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South Tees to address elective long waiters
PERFORMANCE: South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is to address a number of patients waiting longer than 52 weeks, its SHA has said.
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Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital breaches infection target for the year
PERFORMANCE: The north London specialist trust has recorded three cases of clostridium difficile for the year so far, equivalent to its full-year limit.
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Andy Buck confirmed as South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw director
WORKFORCE: Andy Buck has been confirmed as the director of the NHS Commissioning Board local area team covering South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw.
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Chris Long confirmed as North Yorkshire and Humber director
WORKFORCE: Chris Long has been confirmed as the NHS Commissioning Board local area team director for North Yorkshire and Humber.
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Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals extends CSC whiteboard
COMMERCIAL: Technology firm CSC is to roll out its e-whiteboard system to a further 27 wards at Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital, under a four-year contract with Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust.
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Great Ormond Street a 'national outlier' on diagnostic waits
PERFORMANCE: Commissioner figures show the specialist children’s hospital is breaching the waiting times targets for diagnostics.
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Moorfields Eye Hospital has three 'never events'
PERFORMANCE: The specialist eye hospital has recorded three “never events”, according to a report to the board of NHS North Central London.
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£3.3 million surplus for Newcastle hospitals
FINANCE: Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals FT had a £3.3 million surplus at the end of May this year, according to the latest financial report to the trust’s Council of Governors.
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NHS North Central London sees improvement in childhood vaccinations
PERFORMANCE: All five PCTs making up NHS North Central London have seen rises in their rate of childhood immunisations, board papers show.
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Royal Surrey launches cancer information service
STRUCTURE: Royal Surrey County Foundation Trust has launched an information service to support cancer patients during diagnosis, treatment and beyond.
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NewsOverseas temporary doctor numbers for Olympics revealed
Doctors from 141 nations have registered to practice in the UK during the competition, figures from the General Medical Council suggest.
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Commissioners criticise 'remoteness' of Central London Community Health Trust's management
PERFORMANCE: Minutes of a meeting of NHS North Central London show officials criticising the ‘remoteness’ of Central London Community Health Trust’s management in Barnet.
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North Bristol Trust management criticised over new IT system
North Bristol Trust’s management failed to recognise the scale of change involved in switching to a new patient record system, leading to months of chaos in theatres and outpatients, an independent review has found.
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NewsVacant commissioning board posts endangering transition
Vital appointments to the new commissioning system have fallen further behind schedule, the NHS Commissioning Board has admitted, causing significant knock-on problems for the transition process.
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NewsCommissioning board names local directors to take 'strategic oversight'
The NHS Commissioning Board has appointed to 16 of its 25 local area team director posts, whose holders are charged with securing “a strategic overview of the system” and overseeing service reconfiguration.
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NewsExclusive: CCP research suggests competition improves hospital services
Research by the NHS Cooperation and Competition Panel, shared exclusively with HSJ, claims to provide new insight into the mechanism by which competitive pressure improves hospital services.
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News'Significant deficiencies' in emergency surgical care at trust
“Significant deficiencies” have been found in the emergency surgical care offered by a trust that is part of a regional trauma network.
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NewsCaution over funding for social care reform
The cost of reforming social care should only be met by the NHS if there is also a wider move towards fully integrated services, HSJ has been told.
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NewsMid Staffs medical director criticises doctors' 'self-preservation'
Doctors are turning a blind eye to poor practice to protect their own jobs, according to Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust’s medical director.
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BMA suspends industrial action and joins pensions talks
The British Medical Association has announced it is “suspending plans for further industrial action” and will join talks between other health unions and government about the detail of pension reform proposals.