance workers switched off the power.
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Taunton and Somerset reports low death rates
PERFORMANCE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust has a significantly better than average hospital standardised mortality ratio, and no difference between HSMRs for patients admitted on weekdays or at the weekend, according to latest figures from Dr Foster Intelligence.
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Extended community x-ray service in Surrey
STRUCTURE: Woking Community Hospital has extended the opening hours of its x-ray facilities to include weekends.
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Consultancy wins prize for work with Newham Hospital
WORKFORCE: PricewaterhouseCoopers won a Management Consultancy Association award for its work on the east London hospital’s cost reduction programme.
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Surrey health and wellbeing board lauded in Westminster
STRUCTURE: Surrey County Council cabinet member for adult social care and health Michael Gosling has spoken at a Westminster event about improving health and wellbeing.
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NewsExclusive: Lansley letter requires commissioning board to devolve power
Andrew Lansley has written the NHS Commissioning Board setting out its “strategic priorities”, with an apparent aim to ensure it devolves power to clinical commissioning groups.
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NewsNHS reports strong performance on 18 weeks targets
The NHS continued its strong performance on waiting times in February, achieving all three 18 week referral-to-treatment measures for the second consecutive month.
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NewsMike Farrar warns to expect politicised mandate
NHS Confederation has said the first NHS “mandate” will spark public and political debate about the service’s priorities.
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James Paget receives another CQC warning
PERFORMANCE: The troubled James Paget University Hospitals Trust in Great Yarmouth has been given another formal warning by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsNew chief executive for the NHS Litigation Authority
The NHS Litigation Authority has a new chief executive.
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NewsAll parts of NHS will be affected by strike - Unite
Every part of the NHS will be affected by strike action on 10 May, the union Unite has claimed.
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St George's to begin HIV testing of A&E patients
PERFORMANCE: The pilot will see patients between 18 and 65 who are having a routine blood test in A&E offered the HIV test also.
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Basildon and Thurrock chair raises cleaning concern
PERFORMANCE: The chairman of Basildon and Thurrock Hospitals Foundation Trust has taken the unusual step of raising concerns about the level of cleaning in the trust in his report to the March board.