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HSJ Local
Chelsea and Westminster maternity complaint count remains static
PERFORMANCE: An internal review of maternity services at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has concluded that more needs to be done to ensure all patients have a positive experience.
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HSJ Local
Frimley Park expects improvement on stroke to result from workforce changes
PERFORMANCE: The FT expects to improve its stroke services “imminently” after a lengthy period of below par performance, according to board papers.
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HSJ Local
Frimley Park Hospital FT acts to improve trauma performance
PERFORMANCE: The FT is making efforts to improve areas of poor performance in trauma and orthopaedics.
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HSJ Local
Homerton breaches MRSA targets
PERFORMANCE: Homerton University Hospital breached two MRSA targets for 2010/11 in February, but the foundation trust insists that there have been no “clinically significant” cases since August 2010.
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HSJ Local
Isle of Wight provider arm currently unsustainable
FINANCE: Work to identify a sustainable provider model on the Isle of Wight is “critical” once the primary care trust is wound up and the commissioner will no longer be able to subsidise the provider arm.
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News
'Business review' to start for commissioning support
Commissioning support services being developed by primary care trust clusters are likely to undergo a national “business review”.
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News
Exclusive: hospital trust considers private franchise
The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital has become the third NHS trust to consider becoming privately managed after admitting it cannot achieve foundation status in the short term.
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HSJ Local
Salford Royal averts risk of mixed sex accommodation breaches
FINANCE: The foundation has found a short term “operational solution” to avoid huge fines from a surgical admissions lounge (SAL) in breach of tougher new rules on single sex accommodation.
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HSJ Local
PCT to fine acutes for failing to provide named consultant teams
FINANCE: NHS Brent and neighbour Harrow propose to charge their providers £20,000 for each month they fail to offer the choice of a named consultant led team, which was due to be introduced at the start of the month.
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News
Field emphasises focus on secondary legislation for NHS reform tweaks
The recommendations of the NHS Future Forum are likely to focus on secondary legislation and on the assurance process for consortia, rather than push for major changes to the Health and Social Care Bill, its chair has indicated to HSJ.
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HSJ Local
NHS Redbridge appeals process grants most funding appeals in the cluster
PERFORMANCE: The north east London primary care trust approved 79 per cent of appeals to pay for a service or procedure outside of the cluster’s policy.
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HSJ Local
Name chosen for community hospital in Selby
STRUCTURE: A new community hospital in Yorkshire has been named following a public vote.
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HSJ Local
New patient record system will join up services on the Isle of Wight
COMMERCIAL: Business and technology service company Logica is to deliver an integrated patient care record system for NHS Isle of Wight.
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News
GP performance bonuses fail to improve public health
Performance-related pay for GP practices has failed to improve their prevention and health promotion work, according to research published today.
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News
DH plugs public health and pharma gaps on review panel
The Department of Health has confirmed it is to appoint a public health expert and a pharmacist to plug holes in its reform review panel.
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HSJ Local
NHS Hampshire to consult on the future of cottage hospital
STRUCTURE: NHS Hampshire is to survey residents on the future of Odiham Cottage Hospital.
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Leader
Inquiry adds to the toxic reform mix
Cynthia Bower, chief executive of the Care Quality Commission, appeared at the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust inquiry on Monday. Ms Bower was previously chief executive of NHS West Midlands, responsible for monitoring the troubled trust.
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HSJ Local
NHS North Yorkshire scopes telehealth success
PERFORMANCE: Patients prefer long term conditions to be monitored from home, according to a recent North Yorkshire survey.
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HSJ Local
Pressure ulcers spark serious incident reports at Oxford Radcliffe
PERFORMANCE: Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust reported 19 serious incidents requiring investigation (SIRIs) in the three months to December 2010.
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HSJ Local
Homerton just shy of budget surplus target
FINANCE: Homerton hospital was predicting a £1.7m surplus in month ten, slightly behind plan, documents released to HSJ show.