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Sheffield Hospitals community services integration underway
STRUCTURE: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust has begun integration of corporate services between the acute trust and community services which it has taken on; and is commencing a review of clinical services across the two.
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North Staffs launches 24 hour liaison team
WORKFORCE: A new liaison team is being set up by North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust to ensure specialist 24 hour care for mental health patients.
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Derbyshire Healthcare celebrates best ever PEAT results
PERFORMANCE: Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has received its best ever scores in this year’s patient environment action team (PEAT) inspections.
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NewsNurses least likely to get flu vaccine
Health workers who are least likely to receive the flu vaccination are nurses and midwives, figures have revealed.
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NewsBurnham to face Mid Staffs inquiry
Former health secretary Andy Burnham will today give evidence to a public inquiry into appalling standards of care at an NHS trust accused of putting targets ahead of patient welfare.
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NewsDH in talks for 'international players' to take on struggling hospitals
The Department of Health has held discussions about “international players” running up to 20 NHS hospitals, according to confidential emails.
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NewsMandarins and former ministers face the Mid Staffs inquiry
The public inquiry into the regulatory failures surrounding Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has resumed this morning for its final five weeks of hearing, with Sir David Nicholson just one of the senior Department of Health witnesses scheduled to give evidence this month.
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System switch-over sees 209 blood tests go unprocessed at Whipps Cross
PERFORMANCE: Whipps Cross University Hospital Trust last month began an investigation into a computer system failure that resulted in more than 100 blood tests not being processed.
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NAO to investigate St Helens and Knowsley FT bid
STRUCTURE: The trust is one of two in the North West to be visited by the National Audit Office for its research on the challenges to achieving foundation trust status, according to a report to the region’s strategic health authority.
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NAO to probe Pennine Acute FT bid
STRUCTURE: The trust is one of two in the North West to be visited by the National Audit Office for its research on the challenges to achieving foundation trust status, according to a report to the region’s strategic health authority.
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NewsReforms risk 'the end' of the NHS - Robinson
The health reforms will spell “the end of the NHS” unless it is seen through fully and decisively by central management, Sir Gerry Robinson has warned.
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NewsLib Dems renew Health Bill concerns ahead of Commons debate
NHS reform will again raise coalition government tensions this week when MPs consider the revised package.
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Chesterfield Royal pioneers e-prescribing
PERFORMANCE: Chesterfield Royal Hospital FT says the introduction of electronic prescribing across the hospital will help improve patient safety.
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Whipps Cross reports rise in alcohol-related falls in summer months
PERFORMANCE: The east London hospital trust said the number of falls had risen in June and July.
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NewsStepping Hill nurse 'made a scapegoat' by police
A nurse who spent more than six weeks in custody was made a “scapegoat” when police “jumped the gun” as she was charged with contaminating saline, her lawyer has said.
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Sussex Partnership wins research grant
COMMERCIAL: Sussex Partnership FT has been awarded a major research grant to investigate whether a form of meditation can help people with schizophrenia who “hear voices”.
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Western Sussex Hospitals introduces 24/7 thrombolysis
PERFORMANCE: ‘Clot-busting’ drugs for stroke patients are now available around the clock at Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust.
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Somerset nurse makes mark with infection control work
PERFORMANCE: A Somerset nurse has been shortlisted for a national award for her work in developing a resource to help health staff and others reduce the spread of infection from the norovirus stomach bug.
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GPs commission new Norfolk community COPD service
STRUCTURE: Patients in west Norfolk with long-term lung problems are benefiting from new GP-commissioned clinics designed to help them manage their conditions and stay out of hospital.
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West Middlesex scores PEAT hat trick
PERFORMANCE: West Middlesex Hospital has gained the top rating in all three categories in the latest annual assessment of its inpatient services.