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Medway FT commended for breastfeeding support
PERFORMANCE: Medway Foundation Trust has been awarded a “Certificate of Commitment” in its first step towards gaining international recognition from the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative.
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Oxford Radcliffe fails to keep pace with CIP target
FINANCE: Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust is falling behind on its cost improvement plan and surplus targets, and is overspending on pay costs.
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Low serious incident reporting flagged at Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes
PERFORMANCE: Concerns have been raised over incident reporting in primary care, independent contractors a hospital in Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes.
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Takeover plans may have led to £1m emergency admissions shortfall at Trafford Healthcare
FINANCE: News of the trust’s need to be taken over by a larger foundation may have driven a £1m shortfall in its emergency admissions income in the first four months of 2011-12, its latest board papers suggest.
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Sixth London hospital trust now predicting deficit
FINANCE: Whipps Cross University Hospital is now predicting a year-end deficit, alongside five other trusts, new documents reveal.
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NewsHeart of England plans major expansion
Heart of England Foundation Trust is planning a major expansion involving the takeover of another hospital. It plans to become a “healthcare corporation” offering high levels of autonomy for member organisations.
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UH Morecambe Bay behind on savings and showing £1.2m year-to-date deficit
FINANCE: University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust was 25 per cent behind on its planned savings programme after the first six months of the year, while also showing a year-to-date deficit of £1.2m, its latest finance report shows.
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NHS London has 80 anti-terrorism leaders across the capital
WORKFORCE: NHS London has recruited “80 nominated leads across NHS organisations in London to train staff to recognise if colleagues have been recruited to terrorism”.
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NewsNHS missing an 'opportunity' over complaints
Poor communication leads to thousands of complaints being referred to the health service ombudsman unnecessarily, a review of complaints handling in the NHS has concluded.
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East Sussex Hospitals spends £5.3m over its staffing budget
WORKFORCE: East Sussex Hospitals was employing nearly 270 more staff than it had budgeted for in August, according to board papers.
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NHS London above plan for outpatient referrals and total elective day cases
FINANCE: NHS London said the capital’s health economy at month four of 2011-12 was over-plan for outpatient referrals, total elective day cases and non-elective activity.
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NewsFrontline NHS services being cut - report
Frontline NHS services are being cut by health organisations striving to meet the government’s efficiency savings target, a newspaper investigation has claimed.
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Sainsbury's offer to replace Milton Keynes health centre
COMMERCIAL: The supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has offered to build a new health centre in Milton Keynes in exchange for building on the site of an existing centre.
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South Tees Hospitals slips on two A&E indicators
PERFORMANCE: South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is generally performing well against new A&E clinical quality indicators, but slipped up on two of them in August.
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East Sussex Hospitals changes forecast to surplus
FINANCE: East Sussex Hospitals has revised its year end forecast from an overspend to a small surplus, following “discussions” with commissioners.
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City Hospitals Sunderland CIP concern
FINANCE: City Hospitals Sunderland Foundation Trust is spending more than planned this year - but also seeing greater than expected income.
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Four London trusts' activity reporting 'inadequate'
FINANCE: The Audit Commission’s annual report on NHS London said four trusts in the SHA’s catchment area were “performing inadequately” on activity reporting, while six were “performing well” and 19 “adequately”.
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East Sussex Hospitals waits on CQC progress report
PERFORMANCE: East Sussex Hospitals says it expects the Care Quality Commission to report soon that it has made “substantial progress” against a number of concerns raised by the regulator.
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Contract query raised over Doncaster and Bassetlaw's stroke performance
PERFORMANCE: NHS Bassetlaw has raised a contract query with Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals Foundation Trust over stroke performance.
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A&E performance on track at East Sussex Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: East Sussex Hospitals is continuing to exceed the relaxed four hour waiting time target, according to board papers.