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Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust finished 2010-11 in deficit
FINANCE: NHS London papers reveal that the specialist organisation in north west London had ended the last financial year in deficit.
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Salisbury FT seeks major trauma unit status
STRUCTURE: Salisbury Foundation Trust has launched a bid to be designated as a major trauma unit, in line with the implementation of the national trauma strategy.
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FT chief exec returns to work and praises care at local acute trust
WORKFORCE: Lisa Rodrigues has returned to her post at the Sussex mental health FT after undergoing gallbladder surgery at a local acute hospital.
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Permanent assistant COO appointed at Sussex Partnership
WORKFORCE: the mental health foundation trust has confirmed the appointment of Andy Gray as assistant chief operating officer.
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Specialist mental health advice service for GPs piloted in Sussex
STRUCTURE: The trust is piloting a new service to offer local GPs access to specialist mental health advice.
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Derby City gets go-ahead for service reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: NHS Derby City’s cluster has formally approved a service reconfiguration plan for a walk in centre and an “open access centre”.
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NewsNew service for private patients launched
Patients who go private will be able to access a new one-stop service designed to help them get the best care.
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New medical director for Salisbury FT
WORKFORCE: Salisbury Foundation Trust has appointed Christine Blanshard as medical director.
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Colchester FT misses targer for abortion waits
PERFORMANCE: More than one in 10 women waited more than three weeks for an abortion in April at Colchester FT.
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Norfolk and Waveney 'holds vacancies' to make savings
WORKFORCE: Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health FT used “vacancy management” as part of its efforts to save £6m last year.
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Suffolk Mental Health Partnership 'heading to arbitration' over IAPT
FINANCE: Suffolk Mental Health Partnership may be “heading to arbitration” over the terms of its talking therapies programme as it has not yet signed its contract for the 2011-12 year.
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NW London Hospitals Trust 'discharges patients inappropriately and asks GPs to re-refer in a year'
PERFORMANCE: The chair of Brent and Harrow’s Clinical Commissioning Board Dr Noreen Ryan claimed the acute provider had inappropriately discharged patients, in a meeting with the cluster.
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Birmingham Women's FT facing 'extreme' risks to midwife staffing
WORKFORCE: Midwifery staffing at Birmingham Women’s Foundation Trust is below nationally recommended levels.
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NewsDH admits preparing Health Bill changes before review report
The government was “exploring potential amendments” to the Health Bill with parliamentary lawyers before the report of the NHS Future Forum, health minister Simon Burns has admitted.
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Delay to Oxford Radcliffe merger with Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospital
STRUCTURE: The proposed merger of Oxford Radcliffe Hospital and the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre has been delayed until the autumn.
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NewsNicholson: PCT clusters to survive as arms of Commissioning Board
Primary care trust clusters will effectively survive to commission GP services and oversee new clinical commissioning groups from April 2013, it was confirmed this week.
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NewsTrusts missing NICE guidelines on stroke treatment
“Considerable variation” exists in the time taken to provide stroke prevention surgery, data from the Royal College of Physicians and the Vascular Society has shown.
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More than 100 staff apply for Mutually Agreed Resignation at 5 Boroughs
WORKFORCE: More than 100 of the foundation’s 2,200 staff have applied for the mutually agreed resignation scheme, latest board papers show.
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Cambridgeshire delayed transfers down to suspended services
PERFORMANCE: NHS Cambridgeshire has blamed delayed patient transfers on suspended services in the local area, according to a board report.
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NewsHalf of NHS staff pessimistic on patient care
Patient care is set to get worse in the next few years, according to nearly half of NHS staff surveyed in a government poll.