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Monitor alerted over Yeovil’s finances
FINANCE: Monitor may have to provide Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust with ‘deficit support’ because of the trust’s financial position.
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Berkshire trust emergency performance worsens
PERFORMANCE: Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust’s performance against the national waiting standard for accident and emergency worsened in February, with 92.1 per cent of patients being treated or discharged within four hours.
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Training must be reviewed at specialist heart hospital, senior nurses say
WORKFORCE: A review of safeguarding training across all staff at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital Foundation Trust is needed to ensure the workforce is protecting patients from abuse, a report has found.
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Contract signed for £2.5m cancer suite refit
ACUTE CARE: Building work is to start on a £2.5m cancer suite with an expanded day unit at Eastbourne District General Hospital.
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Redesigned rehab service better for patients and finances, expert says
PERFORMANCE : A ‘hub and spoke’ model of specialist rehabilitation from serious trauma leads to shorter lengths of stay, better patient outcomes and cost savings, a rehabilitation expert has said.
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HSJ Live 09.04.2015: Concerns over nurse rapist raised five years ago
Concerns about a nurse convicted last month of rape were raised more than five years ago, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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GMC to review decision making in Dame Barbara Hakin investigation
The General Medical Council is to review a decision made during its investigation into complaints against NHS England national director Dame Barbara Hakin.
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Exclusive: ‘Trusts with no future’ list to stay secret until after election
National officials are keeping confidential until after the general election potentially controversial information showing which NHS trusts are unlikely to have a future as independent organisations.
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Lincolnshire trust requests emergency DH bailout
FINANCE: Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals Foundation Trust has asked for one-off emergency loan from the Department of Health to help it deal with ‘unprecedented pressure’ on its finances.
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West Middlesex 'requires improvement', say inspectors
PERFORMANCE: West Middlesex University Hospital Trust has been told to improve by the Care Quality Commission.
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Make drug shortages ‘never events’, say MPs
The next government has been urged to treat patient incidents caused by avoidable shortages in prescription medicines as ‘never events’ by a group of MPs.
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CQC lifts warning notice on Isle of Wight
PERFORMANCE: Isle of Wight Trust has had a Care Quality Commission warning notice lifted after improvements were made to assessing and monitoring services.
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Handover delays expected to hit trust performance rating
PERFORMANCE: South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust is predicting a reduced performance rating from Monitor after a surge in 999 calls over winter and a large increase in the length handover delays.
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Northumbria trust looks to international market for income
COMMERCIAL: Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust has express interest in providing services for older people in China as part of a consortium.
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Trust scraps patient parking fees after petitions
STRUCTURE: East Cheshire Trust has bowed to patient pressure and announced it will maintain free parking for visitors for up to four hours at its hospitals in Knutsford and Congleton.
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Mouth care to become mandatory as part of nurse training
WORKFORCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust plans to make mouth care training mandatory as part of its certified training for all nurses.
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£2m upgrade of operating theatres underway
SURGERY: A major refurbishment of theatres has started at Weston Area Health Trust, including new surgeon’s panels, flooring repairs, a lift and extra rooms.
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HSJ Live 08.04.2015: Lincolnshire trust requests emergency DH bailout
Trust asks for one-off emergency loan from the Department of Health to help it deal with ‘unprecedented pressure’ on its finances, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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Patients suffer 'harm' due to treatment delays
PERFORMANCE: One patient could have suffered ‘serious harm’ because of a delay in receiving elective treatment caused by a large backlog of patients waiting for operations at Barnet and Chase Farm hospitals.
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Chief executive of special measures trust resigns
The chief executive of one of the five trusts in special measures since 2013 has resigned.