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NHS Harrow seeing 10 per cent over performance at NW London Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: The number of elective admissions at North West London Hospitals Trust was 10 per cent above plan for NHS Harrow during September, according to figures from the trust.
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Warrington and Halton FT records 11 mixed sex breaches for September
PERFORMANCE: Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust recorded 11 breaches of the Department of Health’s guidelines on mixed sex accommodation last month.
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Over 20 mixed sex breaches in September for UHSM
PERFORMANCE: University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust recorded 22 breaches of the Department of Health’s guidelines on mixed sex accommodation last month.
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Eight mixed sex breaches in September for Wirral University Teaching Hospital FT
PERFORMANCE: Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust recorded eight breaches of the Department of Health’s guidelines on mixed sex accommodation last month.
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St Helens and Knowsley records four mixed sex breaches for September
PERFORMANCE: St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust recorded four breaches of the Department of Health’s guidelines on mixed sex accommodation last month.
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Yorkshire Ambulance begins foundation status consultation
STRUCTURE: Yorkshire Ambulance Service Trust has begun a consultation ahead of its application for foundation trust status.
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East London and City cluster leading national implementation of AQP on children's wheelchairs
COMMERCIAL: East London and City cluster is one of the volunteers to develop an “implementation pack” for children’s wheelchairs.
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NW London to prepare national AQP implementation strategy for MSK
COMMERCIAL: The north west London cluster of PCTs is one of the volunteers to develop an “implementation pack” for Musculo-skeletal services for back and neck pain.
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Three mixed sex breaches in September at Aintree University Hospitals FT
PERFORMANCE: Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust recorded three breaches of the Department of Health’s guidelines on mixed sex accommodation last month.
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Moorfields achieves 100 per cent of patients assessed for VTE
PERFORMANCE: Specialist trust Moorfields Eye Hospital FT is the only trust in the capital to have assessed every admitted patient for venous thromobembolism.
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Chelsea and Westminster FT recruits three NEDs
WORKFORCE: Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Foundation Trust has announced the appointment of three new non-executive directors with significant business experience.
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CQC criticises east London trust over maternity services
PERFORMANCE: Patients at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust remain at risk of poor care, according to a new report.
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NewsLansley sets out 'four tests' for hospital bailout and threatens to sack boards
Andrew Lansley has said trusts who want loans as they try to achieve foundation status will have to pass four tests.
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NewsFourteen trusts rated worst by first official hospital death rate
Fourteen hospital trusts have been identified as the poorest performers in the first official hospital-wide mortality ratings.
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Exclusive: trusts demand £350m to get through FT pipeline
Hospital trusts have asked for over £300m in loans by April 2012 to remain within the foundation trust pipeline, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsSecond PCT cluster chief resigns
The chief executive of a south west primary trust cluster has resigned fewer than six months after taking up the post, citing personal reasons.
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Second London reconfiguration approved
COMMERCIAL: The health secretary has approved the closure of services at King George Hospital in Ilford.
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Three quarters of Birmingham CCGs rated 'red' in pre-authorisation test
STRUCTURE: Nine of 12 prospective clinical commissioning groups in the Birmingham and Solihull PCT Cluster have been rated “red” for their structure, by a Department of Health assessment tool.
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NewsMid Staffs inquiry hears calls for regulation of managers
The code of conduct for NHS managers does not feel “real” and should be replaced with a stronger system of regulation, the Mid Staffordshire public inquiry has heard.
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Coventry and Warwickshire loses patient data twice in two months
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust has breached the Data Protection Act by losing patients’ medical information twice in two months this year.