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Sickness costs Heatherwood and Wexham Park over £4m
WORKFORCE: Staff sickness costs at Heatherwood and Wexham Park amounted to £4.2m in between June and December 2010, according to board minutes.
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Temp staff costs rise to cover sickness at Colchester Hospital
WORKFORCE: Colchester Hospital University FT has seen an increase in temporary staff costs at the start of the year due to sickness absence, according to board papers.
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Milton Keynes PCT set to fail on information governance
PERFORMANCE: Milton Keynes primary care trust is anticipating it will fail on information governance compliance due to changes in the national scoring method.
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NewsReforms listening review 'not PR move'
The review of the government’s planned NHS reforms is not just a public relations move, the man in charge of evaluating choice and competition in the health service has said.
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South Yorks FT misses data and information targets
PERFORMANCE: South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is missing some data quality and information governance indicators.
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East Sussex Hospitals meets infection control targets
PERFORMANCE: The acute trust has met its infection control targets for last year.
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NewsNHS 'failing to help' obese staff
The NHS is failing to tackle obesity among its own workforce, a report has claimed.
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Mid Cheshire savings on staffing levels cancelled out by agency pay bill
WORKFORCE: The foundation’s pay bill for the first nine months of 2010-11 was £2.7m higher than planned, its February finance report showed.
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Royal Surrey County introduces universal dress code
WORKFORCE: The foundation trust has introduced a dress code covering all staff, as well as those wearing uniforms.
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North Tyneside consortium picks chair and chief exec
STRUCTURE: The CareFirst consortium, one of two in North Tyneside PCT, has chosen a chair and chief executive.
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Consultants drive rising pay costs at Ipswich Hospital
FINANCE: Pay costs at Ipswich Hospital have risen mainly due to consultant costs, according to trust board papers.
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NHS West Sussex holds extra board meeting to discuss ‘clustering’
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust is holding an extra meeting in public at the end of the month to provide the public with an opportunity to “hear the latest on health services across the region”.
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Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber FT cuts CAMHS waits
PERFORMANCE: The trust’s specialist team looking after child and adolescent mental health in North Lincolnshire have achieved a significant reduction in waiting times after introducing a programme of changes.
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Consultation supports RDaSH reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust has welcomed the outcome of a consultation generally supporting planned changes to inpatient services.
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Royal Surrey FT improves performance in staff survey
PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust has significantly improved its standing in the Care Quality Commission’s annual staff survey results.
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Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust realigns HSE function
WORKFORCE: The acute trust internally realigned its health and safety functions at the beginning of this year.
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NewsTUC warns over employment rights plans
The employment rights of millions of workers will be hit under government plans to extend the qualifying period for protection against unfair dismissal, the TUC has warned.
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South Manchester FT makes YouTube video on MRSA
PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust is trying a novel way of spreading good infection prevention policy with a video featuring staff, including its chief executive, dancing to music by the Village People.
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MP calls for DH to investigate Wesham Hospital closure
STRUCTURE: An MP is to call for an urgent Department of Health investigation into a Lancashire hospital closure, after HSJ uncovered legal advice encouraging the foundation responsible to “run down” the facility.
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Hinchingbrooke franchise deal delayed
STRUCTURE: Independent sector provider Circle’s deal to run Hinchingbrooke hospital as a franchise has been held up due to a delay in ministerial sign off.