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University College London Hospitals passes CQC spot checks
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission said the foundation trust passed both of the standards relating to dignity and nutrition it inspected during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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Nurse consultant appointed at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire
WORKFORCE: One of the country’s “most experienced frontline nurses” has been appointed to the post of nurse consultant in acute medicine, the trust has announced.
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Princess Royal hospital meeting CQC dignity standards
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission said the trust passed both of the standards relating to dignity and nutrition it inspected during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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South Devon given clean bill of health on dignity by regulator
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission said the foundation trust passed both of the standards relating to dignity and nutrition it inspected during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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Ealing Hospital passes CQC dignity spot check
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission said the trust passed both of the standards relating to dignity and nutrition it inspected during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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NewsAbuse case care home closes today
The Bristol care home at the centre of allegations of routine abuse of vulnerable adults with learning difficulties will close today (24 June).
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Royal Bournemouth ditches closure plans
STRUCTURE: Proposals to close a hospital and redevelop the entire site as an older people’s village have been ditched after overwhelming public opposition, despite potential savings of £1.5m a year.
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NewsPublic lose trust in Conservatives on health
Labour has almost doubled its poll lead over the Conservatives on health since the general election campaign in the face of concern over rising waiting times and falling standards, according to a survey by Ipsos MORI.
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News'Dangerous' management cost cuts must be revised
There are growing calls for NHS management cost savings targets to be revised in light of changes to the reforms and amid fears the cuts are becoming “dangerous”.
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Greater Manchester unveils plans to meet £400m savings target
FINANCE: Greater Manchester is to appoint a single office to take the reins of the £400m savings programme that must be delivered by its commissioners by 2015.
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Portsmouth Hospitals Trust breaches full-year diagnostics target in one month
PERFORMANCE: Portsmouth University Hospitals Trust has launched a recruitment drive after failing to meet a target on diagnostic waiting times, recording more than double the allowed breaches for a year in the first month of 2011-12.
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NewsPensions strife threatens staff terms deal
Industrial strife over pensions reform is set to further frustrate trusts’ attempts to introduce changes to staff terms and conditions.
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NewsHSJ publishes latest in series of interactive online simulations
The simulations, created by Simul8, allow users to experiment with healthcare improvement ideas in areas such as operating theatre management, stroke care and falls prevention.
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London consortium writes to CCP over 'monopoly' merger
STRUCTURE: A London commissioning consortium has complained to the Co-operation and Competition Panel about a merger that would create the biggest provider organisation in England.
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NewsAuditors to query use of foundations’ resources
A number of foundation trusts are likely to face “qualifications”, querying the accuracy of their 2010-11 accounts, because of questions over their use of resources, auditors have warned.
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Coventry PCT beats surplus target, despite commissioning overspends
FINANCE: Coventry PCT delivered an additional £500,000 in savings on top of meeting its surplus target for 2010-11, despite a more than £10m over-performance in acute and non-acute commissioning.
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NewsImperial appoints SHA figures to board
Imperial College Healthcare Trust has appointed two senior managers from strategic health authorities as its chief financial officer and chief information officer.
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HSJ LocalNew Mid Staffs CEO must rehabilitate trust
WORKFORCE: Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust’s outgoing chief executive has told HSJ he regrets not “getting rid of enough people quickly enough” when he joined the trust almost two years ago.
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Palliative coding surge raises death rate worry
PERFORMANCE: Mid-Staffordshire and two other West Midlands trusts were involved in a “concerted effort” which involved “removing deaths” from their performance record, an expert on death rates has claimed.
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Western Sussex Hospitals loses FT development director
WORKFORCE: The trust’s corporate and foundation trust development director has left to take up an advisory post at a legal firm.